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37 Signal Regiment
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Approval of a Badge
November 20, 2015
Vol. VI, p. 575
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Blazon
Badge
Azure a bendlet wavy between in chief the Cabot Tower and in base the Carleton Martello Tower, each set on a rock Argent;
Motto
VELOX VERSUTUS VIGILANS;
Symbolism
Badge
White and blue are the colours of the Communications and Electronic Branch. The wavy stripe evokes the Gulf of St. Lawrence that separates the two headquarters of 37 Signal Regiment, namely St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Saint John, New Brunswick. The two towers served for harbour defences in St. John’s and Saint John respectively. The Cabot Tower on Signal Hill in St. John’s was the reception point of the first transatlantic wireless signal by Marconi in 1901.
Motto
This Latin phrase means “Swift, skilled, alert”.