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  5th Canadian (Armoured) Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The division moved without its tanks and vehicles, inheriting that equipment (in a less than pristine state) as a legacy from British 7th Armoured Division in Italy where the Canadians campaigned until the end of 1944.
4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards (from 1st Canadian Infantry Division)
The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment (from Corps anti-aircraft assets)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/5th_Canadian_(Armoured)_Division   (277 words)

  
 Units - 4 AD Regt
The regiment was authorized to reorganize on 15 March 1995, and it stood to again in Moncton, New Brunswick on 21 July 1996.
The regiment was established at a total of 224 Regular and 205 Reserve Force personnel, for a total of 429 all ranks.
As it was in Germany, the regiment is equipped with 20 ADATS, 16 Twin-35 mm guns, and 8 Skyguard FCU.
www.artillery.net /english/units4AD.htm   (410 words)

  
 Units - 20 FD Regt
The regiment was disbanded on 14 November 1945.
By January 1943 all the regiment’s guns were 6-pdrs and in August 1943, the 96th and 14th Batteries went SP with the new M10’s.
On 17 October 1961, ‘20th Medium Artillery Regiment, RCA’ was authorized through the reorganization of the 96th Independent Medium Artillery Battery, RCA into the ‘20th Medium Artillery Regiment, RCA’ and its 95th and 96th Medium Batteries.
www.artillery.net /english/units20fdregt.htm   (910 words)

  
 Quaest.io on 2nd Canadian Infantry Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The 4th Brigade assembled at Camp Borden in Ontario, the 5th concentrated at Valcartier Camp in Quebec, and the 6th at Camp Shilo in Manitoba.
The CRA commanded the divisional artillery (three field regiments, an anti-tank regiment and an anti-aircraft regiment) and served as the GOC's artillery advisor in combat in Sicily and Italy.
At Green Beach to the west, The South Saskatchewan Regiment was landed on the wrong side of the Scie River forcing an assault on the bridge there as well as German emplacements on the hillside and in the town of Pourville.
www.quaest.io /?title=2nd-canadian-infantry-division   (5161 words)

  
 :: Lethbridge Gunners || RCA in Lethbridge, Alberta ::
The regiment moved to Westminster BC in Dec 41 and 39th Battery manned coastal defence positions at Otter River and Jordan Point until May 43.
The 18th Field Bde re-appeared in Lethbridge in Aug 46 as 18th Field Regiment with the 20th and 39th Batterys in Lethbridge, the 93rd Battery in Fort Macleod and later the 107th Battery in Cranbrook, BC.
Since then, the regiment has steadily increased in capability and size, and is working hard to re-establish its ties with the Southern Alberta communities which were its base in the past, as well as the remaining communities surrounding Lethbridge.
www.lethbridgegunners.net /about.html   (977 words)

  
 Grey And Simcoe Foresters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
While many regiments of fusiliers, grenadiers and highlanders may be found in the armies of the Commonwealth, only two regiments of foresters exist - The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters of the British Army, and The Grey and Simcoe Foresters of the Canadian Army.
The Grey and Simcoe Foresters were formed from the 1936 amalgamation of the 31st Grey Regiment and the 35th Simcoe Foresters both originally gazetted on September 14, 1866.
Unfortunately, the regiment had to swallow a bitter pill when on November 1, 1943 the regiment was broken up for reinforcements.
www.gandsf.ca /regt.html   (617 words)

  
 New Page 1
D Company of the Regiment moved around the flank to approach Loon Plage from the west but were soon halted at a farm 455 meters outside of the village.
Field Regiment RCA was short of ammunition and at the time fully dedicated to the support of the other two Regiments of the Brigade.
Field Regiment RCA took over the Company defenses for which he won the M.C. Medical Officer Captain MacKenzie won the M.C. for his action in bringing up ammo and food while attending and evacuating the wounded.
www.rcl-europe.org /East-Dunkirk/East_Dunkirk.htm   (2928 words)

