The Manitoba Mounted Rifles was a cavalry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia and later the Canadian Army. In 1946, the regiment was converted to artillery.

Lineage

*Originated on 2 April 1907, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as the 18th Manitoba Mounted Rifles. * Redesignated on 15 March 1920, as The Manitoba Mounted Rifles. * Converted from Cavalry to Artillery on 1 April 1946, and Amalgamated with the 37th Field Battery, RCA and Redesignated as the 67th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Manitoba Mounted Rifles). * Regiment Moved on 12 July 1948, from Portage la Prairie to

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. * Amalgamated on 1 December 1954, with the 118th Medium Battery, RCA ( Port Arthur, Ontario) under the latter unit's name.

Perpetuations

1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles The 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Army. Raised for service during the First World War as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), it was formed in November 1914, in Brandon, Manitob ...

History

The regiment was first formed on 2 April 1907, originally as the

18th Manitoba Mounted Rifles 18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19. In mathematics * Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect numb ...

. The regimental headquarters was established at Winnipeg and had squadrons established in Winnipeg,

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, Portage la Prairie and Morden, Manitoba.

The First World War

At the start of the First World War, the 18th Mounted Rifles was one of six cavalry regiments from across Western Canada to provide detachments to help form the 6th Battalion (Fort Garrys), CEF for service in the first contingent of the

Canadian Expeditionary Force The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) was the expeditionary field force of Canada during the First World War. It was formed following Britain’s declaration of war on Germany on 15 August 1914, with an initial strength of one infantry division ...

. The other detachments were provided from the 34th Fort Garry Horse (now The Fort Garry Horse), the 20th Border Horse (now part of the

12th Manitoba Dragoons , colors = , march = "Colonel Bogey" , mascot = , battles = North-West RebellionSecond Boer WarFirst World WarSecond World War , notable_commanders ...

), the

32nd Manitoba Horse 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies ...

(now part of The Fort Garry Horse), the

15th Canadian Light Horse The 15th Canadian Light Horse was a light cavalry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). First formed in 1905 as the 15th Light Horse, the regiment was redesignated in 1920 as the 15th Canad ...

(now the South Alberta Light Horse), and the 22nd Saskatchewan Light Horse (now part of The North Saskatchewan Regiment). On 7 November 1914, the 1st Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF was authorized, and on 12 June 1915, the regiment embarked for the United Kingdom. On 22 September 1915, the 1st Regiment, CMR disembarked in France where it fought as part of the 1st Brigade, Canadian Mounted Rifles. On 1 January 1916, the regiment was converted to Infantry along with the other units of the Canadian Mounted Rifles and Redesignated as the 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF; after which it was assigned to the

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. The Battalion fought in France and Flanders until the end of the Great War on 11 November 1918. On 15 November 1920, the 1st Battalion, CMR was disbanded.

1920s-1930s

On 15 March 1920, as a result of the Otter Commission, the regiment was redesignated as The Manitoba Mounted Rifles.

The Second World War

During the Second World War, The Manitoba Mounted Rifles provided detachments along with the

12th Manitoba Dragoons , colors = , march = "Colonel Bogey" , mascot = , battles = North-West RebellionSecond Boer WarFirst World WarSecond World War , notable_commanders ...

and the 2nd Armoured Car Regiment to form the 18th (Manitoba) Reconnaissance Battalion. This active service unit would later be redesignated as the 18th (Manitoba) Armoured Car Regiment and finally as the

18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons) The 12th Manitoba Dragoons is an armoured regiment of the Canadian Army that is currently on the Supplementary Order of Battle. Lineage 12th Manitoba Dragoons *Originated 1 July 1903 in Brandon, Manitoba, as the ''12th "Manitoba Dragoons"''. * ...

where it served directly under the II Canadian Corps serving in Northwest Europe until VE Day.

Post War

From Cavalry to Artillery (and a New Province)

On 1 April 1946, The Manitoba Mounted Rifles were converted to Artillery and Amalgamated with the 37th Field Battery, RCA as the 67th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Manitoba Mounted Rifles). On 12 July 1948, the regiment was transferred to

. On 1 December 1954, the 67th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Manitoba Mounted Rifles) and the 118th Medium Battery, RCA were amalgamated under the latter unit's name.

Organization

The Manitoba Mounted Rifles (15 March 1920)

* Regimental Headquarters ( Portage la Prairie, MB) * A Squadron ( Manitou, MB) * B Squadron ( Altamont, MB) * C Squadron (Portage la Prairie, MB)

Alliances

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18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) The 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first formed in 1759. It saw service for two centuries, including the First World War before being amalgamated with the 13th Hussars to form the 13th/18th Royal H ...

(Until 1922) * -

13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) The 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 13th Hussars and the 18th Royal Hussars in 1922 and, after service in the Second World War, it amalgamated with t ...

(1922-1946)

Battle Honours

MOUNT SORREL The Battle of Mont Sorrel (''Battle of Mount Sorrel'', ''Battle of Hill 62'') was a local operation in World War I by three divisions of the British Second Army and three divisions of the German 4th Army in the Ypres Salient, near Ypres, Bel ...

* SOMME, 1916 * Flers-Courcelette *

Ancre Heights The Ancre (; ) is a river of Picardy, France. Rising at Miraumont, a hamlet near the town of Albert, it flows into the Somme at Corbie. It is long. For most of its length it flows through the department of Somme. For a short stretch near P ...

* ARRAS, 1917, '18 * Vimy, 1917 * HILL 70 * Ypres, 1917 * Passchendaele * AMIENS * Scarpe, 1918 * Hindenburg Line *

Canal du Nord The Canal du Nord (, literally ''Canal of the North'') is a long canal in northern France. The canal connects the Canal latéral à l'Oise at Pont-l'Évêque to the Sensée Canal at Arleux. The French government, in partnership with coal-min ...

* Cambrai, 1918 * Valenciennes *

FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18 The Western Front was one of the main Theatre (warfare), theatres of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army (German Empire), German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and B ...

References

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