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Post by pyeknu on Jun 23, 2019 0:39:39 GMT
And now, the second part of the refurbishment of the Canadian Army for the post-war period.
With the Army's gunners, things get very complicated very quickly. It is tradition in the Canadian artillery service that it is the battery that is the founding unit of all artillery formations, not anything higher; remember that the whole service is called the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. Yes, brigades (from before 1939 IOTL) and tactical regiments come and go, but it is the humble artillery battery that is the true cornerstone of the Royal Regiment as a whole.
Because of that, when mobilization was ordered, it was decided to revive ALL the lettered horse artillery batteries and numbered regular artillery batteries back to service. Once this was done and the full tactical needs of what was needed overseas was determined, the tactical field regiments had their internal structures altered around to match. Two numbered batteries which had been assigned to the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery School, 45 Depot Battery and 67 Depot Battery, were reassigned to field regiments of the regular artillery, the 77th Air Defence Artillery Regiment (for 45 Battery) and the 65th Target Acquisition Artillery Regiment (for 67 Battery); this was done out of respect that those batteries had been originally raised in the former town of Lindsay in Ontario (now part of the city of Kawartha Lakes) and the town of Rosetown in Saskatchewan respectively. To replace them would be newly-raised lettered batteries of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.
While the administrative division between elements of the the regular force and the reserve force/militia within the Royal Regiment was effectively maintained - lettered batteries of the RCHA would be full-time regular force units while numbered batteries of the RCA would serve in the militia - there is one exception to that basic rule: The 4th General Support Artillery Regiment, based at CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick, which is a full-time division air defence/target acquisition/missile support regiment which would be allocated to First Canadian Division whenever necessary.
Even with the sheer number of batteries available, it was necessary to raise a considerable number of new batteries to fill out each tactical field regiment, which was set to four batteries per regiment. Because of this, the list of numbered batteries in the Royal Regiment increased to a total of 254 field units, including the four full-time batteries serving as part of the 4th General Support Artillery Regiment. The number of lettered batteries which traditionally form the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery would increase to 24 field units, taking all letters from "A" to "Z" except "I" and "O" for the obvious reasons.
In addition, it was decided to number all the headquarters and services batteries in following up-time British Army practice. The 290-299 series and the 300-399 series of battery numbers were set aside for that purpose, with the last number in the 290 series and the last two numbers in the 300 series would match the tactical regiment's number. Given how high it is numbered, the 166th Field Artillery Regiment would be given number "466" for its headquarters and services battery.
Also, all tactical regiments who are not seen as part of the horse artillery would be given a suffix title that either marks the region of the country it is raised in, a special suffix title that marks a previous iteration or special service zone for said unit or a previous mode of service (i.e., a former infantry or cavalry regiment that converted to artillery). Despite the sheer expansion of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps and the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps to include regiments that were once artillery, it was decided that the artillery regiments would keep such titles, such as the 57th Light Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th Dragoons), which had been first formed in 1946 IOTL by the conversion of the 2nd/10th Dragoons of the Armoured Corps. Each of those titles will be explained below.
Because of the formation of new light artillery regiments (which would be translated into French as régiment d'artillerie légère), it was finally decided that a proper translation of the term "Royal Canadian Horse Artillery" would be used to prevent confusion between the 5e Régiment d'Artillerie Légère du Canada and the various Militia light artillery regiments. The term chosen finally was Artillerie à Cheval Royal du Canada or ACRC in short.
For the most part, each regiment would maintain its operational specialty (field artillery, air defence, missile artillery, target acquisition, mixed general support artillery) that the unit was used in the field as part of First Canadian Army or 3 Canadian Air Division. Any changes to same will also be noted below.
And now, we begin...
THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY/LE RÉGIMENT ROYAL DE L'ARTILLERIE CANADIENNE
REGULAR FORCE
1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery - Montizambert Barracks, SHILO, Manitoba
"A" Battery
"B" Battery
"C" Battery
"Z" Battery
291 Headquarters and Services Battery
While the Royal Regiment's school is now located in Gagetown, Shilo has always been seen as the spiritual home of Canada's gunners. The 1st Regiment, RCHA is the senior ranking tactical formation of the whole of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. "A" and "B" Batteries are the oldest full-time service units in the Canadian Army, both being formed in Kingston and Ville de Québec respectively in 1871. "C" Battery came in 1887 to be based in Victoria in British Columbia. And "Z" Battery was first formed in 1951 as an airborne artillery unit, serving from that date to 1964 before being reduced to nil strength, then was re-raised in 1977.