  
 3rd Field Artillery Regiment Biographies
From 1965 to 1969 he commanded the Regiment, and in 1969 he was promoted to Colonel and made Commander of the N.B. Militia District until 1974.
In 1993 Colonel Turnbull was reappointed as Honourary Colonel of the Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel McKelvey was appointed to be Honourary Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment in 1992.
www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca /Heritage/3far/bios.htm   (2003 words)

  
 Body
One battery of the 51st Heavy Regiment RA was also employed on the same job, but at 6 am on the 27th of September, a shell landed in the area of the 10th Medium Regiment RA and one of the Officers was fatally injured.
On the 25th of October, the 11th Medium Regiment RA relieved the 9th Medium Regiment RA in support of the Canadians, and on the 26th at 4.30 in the morning, 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division's operation began with the assault of the 156th Infantry Brigade.
The 107th Medium Regiment RA found themselves in the unfortunate position of having their gun area surrounded by a mine field, and at 6.55 in the evening their position was bombed and shelled.
www.mail-1.connectfree.co.uk /artill1.htm   (14695 words)

  
 The Grey and Simcoe Foresters
While many regiments of fusiliers, grenadiers, highlanders, for example, can be found in the armies of the Commonwealth, only two regiments of foresters exist – The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters of the British Army, and The Grey and Simcoe Foresters of the Canadian Army.
Today, the Regiment has the proud distinction of being the founding unit of CFB Borden, with the Borden Pipes and Drums wearing the Regiment’s tartan in recognition of this.
Reverting to its original infantry role in 1970, the Regiment was part of London District (now 33 Brigade) until transferring to 32 Brigade on June 19th, 1995.
www.foresters.0catch.com /History1.html   (712 words)

  
 Friedrich Kasiski oddd.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Depending on mission, country of origin, and makeup, a modern regiment is similar to a brigade in size in that both range from a few hundred soldiers up to 2,000-3,000, depending on branch of service and method of organization.
The number of soldiers in a regiment fluctuates, generally depending on casualties and the manpower of the associated army.
Veteran Federal regiments commonly experienced a steady decline in strength as the federal (unlike the Confederate) practice was to organize new regiments rather than rebuild old units.
friedrich.kasiski.en.oddd.org   (10101 words)

  
 The New Brunswick Military Heritage Project
The flag is a replica of the regimental flag of the Hussar's predecessor the New Brunswick Regiment of Cavalry.
This tank regiment was involved in heavy fighting during the Italian campaign and in September 1944, near the town of Besanigo, the men of the Regiment found an abandon orphan pony.
The Colours of the Third Field Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery are hanging in front of St John’s Stone Church behind the altar.
www.unb.ca /nbmhp/02_NBMHPsites.htm   (15986 words)

  
 A HISTORY OF THE SOUTH ALBERTA REGIMENT
The Alberta Regiment was organized on 15 March 1920.
The Regiment landed in France on 24 July 1944 as part of the 4th Canadian Armoured
Regiment) with headquarters at Calgary and with A Squadron at Medicine Hat.
www.sarvaofcanada.ca /histsar.htm   (634 words)

  
 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division was created by conversion of 4th Canadian Infantry Division at the beginning of 1942 in Canada.
It participated in the battle of the Falaise pocket, the advance from Normandy, spent almost two months engaged at the Breskens pocket, wintered in the Netherlands, and took part in the final advance across northern Germany.
29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/4th_Canadian_(Armoured)_Division   (175 words)

  
 Task Force - www.canadiansoldiers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Disbanded: The BCR was destroyed 9 Aug 1944 when due to a navigational error they climbed the wrong hill and found themselves surrounded at dawn on Point 195 by SS armour; 47 of their 52 tanks were destroyed.
GOC of 4th Armoured Division tasked the 4th Brigade to send "Halpenny Force" to go through a narrow gap between the Caen-Falaise highway and a railway, bypassing three villages and exploiting to the south.
The force was assembled, but the islands aligned themselves with Free French forces instead and the force was no longer required.
www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Task_Force   (944 words)

