It was the ship's motto of HMCS Qu'Appelle (DDE 264), with the translation Let us be judged by our actions.
In the United Kingdom, it was first adopted as the motto of The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) regiment of the British Army. It is the current Motto for A Company of the Royal Irish Regiment
It is the civic motto of:
London Borough of Lambeth, with the translation Let us be regarded according to our conduct;
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, using the translation Let us be judged by our actions,
it was also used by the previous Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith;
the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley covering the town of Barnsley and a surrounding area in South Yorkshire. The Borough uses the more direct translation Judge us by our Actions in publicity; the motto appears with the town crest on the shirts of Barnsley F.C. football club.
Spectemur agendo is also the motto of:
The RSEA (Rangers supporters erskine appeal)
The National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN)
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
RAF Benson
The 148 (Barnsley) Squadron Of the Air Training Corps Based in Barnsley
the 344 (Fulham) Squadron of the Air Training Corps based in Hammersmith.
Kingsbury High School
the Albion FC in Clapham, London.
Maclear House, at King's College School, Wimbledon.
Swindon Cricket Club
Freemason Logde in Germany (Düsseldorf) Website
The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales Volunteers) Queens Lancashire Regiment Website
The Barnsley & District Table Tennis Association
and was once the motto of Dishforth Police Training Centre. The motto was then adopted by the North Eastern Police Training Centre at Durham, which opened when Disforth closed.
Spectemur Agendo was also the motto of the following institutions:
Newbridge Comprehensive School, South Wales.
Earsham Hall School, Bungay, Suffolk.
Queens Park Rangers football club.
Sunbury Grammar School, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex.
In the United States, it is the motto of several college student organizations including:
the Cap and Skull Senior Honor Society (Rutgers University),
the Beta Charge of Theta Delta Chi Fraternity at Cornell University,
It is the Motto found on the challenge coin of Medic One paramedics.
It is the official motto of: The City of Troy (NY) Police Department Emergency Response Team (SWAT)
Westminster Choir College
Apple Valley Police Department of Minnesota.
York Fire/Rescue Department of York, Pennsylvania.
The Anaheim Kingsmen Drum and Bugle Corps - the 1972 DCI world champions.
The Spring Hill High School soccer team in Spring Hill, Kansas, est 2007.
Sweet Briar College uses it as the class motto every four years. Their translation is We are proven by our actions
Camberwell Grammar School, a Church of England school for boys in Melbourne, also wears the motto, preferring the translation By our deeds may we be known.
Clyde House (formerly Clyde School) within Geelong Grammar School,
Gosford High School, Gosford, New South Wales
Hawthorn Football Club
Lismore High School, Lismore, New South Wales
Newcastle Grammar School
South Sydney High School, Maroubra, New South Wales
The Forest High School, Frenchs Forest, New South Wales
New Zealand Schools
Highlands Intermediate School, Welbourn, New Plymouth
South African College Schools, Cape Town, oldest school in South Africa.
Gymnasium Haganum (schoolpaper: spectemur agendo-spec)
Spectemur Agendo is a German freemason lodge in Düsseldorf.
Family and clan mottos
In Ireland, the motto also appear emblazoned upon the crest of the Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl Beaulieu, McAleer, Donnelly, Shannon and Mott family crest.
It is the family motto for the Cobb family, the Eager family and the Ager family, that can be found on its crest, dating back to ancestors who held the family seats in the counties of Yorkshire and Northumberland in England from ancient times.
It is also the McClure Family Motto, the ancestors of the bearers of this surname were thought to be of the ancient Dalriadan clans of Scotland.
In England, it is the motto on the Hartley family crest from the time of Edward II.
