The North Alberta Regiment was an infantry regiment of the

Non-Permanent Active Militia The Non-Permanent Active Militia (NPAM) was the name of Canada's part-time volunteer military force from 1855 to 1940. The NPAM (also called "the Militia" though that term could also encompass the full-time standing army known as the Permanent A ...

of the Canadian Militia (now the

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). In 1936, the regiment was disbanded as a result of a country-wide reorganization of the Canadian Militia.

Lineage

The North Alberta Regiment

* Originated on 1 April 1910, in

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, as the ''

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''. * Reorganized on 15 March 1920, as two separate regiments: ''The Calgary Regiment'' (now

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and

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) and ''

The Alberta Regiment The Alberta Regiment was a short-lived infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). The regiment was formed by the reorganization of the 103rd Calgary Rifles into two separate regiments ...

''. * Reorganized on 15 May 1924, into two separate regiments: ''

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'' and ''The North Alberta Regiment''. * Disbanded on 1 February 1936.

Perpetuations

Great War

* 31st Battalion (Alberta), CEF * 151st (Central Alberta) Battalion, CEF *

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* 192nd (Crow's Nest Pass) Battalion, CEF After the reorganization of The Alberta Regiment in 1924, the perpetuation of the 31st Battalion, CEF was shared by both The North Alberta Regiment and The South Alberta Regiment.

History

The North Alberta Regiment was first authorized on 15 March 1924 when

was reorganized and split into two separate regiments, The North Alberta Regiment and

(now part of the

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). The perpetuations of CEF units granted to The Alberta Regiment were split among both new regiments. It was headquartered at

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and had companies at Camrose, Killam,

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and Sedgewick. On 1 February 1936, The North Alberta Regiment was disbanded along with 13 other regiments as part of the 1936 Canadian Militia reorganization.

Organization

1st Battalion, The North Alberta Regiment (15 May 1924)

* Regimental Headquarters * A Company * B Company * C Company * D Company

Reserve battalions

The 2nd, 3rd and 4th Battalions existed only on paper.

Battle Honours

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, '18 * Flers–Courcelette *

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, '18 *

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* Scarpe, 1917, '18 *

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* Passchendaele *

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* Drocourt–Quéant *

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References

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