2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery - Strange Barracks, PETAWAWA, Ontario
"D" Battery
"E" Battery
"F" Battery
"Y" Battery
292 Headquarters and Services Battery
The 2nd Regiment is a recent creation, having been formed post-World War Two IOTL as the needs of the Cold War made further demands on the Royal Regiment. "D" Battery can trace its ancestry back to the Boer War, where a like-lettered unit fought as part of the Royal Canadian Field Artillery (the RCHA's incarnation at that time); it was reformed in 1951. "E" Battery also first served in South Africa, being reformed in 1951 as well; it served as an airborne battery when the Special Service Force was active to support the Canadian Airborne Regiment. "F" Battery was the first all-new RCHA battery to be formed in 1951. And "Y" Battery hails from a railway gun battery to protect England from invasion in World War Two IOTL; it would be reformed in 1954 and served with the 2nd Regiment until 1970 when it was reduced to nil strength; it was re-manned after the Cold War when the SSF was transformed into 2 CMBG.
3rd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery - Griesbach Barracks, SUFFIELD, Alberta
"G" Battery
"H" Battery
"J" Battery
"U" Battery
293 Headquarters and Services Battery
Formed after the start of the Cold War, the 3rd Regiment, RCHA was the long-time artillery support to 1 CMBG and its previous incarnations; the 1st Regiment had nearly always been forward-deployed to Germany as part of Canada's contribution to NATO. "G", "H" and "J" Batteries all came into being in 1953 to flesh out the 3rd Regiment, recruited from personnel trained by various reserve regiments; each of the batteries would share affiliations with 5 Battery in Westmount, 9 Battery in Toronto and 13 Battery in Portage la Prairie respectively. "U" Battery was formed as the integral air defence battery for the 3rd Regiment in 1977. The regiment itself was reduced to nil strength in 1992 and reformed after the Shift, being tasked as a missile artillery regiment. The regiment would retain that tasking after hostilities are concluded, but its home station would be shifted to Suffield in Alberta, which has a far larger training area than Shilo.
4th Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery/4e Régiment d'Artillerie à Cheval Royal du Canada - French Barracks, KINGSTON, Ontario
"K" Battery/Batterie "K"
"L" Battery/Batterie "L"
"M" Battery/Batterie "M"
"N" Battery/Batterie "N"
294 Headquarters and Services Battery/294e Batterie de Commandement et Services
Another post-Cold War formation of the Royal Regiment, the 4th Regiment, RCHA would be formed to also serve as homeland-based reinforcements for the 1st Regiment in Germany as well as serve as the primary artillery element of the old 2nd Canadian Brigade Group in Petawawa. "K", "L" and "M" Batteries were all constituted in 1953, created in the same fashion as their elder siblings in the 3rd Regiment from fully-trained recruits raised through the Militia; because of this, those batteries maintain ties with 16 Battery in Guelph, 58e Batterie in Ville de Québec and 84 Battery in Yarmouth respectively. "N" Battery was never raised in the original incarnation of the 4th Regiment, which served until being reduced to nil strength in 1970 to make way for 5e RALC; it was "W" Battery (see below) that was the fourth combat element of the regiment. The regiment was reformed after the Shift as a missile artillery regiment in Petawawa, with "N" Battery raised as the fourth combat element of the unit. After hostilities, the regiment was allowed to take up new quarters at Kingston, maintaining its current tasking while also providing personnel to aid the 2nd Battalion of the Canadian Guards in ceremonial duties in Ottawa; this is the reason the regiment is bilingual.
5e Régiment d'Artillerie à Cheval Royal du Canada - Caserne Dallaire, VALCARTIER, Québec
Batterie "Q"
Batterie "R"
Batterie "V"
Batterie "X"
295e Batterie de Commandement et Services
The result of the recognition for the need of more French-language units in the Canadian Army, the 5e Régiment d'Artillerie Légère du Canada (literally "5th Light Artillery Regiment of Canada") was constituted in 1968 as the primary artillery element of the-then 5e Groupe-Brigade du Canada formed around two battalions of le Royal 22e Régiment and a battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment in Gagetown. Batteries "Q", "V" and "X" were the initial batteries formed in the 5e Régiment, with Batterie "R" following sometime afterwards. Sometime after the Shift, the regiment was renamed "5e Régiment d'Artillerie à Cheval Royal du Canada" (5e ACRC) to prevent confusion with the several airmobile/airborne light artillery regiments being raised for service in the Seventh and Eighth Canadian Divisions.
