- The Governor General of Canada
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Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis
Montréal, Quebec
Registration of Augmented Arms (1920)
March 20, 2015
Vol. VI, p. 491
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Blazon
Arms
Per pale dexter per fess, in chief Or* a double-headed eagle Sable imperially crowned proper charged on the breast with an escutcheon Or thereon three lions rampant Sable (Cambrai**), in base Gules on a mount Vert a castle Argent, flagged and vaned Or, its door Gules guarded by a lion sejant guardant Argent, charged above the archway with an escutcheon quarterly 1st and 4th Or a lion rampant Sable, 2nd and 3rd Or a lion rampant Gules (Mons); sinister Or a cross Gules between 1st and 2nd two boars’ heads erased Sable armed and langued Gules, 3rd and 4th two maple leaves Vert (Loomis);
*The blazon found in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon indicates “Or”, although the accompanying painting erroneously depicts the field as Argent.
**The lions in the arms of Cambrai are usually Azure.
Crest
An elk’s head caboshed proper;
Motto
VIRTUTEM COLIMUS;
Symbolism
Arms
The arms granted in 1915 to Lieutenant-Colonel Loomis were augmented in 1920 with arms for the cities of Cambrai, France (upper left section), and Mons, Belgium (lower left section), at their initiative to honour the actions of the then Major-General Loomis. He was the commander of the Third Division of the Canadian Army who liberated the two towns, in October and November 1918 respectively, during the Great War of 1914-1918. The augmentation of the arms of Mons is hereditary.
Crest
Not available.
Motto
This Latin phrase means “We honour virtue”.