The 27th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery was a

Canadian Army Reserve The Primary Reserve of the Canadian Armed Forces (french: links=no, Première réserve des Forces canadiennes) is the first and largest of the four sub-components of the Canadian Armed Forces reserves, followed by the Supplementary Reserve, th ...

Artillery Regiment based in Farnham, Quebec. The regiment was reduced to nil strength in 1970 and placed on the

Supplementary Order of Battle In the Canadian Army, a regiment is placed on the Supplementary Order of Battle when the need for the regiment's existence is no longer relevant. When placed on the Supplementary Order of Battle, a regiment is considered "virtually disbanded", and ...

Origin

The regiment was originally the Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles, a militia/reserve cavalry regiment which was first authorized in 1910. In 1936, as part of the 1936 Canadian Militia Reorganization, the regiment was converted from Cavalry to Artillery.

Lineage

* Originated on 1 April 1910, in

Coaticook Coaticook () is a town on the Coaticook River in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality, and its southern border is also the Canada–United States border. In addition to the primary community ...

, Quebec, as the 26th Canadian Horse (Stanstead Dragoons). *Redesignated on 3 September 1912, as the 26th Stanstead Dragoons. *Redesignated on 15 March 1920, as The Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles. *Converted from Cavalry to Artillery Regiment on 15 December 1936,and Redesignated as the 27th Field Brigade, RCA. * Redesignated on 7 November 1940, as the 27th (Reserve) Field Brigade, RCA. * Redesignated on 1 March 1943, as the 27th (Reserve) Field Regiment. * Redesignated on 15 October 1943, as the 27th Field Regiment, RCA. * Redesignated on 12 April 1960, as the 27th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA. * Reduced to nil strength 1 April 1970, and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle.

Allocated Batteries

27th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA (15 December 1936) * Regimental Headquarters (Coaticook, Quebec) * 72nd Field Battery, RCA (Coaticook) * 73rd Field Battery (Howitzer), RCA (Magog) * 74th Field Battery, RCA (Stanstead) * 75th Field Battery, RCA (Cowansville)

References

{{reflist Field artillery regiments of Canada 1936 establishments in Canada 1970 disestablishments in Canada Supplementary Order of Battle Organizations based in Quebec Military units and formations disestablished in 1970