6th Training Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery/6e Régiment d'Entraînement d'Artillerie à Cheval Royal du Canada
The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery School/L'École du Régiment Royal de l'Artillerie Canadienne - Brownfield Barracks/Caserne Brownfield, GAGETOWN, New Brunswick
"P" Battery (Field Artillery Training)/Batterie "P" (Entraînement d'Artillerie de Campagne)
"S" Battery (Artillery Support Training)/Batterie "S" (Entraînement d'Appui d'Artillerie)
"T" Battery (Training Development)/Batterie "T" (Développement de l'Instruction)
"W" Battery (Field Training Support)/Batterie "W" (Appui de Campagne pour l'Instruction)
296 Headquarters and Services Battery/296e Batterie de Commandement et Services
The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery School can trace its ancestry all the way back to the founding of "A" and "B" Batteries in 1871, where schools for gunners were established with each battery. Given the title "Royal Schools of Gunnery" in 1880, training was divided between the three Regular Force batteries throughout the end of the Nineteenth Century and into the Twentieth. With the expansion of the Royal Regiment in the Second World War IOTL, gunnery training centres were set up across the country as well as in England; atop that, a school for air defence gunners was set up in Picton (now Prince Edward County in Ontario). All training would concentrate at Shilo by 1960, where it would remain until after Unification, where it was shifted to Gagetown to become part of the Combat Training Centre. A separate air defence training unit was established at Chatham in 1975; it would be reunited with the main school in 1995. "W" Battery was the leftover battery from the 4th Regiment, RCHA when the rest of the unit was reduced to nil strength in 1970. "P", "S" and "T" Batteries would be formed after the Shift to serve as the school's depot batteries, making the school the effective sixth regiment of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (as note the number given to the headquarters and services battery). In the wake of peace in Europe, the school would actually take on an operational rôle to support Canadian Army operations in Atlantic Canada; with augmentation from local militia units, the 6th Regiment could deploy with full strength tactical batteries if required.
4th (Black Forest) General Support Artillery Regiment, RCA/4e (Forêt Noire) Régiment d'Artillerie d'Appui Général, ARC - Dickson Barracks/Caserne Dickson, COLD LAKE, Alberta
119 Air Defence Battery/119e Batterie Antiaérienne
127 Target Acquisition Battery/127e Batterie d'Acquisition d'Objectifs
128 Air Defence Battery/128e Batterie Antiaérienne
129 Missile Battery/129e Batterie des Missiles
304 Headquarters and Services Battery/304e Batterie de Commandement et Services
The 4th General Support Artillery Regiment, RCA was originally formed in 1987 as part of the buildup of Canada's military commitment to NATO in Germany before the end of the Cold War, however its constituent batteries had been in service for much longer. 119 Battery was first activated in 1950 in Esquimalt as an active force air defence unit, serving for just three years until disbandment. 127 Battery was first activated in 1946 as an anti-armour unit before converting to air defence in 1950, shifting to Picton, where it served until conversion to nuclear surface-to-surface missile duties in 1960 and deployment to Europe until disbandment in 1970. 128 and 129 Batteries were also formed in 1946, serving as light air defence artillery; the former was converted to nuclear surface-to-surface missile duties and placed at Shilo alongside the Royal Canadian School of Artillery until disbandment in 1970 while the latter was disbanded in 1957. In 1976, both 128 and 129 Batteries were reformed as independent airfield air defence units assigned to Lahr and Baden-Söllingen as elements of Canadian Forces Europe; 119 Battery was also reformed as part of the Air Defence Artillery School at Chatham. After the disbandment of 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group and the repatriation of all Canadian combat forces from Europe, the regiment was reduced to nil strength in 1992, but reformed as a mixed "total force" unit at Moncton and Gagetown two years later, with 119 and 128 Batteries forming the combat elements of the regiment. The regiment was reorganized as a full-time general support artillery unit just before the Shift, assigned then as a part of the Canadian Combat Support Brigade under the Fifth Canadian Division; 127 Battery was also brought back on strength. After the Shift, the regiment was reassigned as a direct answering unit to the First Canadian Division, re-assuming its air defence role with 119 and 128 Batteries regaining use of newly-built air defence guns and missile launchers, while 127 Battery would serve as the in-house target acquisition force with UAVs and ground radar. 129 Battery would eventually rejoin the regiment as the in-house multiple-launch rocket battery. The regiment would maintain its structure after peace returned, though it would shift to new quarters at Cold Lake as a lodger unit of 4 Wing; a detachment of the regiment had been located there since the unit reformed in Canada in 1994. The regiment was given the honour title "Black Forest" in tribute to its original service within that region of Germany during the last years of the Cold War.
