The Alberta Regiment was a short-lived infantry regiment of the

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of the Canadian Militia (now the

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). The regiment was formed by the reorganization of the 103rd Calgary Rifles into two separate regiments and the incorporation of a number of

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battalions into the peacetime militia. In 1924, the regiment was split into two separate regiments:

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(now part of

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) and

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(disbanded in 1936).

Lineage

The Alberta Regiment

* Originated on 1 April 1910, in

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, as the '' 103rd Regiment (Calgary Rifles)''. * 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''. * Reorganized on 15 May 1924, into two separate regiments: ''

'' and ''

''.

Perpetuations

* 31st Battalion (Alberta), CEF * 113th Battalion (Lethbridge Highlanders), CEF * 151st (Central Alberta) Battalion, CEF *

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* 187th (Central Alberta) Battalion, CEF * 191st (Southern Alberta) Battalion, CEF

History

On 15 March 1920, as a result of the

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, ''The Alberta Regiment'' was formed by amalgamation of a number of CEF Battalions raised during the

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as well as the reorganization of the '' 103rd Regiment Calgary Rifles'' into two separate regiments: ''The Calgary Regiment'' and ''The Alberta Regiment''. Among the CEF battalions the new regiment perpetuated was the 113th Battalion (Lethbridge Highlanders), CEF which had been previously disbanded in 1917. After the disbandment of the 31st Battalion CEF in either August or September 1920, the perpetuation of that unit was also taken up by the Alberta Regiment. This regiment would be short lived however as on 15 May 1924, The Alberta Regiment was split up into two separate regiments: ''

'' (disbanded in 1936) and ''

'' (now part of ''

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'').

Organization

1st Battalion, The Alberta Regiment (15 March 1920)

* Regimental Headquarters (

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) * A Company (Medicine Hat, AB) * B Company (

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) * C Company (

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; later moved October 1922 to Redcliff) * D Company (

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)

2nd Battalion, The Alberta Regiment (15 March 1920)

* Regimental / Battalion Headquarters (

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) * A Company (Killam) * B Company ( Camrose) * C Company (

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) * D Company ( Sedgewick)

Reserve battalions

The 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Battalions only existed on paper.

Battle Honours

* Mount Sorrel *

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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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Notable Members

* Lieutenant-Colonel

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References

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