The Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles was a cavalry 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
Canadian Army
The Canadian Army (french: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also respo ...
). In 1936, the regiment was converted from cavalry to artillery and became the
27th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (currently 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 ...
).
Lineage
* Originated on 1 April 1910, in
Coaticook, Quebec
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 ...
, 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 on 14 December 1936, from cavalry to artillery and redesignated as the ''27th Field Brigade, RCA'' (now the ''27th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA'' - currently on the Supplementary Order of Battle).
Perpetuations
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5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles
The 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles were a mounted infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during World War I. The unit was raised from volunteers of the 7th and XIth (Canadian) Hussars from the Eastern Townships of Queb ...
The Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles were first granted the perpetuation of the 5th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles. In 1936, after the regiment was converted to artillery, the perpetuation of the 5th Battalion, CMR, was also granted to the 7th/11th Hussars, which today are part of the
Sherbrooke Hussars
The Sherbrooke Hussars is a Primary Reserve armoured warfare, armoured regiment of the Canadian Forces and perpetuates the Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment of the Second World War.
Lineage
The Sherbrooke Regiment
The Sherbrooke Regiment was initiall ...
.
History
Early History
The regiment was originally formed on 1 April 1910, as the ''26th Canadian Horse (Stanstead Dragoons)'' 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. It had squadrons located in Coaticook,
Magog,
Stanstead and
Ayer's Cliff
Ayer's Cliff ( 2021 population 1,180) is a village municipality in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec. It is located just north of the Canada–United States border, on Lake Massawippi, near the mouth of ...
.
On 3 September 1912, the regiment was renamed as the ''26th Stanstead Dragoons''.
The Great War
On 7 November 1914, the 5th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles was authorized for service and on 18 July 1915, the regiment embarked for Great Britain. On 24 October 1915, the regiment disembarked in France where it fought as part of the 2nd Brigade, Canadian Mounted Rifles. On 3 January 1916, the regiment was converted to infantry and Redesignated as the 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles and was assigned to the 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division where it fought in France and Flanders until the end of the war in November 1918. On 30 August 1920, the battalion was disbanded.
1920s-1930s
On 15 March 1920, as a result of the Canadian Militia reforms following the
Otter Commission The Otter Commission, or Otter Committee, was established after the First World War to tackle a problem created by the chaotic mobilization of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. In 1919 units of the CEF, intended as a wartime expeditionary force, ret ...
, the 26th Stanstead Dragoons were renamed for the final time as ''The Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles''.
On 14 December 1936, as part of the 1936 Canadian Militia reorganization, The Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles were converted to artillery and became the ''27th Field Brigade, RCA'' (later redesignated as the ''27th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery'' - now on the Supplementary Order of Battle).
Uniform
The 26th Stanstead Dragoons in full dress wore a scarlet dragoon tunic with black facings and dark blue trousers with a broad yellow stripe. For regimental headdress, it consisted gilded helmet and badge (except for enamelled centre and silver scroll) with a black-over-white hair plume.
Battle Honours
The regiment was granted these battle honours in 1929.
[Appendix to General Order No. 110 of 1929]
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Mount Sorrel
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Somme, 1916
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Flers-Courcelette
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Ancre Heights
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* Arras,
1917
Events
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January
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Vimy, 1917
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Hill 70
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Ypres, 1917
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Passchendaele
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Amiens
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Scarpe 1918 Scarpe may refer to:
* Scarpe river, in France
*Battle of the Scarpe (disambiguation), four Battles of the Scarpe were fought during World War I
*USS Scarpe (SP-713), a United States Navy ship
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Hindenburg Line
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Canal du Nord
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Cambrai, 1918
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Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
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Sambre
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The source of the Sambre is near Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, in the Aisne ...
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France and Flanders, 1915-18
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See also
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References
External links
* https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/Documents/RG9-58_EN-final.pdf
* https://milart.blog/2015/08/23/eastern-canada-volunteer-cavalry-1896-1914/
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Mounted rifle regiments of Canada
Military units and formations of Quebec
Supplementary Order of Battle