Note: Be assured, MUCH more is coming...!
To Be Continued...
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Post by stevep on Jun 23, 2019 11:58:16 GMT
pyeknu
Interesting update and I find it a bit odd that so many of the units still have horse artillery in their title. Even more so that the royal.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 23, 2019 13:03:11 GMT
pyeknu Interesting update and I find it a bit odd that so many of the units still have horse artillery in their title. Even more so that the royal. Steve What do you mean with, even more so that the royal, stevep. |
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Post by pyeknu on Jun 23, 2019 15:05:51 GMT
pyeknu Interesting update and I find it a bit odd that so many of the units still have horse artillery in their title. Even more so that the royal. Steve , To answer your question, the concept of horse artillery has always existed within the various elements of the British Commonwealth; when the first such units appeared in the 1600s, it was the then-equivalent to self-propelled artillery these days. They had to be light since field guns can be quite heavy to move, so they could be towed by horses and accompany cavalry; all the gunners rode on horses to get to where they needed to deploy. Since this versatility came to help out a lot on the battlefield even if the guns couldn't shoot the real heavy rounds, horse artillery became a very treasured part of any country's gunnery service. Since the British are often keen to hang onto traditional titles, the term Royal Horse Artillery was applied to several units of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Their Canadian counterparts eventually caught on and came to apply the term Royal Canadian Horse Artillery to full-time service batteries and brigades/regiments from 1905; this was meant to distinguish between full-time gunners and part-time militia gunners. For the most part, that distinction has been kept to this day. Even if the regiments have converted to self-propelled artillery or are towed behind trucks, the ceremonial titles are still kept. |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 23, 2019 18:13:23 GMT
pyeknu Interesting update and I find it a bit odd that so many of the units still have horse artillery in their title. Even more so that the royal. Steve , To answer your question, the concept of horse artillery has always existed within the various elements of the British Commonwealth; when the first such units appeared in the 1600s, it was the then-equivalent to self-propelled artillery these days. They had to be light since field guns can be quite heavy to move, so they could be towed by horses and accompany cavalry; all the gunners rode on horses to get to where they needed to deploy. Since this versatility came to help out a lot on the battlefield even if the guns couldn't shoot the real heavy rounds, horse artillery became a very treasured part of any country's gunnery service. Since the British are often keen to hang onto traditional titles, the term Royal Horse Artillery was applied to several units of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Their Canadian counterparts eventually caught on and came to apply the term Royal Canadian Horse Artillery to full-time service batteries and brigades/regiments from 1905; this was meant to distinguish between full-time gunners and part-time militia gunners. For the most part, that distinction has been kept to this day. Even if the regiments have converted to self-propelled artillery or are towed behind trucks, the ceremonial titles are still kept. Thanks for the explanation pyeknu. |
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Post by stevep on Jun 23, 2019 20:20:53 GMT
pyeknu Interesting update and I find it a bit odd that so many of the units still have horse artillery in their title. Even more so that the royal. Steve What do you mean with, even more so that the royal, stevep .
Sorry for the late response as been busy with other things, including a certain football match.  I didn't know how well the old British connection and link to the royal family is viewed in Canada nowadays? However more so that 2019 units still have "horse artillery" in their formal titles. Just noticed you're already answered this since. Thanks. |
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Post by pyeknu on Jun 24, 2019 15:44:28 GMT
And now, the first part of the Militia element of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery...
THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY/LE RÉGIMENT ROYAL DE L'ARTILLERIE CANADIENNE
MILITIA/RESERVE FORCE
1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment (The King's Canadian Hussars), RCA - Bayers Lake Armouries, HALIFAX, Nova Scotia
51 Battery
87 Battery
301 Headquarters and Services Battery
49 Battery - York Redoubt Military Annex, HALIFAX, Nova Scotia
88 Battery - Fort Edward Military Annex, WINDSOR, Nova Scotia
The 1st Field Artillery Regiment, RCA was formed in 1869 as garrison artillery to assist in manning various forts that dotted the area of Nova Scotia's capital city. It would be solidified as a coastal artillery unit in 1925, where it would aid in the protection of the port in the first part of the Second World War IOTL. The regiment was converted to a heavy air defence unit in 1942, serving in that rôle and in the medium air defence rôle until it was united with the 36th Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA in 1960; there, it converted to field artillery, to which it serves to this day. One of the batteries that has served in the regiment all along is 51 Battery. 49 Battery served in the field in the Great War and as a part of the Canadian Army's forces in the Pacific during World War Two IOTL; after the war, the battery was made a coastal unit, then a harbour defence troop before reduction to nil strength in 1956. 87 and 88 Batteries are the descendants of the King's Canadian Hussars, a cavalry unit first formed in 1874 in Windsor that served as such until it was converted to two separate artillery batteries at the cusp of World War Two IOTL; it was as such that both batteries fought in Europe during that time. Since then, 87 Battery has remained part of the 1st Regiment in all its post-war incarnations; 88 Battery was made part of the 14th Regiment, where it served until reduced to nil strength in 1965. After the Shift, 49 and 88 Batteries were brought back on strength before it was dispatched overseas as an element of Fifth Canadian Division. After peace came, the regiment reorganized in Halifax, with detached batteries based at military annexes in Windsor and near York Redoubt south of downtown Halifax to host 49 and 88 Batteries respectively. The regiment was also given the sub-title "King's Canadian Hussars" atop its location title "Halifax-Dartmouth", which made it a ceremonial horse artillery unit of the Royal Regiment.
2nd Montréal Field Artillery Regiment, RCA/2e Régiment d'Artillerie de Campagne du Montréal, ARC - Cavendish Armoury/Caserne Cavendish, MONTRÉAL, Québec
50 (Saint Lawrence) Battery/50e (Saint-Laurent) Batterie
66 (Mount Royal) Battery/66e (Mont-Royal) Batterie
302 Headquarters and Services Battery/302e Batterie de Commandement et Services
5 (Westmount) Battery/5e (Westmount) Batterie - Saint Catherine Street Armoury/Manège Militaire de la Rue Saint-Catherine, WESTMOUNT, Québec
7 (Square Mile) Battery/7e (Mille Carré) Batterie - Caserne Côte-des-Neiges/Côte-des-Neiges Armoury, MONTRÉAL, Québec
The 2nd Montréal Field Artillery Regiment, RCA can trace its ancestry back to 1856, when a battalion of artillery was formed in Montréal. The regiment underwent multiple transformations, eventually emerging to become a medium field artillery unit by 1925; during this time, the regiment dispatched personnel to serve in the Great War and World War Two IOTL. The regiment ended up absorbing other regiments based in the area of Québec's largest city, retaining its designation as medium artillery until 1965, when the massive reductions in the Militia began to force units to go to nil strength. The 2nd Regiment was reduced to just 50 Battery in size in 1965, but was restored the very next year to become Montréal's local artillery regiment with 7 and 66 Batteries brought back to active duty; 7 and 50 Batteries had been part of the 2nd Regiment for a long time while 66 Battery once served as part of the 37e Régiment. On mobilization after the Shift, the regiment was made the English-language artillery unit of the Second Canadian Division, authorized to re-mobilize 5 Battery as well; said battery was first formed in 1920 and would serve in the 34e Régiment before being reduced to nil strength in 1965. After hostilities ended, it was decided that the 2nd Regiment would remain as Montréal's primary English-speaking artillery unit, with 5 Battery based in Westmount and 7 Battery remaining at the Côte-des-Neiges Armoury near the Golden Square Mile. 50 and 66 Batteries and regimental headquarters would be relocated to a new armoury at the corner of Cavendish and Thimems Boulevards in the bilingual city borough of Saint-Laurent near Mount Royal. All the field batteries were given the right to have location titles attached to them while the 2nd Regiment as a whole was made to be the effective equivalent of the 7th Toronto Regiment, which honours the original unit name, the Battalion of "Montreal Artillery".