  
 Second Division
Seniority was based on when the Regiment from which the battalion had been drawn was formed.
The 2nd Division's role was a general advance south of the junction of the Odon and Orne rivers, but by the 19th, in the face of fierce resistance as well as poor weather, the division came to a halt.
On the 20th, the 6th Brigade attacked the Verrieres Ridge with the Essex Scottish under command; the South Saskatchewan Regiment reached its objectives but was bloodily repulsed, as were the Essex who were counterattacked.
www.calgaryhighlanders.com /history/2nddivision.htm   (4850 words)

  
 The South Alberta Regiment [Canada]
A History of The South Alberta Regiment (29th Cdn Arm'd Recce Regt), by Mike Crawford (SARVA)
The South Alberta Regiment Veterans Association, by Mike Crawford.
Armorial Description: Between maple leaves, the Alberta Crest; around the crest a scroll inscribed THE SOUTH ALBERTA REGIMENT; the hwole surmounted by the Crown.
www.regiments.org /regiments/na-canada/volmil/ab-inf/924SAlta.htm   (385 words)

  
 Archives Report - 134 records
A photograph on board, of members of the 50th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA (Prince of Wales Rangers), Regimental Officers on the occassion of the visit of Roland Michener, Governor General.
The 57th Regiment was established about 1867 and was the result of a merging of militia units from Ashburnham, Norwood Lakefield and Hastings.
The 57th nominal roll (88-013/ box 3) and the 57th register and service roll (88-013/ Box17/ page 7) indicate that Forbes was born in 1865, was single, was an engineer working for the GTR and that he volunteered for the 57th on July 1, 1886.
www.pcma.ca /army.htm   (4707 words)

  
 MorinHeights.com | NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Paul had been married to his late wife Henriette for only a few weeks when he sailed to England, with his men and guns, aboard the Queen Mary on August 30th, 1943.
After a short spell in a reinforcement camp he was assigned to the 5th Anti- Tank Regiment, 4th Armoured Division RCA.
Lieutenant Hinphy's guns were 17-pound high velocity weapons identical to the one in the parking lot of the Morin Heights Legion.
www.morinheights.com /news/2005/paulhinphy.html   (264 words)

  
 THE WAR ROOM
102nd Heavy AA Regiment, RA (TA) [314th, 315th, 316th Batteries] - Raised pre-war in Antrim and in the process of forming at the outbreak of war.
Retitled 237th Light AA Training Regiment, RA on 27 Nov. 1941 and disbanded on 8 May 1942.
Converted to 149th Light AA Regiment on 4 Jun. 1943 and returned to the England in mid-Jul. 1943.
www.csn.ul.ie /~dan/war/btniweb.html   (1741 words)

  
 The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [UK]
History of The Middlesex Regiment, by F.A. Mason.
The Middlesex Regiment, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
The Die Hards: 1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment, 1914-1918, by Howard Anderson.
www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/057Midx.htm   (542 words)

  
 1998 Lackenbauer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
On D-Day the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment (A and B Coys) were tasked with the capture of the beach position and mop up the village so that the British Commandos could take Langrune, a stronghold on the British beach, from the right flank (the Canadians’ left).
The regiment never reached its objective: the south hangars of the airport, where the Germans had waited with heavy machine guns to add to the mortar and artillery fire.
The North Novas took tremendous casualties as well, and refer to Carpiquet as the ‘graveyard of the regiment.’ Eight Brigade consolidated in town while the south hangar was still open, and even with the arrival of the 1 SS Panzer Division the Canadians could not be dislodged.
www.canadianbattlefieldsfoundation.ca /journals/1998_lackenbauer.htm   (16040 words)

