- The Governor General of Canada
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Dwayne Kevin Hobbs
Port Carling, Ontario
Grant of Arms
December 15, 2006
Vol. V, p. 93
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Blazon
Arms
Gules three bendlets Or between in chief a unicorn’s head and in base a horse’s head both erased respectant Argent;
Crest
Issuant from a circlet Or charged with maple leaves Gules, a dove close Argent holding in its beak a rose and a trefoil conjoined on one stem Gules;
Motto
INDEFATIGABILIS;
Symbolism
Arms
The red background and white horse’s head allude to the unit that LCol Hobbs first joined, The Essex and Kent Scottish, whose regimental badge shows in part the white horse of Kent on a red field. The unicorn’s head alludes to the Toronto Scottish Regiment, which he now commands and the regimental badge of which shows such a head. The three gold stripes symbolize three ideas, of military rank, of an agrarian family origin in the form of ploughed rows, and of strings of bows to represent English longbows.
Crest
The maple leaves on the circlet allude to the Land Force Commander’s Commendation. The white dove denotes his service as a Peacekeeper with the United Nations and NATO. The rose and trefoil represent the origins of both of his parents, each being half-Irish and half-English.
Motto
Meaning “Indefatigable”.