3rd Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company), RCA - Barrack Green Armoury, SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick
105 Battery
115 Battery
303 Headquarters and Services Battery
117 Battery - Union Street Militia Annex and Naval Arsenal, SAINT STEPHEN, New Brunswick
124 Battery - Meenans Cove Militia Annex and Naval Arsenal, QUISPAMSIS, New Brunswick
The 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA can lay claim to the honour of being the third-oldest artillery unit in the British Commonwealth as a whole. The original Loyal Company of Artillery had been formed all the way back in 1793, serving as part of New Brunswick's local artillery formations since that time. When the regiment was forced through the Shift, it had two active batteries, one in Saint John with regimental headquarters and one in Woodstock. When the needs of the artillery in Europe came to be fully understood, it was decided to separate 89 Battery in Woodstock to join the reformed 64th Regiment while the 3rd Regiment would become Saint John's local artillery unit, mobilizing to become one of the field artillery elements of the Fifth Canadian Division. After hostilities ended, the regiment returned back to New Brunswick and became the local artillery unit for southern and southwestern New Brunswick. Headquarters was maintained at the Barrack Green Armoury in Saint John, while detached batteries were set up in Saint Stephen and Quispamsis; in those cases, quarters would be shared with detached divisions of HMCS Brunswicker, thus allowing New Brunswick's oldest naval reserve unit to form a direct alliance with the province's oldest militia unit. Also, the Loyal Company would get their proper regimental subtitle back; also, they would form an affiliation with Britain's oldest Territorial Army unit, the Honourable Artillery Company of London. 105 Battery was formed in 1936 from the conversion of a squadron of the New Brunswick Dragoons during the Militia reforms that year and served with the regiment until reduction to nil strength in 1959. 115 Battery is the direct inheritor of the title "Loyal Company"; it was founded as a garrison battery in 1860 and has served in Saint John ever since in multiple rôles. 117 Battery was formed as a coastal defence battery in 1946, then converted to a medium air defence unit which served with the regiment until reduction to nil strength in 1959. 124 Battery was formed as a reserve air defence unit in 1946, serving right through to 1959 and reduction to nil strength.
5th British Columbia Field Artillery Regiment (Canadian Scottish), RCA - Uplands Park Armoury, VICTORIA, British Columbia
155 Battery
305 Headquarters and Services Battery
156 Battery - Brig David Roy Sargent Armoury, NANAIMO, British Columbia
196 Battery - Ocean Avenue Military Annex, NORTH SAANICH, British Columbia
198 Battery - Lakes Road Military Annex, DUNCAN, British Columbia
The 5th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA was formed in its current incarnation in 1991 after serving as an independent battery since 1954. Said battery was formed by the amalgamation of a coastal defence unit and a heavy air defence unit that recruited from as far north as Prince Rupert. The coastal unit, then called the "5th (British Columbia) Coast Regiment", could trace its ancestry to volunteer gunners who formed to defend Victoria in 1861 while the Civil War raged across the border in America. The current regiment confronted the Shift with two batteries on active strength. Authorized to raise up two former light air defence batteries from Nanaimo and Duncan to round out the regiment as a whole, it then went to war as part of the Sixth Canadian Division. On return to British Columbia after hostilities ended, the "Five Tribe" (as the regiment is nicknamed) took up quarters at a new armoury at the eastern end of Victoria overlooking Uplands Park and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Also located there with regimental headquarters was 155 Battery; said battery traces its ancestry all the way back to the original garrison artillery formed in Victoria in 1883, serving as coastal and air defence artillery until it was made a troop of the 5th (West Coast) Harbour Defence Battery in 1954. 156 Battery was formed as a battery in 1925, serving with the 5th Coast Brigade until reduction to troop size in 1954; in 1991, it was restored to battery size and based in Nanaimo to recruit from there. 196 Battery was formed in Nanaimo as part of the 66th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA (which was formed originally as the 2nd Battalion of the Canadian Scottish Regiment) in 1946, serving until conversion back to infantry in 1954; the new battery would be established in North Saanich next to the Victoria International Airport. And 197 Battery was originally formed in Duncan as part of the 66th Regiment in 1946, being converted to infantry in 1954 as well; the reformed battery would return back to its traditional hometown. The regiment as a whole would be both a ceremonial mounted unit (as it served as armoured artillery in Europe) as well as a Highlander unit; since the old 66th Regiment had been formed from a battalion of the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), the Five Tribe would adopt the same blue glengarry with a red toorie as their infantry cousins wear as headdress, though the dicing would be red and gold to match the colours of the Royal Regiment. Members of the regiment would also wear the Hunting Stuart tartan kilt; this would mark them as the unofficial second battalion of the Canadian Scottish. Also, the regiment would join the 7th Toronto and other units in having their provincial name be made part of the official title of the unit.