  
 Quartermaster's Depot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Includes markings for 4 vehicles- The Calgary Regiment (The Somewhere-in-England May 1942), The Three Rivers Regiment (Somewhere-in-England May 1942), The Calgary Regiment (Dieppe, August 19, 1942) The Royal Canadian Dragoons (Somewhere-in-England May 1942).The instructions are quite detailed and include a photograph of each vehicle.
Includes markings for 2 Achilles tank destroyers ("Chippawa" and "Caribou") and 2 Stuart Mark V recce vehicles, all from the 4th Anti-tank Regiment, 5 Canadian Armoured Division plus color instructions.
Includes markings for 4 vehicles-a Stuart Mk I of the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars/4th Armoured Brigade/7th Armoured Division; a Matilda Mk III of the RTR/ 1st Army Tank Brigade; a Valentine MK IIs of the 23rd Armoured Brigade and a Crusader MK I of the 10th Royal Hussars/2nd Armoured Brigade/1st Armoured Division.
www.jjfpub.mb.ca /quartermaster's_depot.htm   (1200 words)

  
 Army Abbreviations - Britain and Dominions
The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (45)
The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) (64)
The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (40)
niehorster.orbat.com /017_britain/_abbreviations_army.htm   (280 words)

  
 5thCdnArmdDiv.htm
17th Field Regiment, RCA (37th, 60th, 76th Field Batteries)
4th Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA (98th, 24th, 82nd A-T Batteries)
R.C.A. 17 Fld Regt, 8th Fld Regt SP, 4 AT Regt,
www.cornwallismuseum.ca /capbadges5thCdnArmdDiv.html   (116 words)

  
 British & Commonwealth Forces Deployed Units in the Korean War
61 Light Regiment was the longest serving unit in the Korean War, continuing to support infantry unit replacements, such as the 2nd US Marines when other units went out of the line for rest and recuperation.
This was followed by the 3rd and 4th lifts.
Of the action that 2 RAR saw was the Battle of the Hook 24-26 July 1953 (just before the armistice was declared), for which they won the Battle Honour of 'Samichon'.
britains-smallwars.com /korea/British-Forces.html   (2095 words)

  
 Canadian Armoured Corps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
4th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise's Dragoon Guards) - Retitled.
u/c 1st Canadian Infantry Division 7th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment (17th DCO Royal Canadian Hussars) - Retitled.
u/c 3rd Canadian Infantry Division 8th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars) - Retitled.
users.adelphia.net /~dryan67/orders/cac.html   (41 words)

  
 Sicily1943
4th Parachute Squadron, RE the unit did not participate in the Sicily campaign
40th Royal Tank Regiment left in North Africa under command Rear HQ 23rd Armoured Brigade
46th Royal Tank Regiment RHQ, 'A' and 'C' Squadrons in North Africa u/c Rear HQ 23rd Armoured Brigade
homepages.force9.net /rothwell/sicily1943.htm   (648 words)

  
 The MLU Infosearch Register
My film is as much on the regiment as it is on Harold, and I would like to be able to tell as complete a story as I can from the point of view of those who served.
From the south (Breskens Pocket): 3rd and 4th Medium Regiments R.C.A (Royal Canadian Artillery) 2nd [Army Group Royal Artillery] AGRA and: 9th, 10th, 11th, 15th and 107th Regiments R.A. (Royal Artillery) 9th AGRA.
He was in the army D.86024 R.C.A. I was told that he might have been in the 112 Battery 6th LAA Regiment but I can't prove this.
www.mapleleafup.org /locator/locator.html   (12127 words)

  
 The Wednesday Report, Index, 1991
In addition, the relatively 'light' 5 GBC would be re-equipped with main battle tanks and other equipment as was necessary for the Central Front.
Taking its place in Germany _ and its Leopard C1 main battle tanks _ were the 8th Canadian Hussars from CFB Petawawa.
The 4 AD Regiment RCA (Air Defence Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery) will consist of 127 Battery, 128 Battery, 129 Battery, and 4 Air Defence Workshop.
www.thewednesdayreport.com /twr/faads.htm   (16738 words)

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