Royal 22e Régiment
E45402
The Royal 22e Régiment is a historic French-speaking infantry regiment of the Canadian Army renowned for its distinguished service in major conflicts including both World Wars.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T340367 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal 22e Régiment Context triple: [Canadian Expeditionary Force, notableUnit, Royal 22e Régiment]
-
A.
2nd Canadian Division
The 2nd Canadian Division was a major infantry formation of the Canadian Army that served prominently on the Western Front during the First World War.
-
B.
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is one of Canada's most distinguished regular army infantry regiments, renowned for its service in major conflicts from the First World War to the present.
-
C.
1st Canadian Division
The 1st Canadian Division is a historic and still-active Canadian Army formation that first gained prominence for its major combat role on the Western Front during the First World War.
-
D.
3rd Canadian Division
The 3rd Canadian Division was a major infantry formation of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that served on the Western Front during the First World War.
-
E.
Canadian Corps
The Canadian Corps was the primary Canadian fighting formation on the Western Front during World War I, renowned for its effectiveness in major battles such as Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal 22e Régiment Target entity description: The Royal 22e Régiment is a historic French-speaking infantry regiment of the Canadian Army renowned for its distinguished service in major conflicts including both World Wars.
-
A.
2nd Canadian Division
The 2nd Canadian Division was a major infantry formation of the Canadian Army that served prominently on the Western Front during the First World War.
-
B.
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is one of Canada's most distinguished regular army infantry regiments, renowned for its service in major conflicts from the First World War to the present.
-
C.
1st Canadian Division
The 1st Canadian Division is a historic and still-active Canadian Army formation that first gained prominence for its major combat role on the Western Front during the First World War.
-
D.
3rd Canadian Division
The 3rd Canadian Division was a major infantry formation of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that served on the Western Front during the First World War.
-
E.
Canadian Corps
The Canadian Corps was the primary Canadian fighting formation on the Western Front during World War I, renowned for its effectiveness in major battles such as Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Regular Force unit
ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ regiment of the Canadian Army ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Canadian monarch
ⓘ
Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ
surface form:
King of Canada
Queen of Canada ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Quebec, Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
|
| ceremonialRole | Ceremonial guard at the Citadelle of Québec ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
Korean War ⓘ NATO operations ⓘ World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
United Nations peace operations ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations peacekeeping missions
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form:
War in Afghanistan
|
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| decorations |
battle honours from Afghanistan
ⓘ
battle honours from the Korean War ⓘ numerous battle honours from both World Wars ⓘ |
| garrison |
Citadelle of Quebec
ⓘ
surface form:
Citadelle of Québec
Quebec City ⓘ Camp Valcartier ⓘ
surface form:
Valcartier Garrison
|
| hasBattalion |
Royal 22e Régiment
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment
Royal 22e Régiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment
Royal 22e Régiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment
Royal 22e Régiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
4th Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment
Reserve battalions ⓘ |
| hasTradition | French-Canadian military heritage ⓘ |
| honoraryColonelInChief |
Charles III, King of Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian monarch
|
| inception | 1914 ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Canadian Army (pre‑1968)
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Army
|
| motto | Je me souviens ⓘ |
| nickname | Van Doos ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
overseas deployments with UN and NATO
ⓘ
public duties and ceremonial parades ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Battle of Kapyong
ⓘ
Battle of Ortona ⓘ Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ Battle of Vimy Ridge ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Campaign (Second World War)
Allied operations in Western Europe ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Europe Campaign (1944–1945)
|
| notableFor | being the only Francophone Regular Force infantry regiment in the Canadian Army ⓘ |
| originalName |
Royal 22e Régiment
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, CEF
|
| partOf |
3rd Canadian Infantry Division
ⓘ
surface form:
3rd Canadian Division
Canadian forces ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Armed Forces
|
| role |
light infantry
ⓘ
mechanized infantry ⓘ |
| service | distinguished service in major 20th- and 21st-century conflicts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Royal 22e Régiment Description of subject: The Royal 22e Régiment is a historic French-speaking infantry regiment of the Canadian Army renowned for its distinguished service in major conflicts including both World Wars.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
this entity surface form:
Royal 22nd Regiment
this entity surface form:
22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, CEF
this entity surface form:
1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment
this entity surface form:
2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment
this entity surface form:
3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment
this entity surface form:
4th Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment
this entity surface form:
Royal 22nd Regiment
this entity surface form:
Royal 22nd Regiment
subject surface form:
Royal 22e Régiment
subject surface form:
Royal 22e Régiment
this entity surface form:
1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment
subject surface form:
Royal 22e Régiment
this entity surface form:
2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment
this entity surface form:
Royal 22e Régiment in the Korean War