York Rangers
The York Rangers was an infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). Although the unit was first officially created in 1866, the regiment traces its ancestry and origins as far back to Rogers' Rangers of the Seven Years' War, the Queen's Rangers of the American Revolutionary War and also the York Militia of the War of 1812. In 1936, the regiment was amalgamated with The Queen's Rangers (1st American Regiment) to form The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment). Lineage The York Rangers * Originated on 14 September 1866, in Aurora, Ontario, as the ''12th York Battalion of Infantry''. * Redesignated on 10 May 1872, as the ''12th Battalion of Infantry or York Rangers''. * Redesignated on 8 May 1900, as the ''12th Regiment York Rangers''. * Redesignated on 1 May 1920, as ''The York Rangers''. * Amalgamated on 15 December 1936, with The Queen's Rangers (1st American Regiment) and redesignated as ''The Queen's York R ...
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