6e (Lévis) Régiment d'Artillerie de Campagne, ARC - l'Arsenal, LÉVIS, Québec
57e Batterie
144e Batterie
306e Batterie de Commandement et Services
59e Batterie - Manège Militaire de l'Avenue de la Gare, MONTMAGNY, Québec
143e Batterie - Arsenal Naval et Manège Militaire du Haut-Chaudière, SAINT-GEORGES, Québec
The 6e Régiment d'Artillerie de Campagne, ARC was first formed as a garrison artillery unit back in 1899 to man the defences of Ville de Québec and its environs. Over the years, the regiment migrated across the river to Lévis, becoming that city's home artillery unit. At the Shift, the regiment had three batteries, with one each in Ville de Québec and Montmagny. It was decided to separate the 58e Batterie to reform the 63e Régiment for service with III Canadian Corps' artillery; the regiment would be eventually redesignated the 31e Régiment. The remaining batteries would be augmented by two reformed batteries before deploying as part of the Second Canadian Division to Europe. Once hostilities were over, the regiment became the resident artillery unit of the province's Chaudière-Appalaches region. 57e Batterie was formed in Ville de Québec in 1855 as one of the first artillery units in the Militia and would serve until 1965 and reduction to nil strength, only to be reformed in 1970 at Lévis. 59e Batterie is also a former resident of Ville de Québec; formed in 1894, it served practically alongside its sibling unit right through to this day, shifting to Lévis in 1914 and then to Montmagny in 1965. 143e Batterie is yet another former resident of Ville de Québec, formed after World War Two IOTL and serving as an anti-armour unit until reduction to nil strength as part of the old 35e Régiment in 1954; the new battery would be raised at Saint-Georges near the border with Maine, then would return to share quarters with the headquarters division of NCSM Sartigan. And the 144e Batterie was formed in Lauzon east of old Lévis in 1946 as part of the old 35e Régiment, serving until being united with 59e Batterie the year before the move to Montmagny; the new battery would be raised and later based alongside 57e Batterie in Lévis. The regiment would form affiliations with le Régiment de Lévis, which it would help reform with the assistance of le Régiment de la Chaudière; the reborn infantry regiment would share l'Arsenal with the 6e Régiment while the Chaudières would move to Thetford-Mines.
7th Toronto Field Artillery Regiment, RCA - Riverdale Park Armoury, TORONTO, Ontario
15 Battery
307 Headquarters and Services Battery
9 Battery - Eastville Avenue Military Annex, TORONTO, Ontario
130 Battery - LCol George Taylor Denison III Armoury, TORONTO, Ontario
216 Battery - Fort York Armoury, TORONTO, Ontario
The 7th Toronto Field Artillery Regiment, RCA is the first Militia artillery unit to incorporate its location as part of the official title. It traces its ancestry to a volunteer militia unit raised in York (the old name of Canada's largest city) in 1813 to fight the Americans; descendants of that unit were involved in the Rebellions of 1837. The modern regiment was authorized in 1855, serving under various designations until the first version of the 7th Toronto Regiment was formed in 1931. Said regiment was made an artillery brigade headquarters for the Second Canadian Division in 1946, serving as such until disbandment in 1954. The modern regiment would be formed from the re-designation of the 29th Regiment (first formed in 1946 as self-propelled artillery) in 1965. The current regiment had three batteries on strength at the Shift; all three batteries would remain with the regiment when it deployed to Europe as part of the Fourth Canadian Division, with one new battery formed to round out the combat elements. At the end of hostilities, it was decided to re-base the 7th Toronto at a new location at the end of Carlton Street overlooking the Don River Valley near the Cabbagetown Farmer's Market. Here, regimental headquarters would be based with one battery, with the other two batteries co-located with other units within Toronto itself. 9 Battery traces its origins back to 1866, serving mostly as field artillery; the battery would move to a new armoury annex overlooking the Scarborough Bluffs (where it had served from 1956-59) to increase the regiment's recruiting footprint. 15 Battery was formed in 1920, serving as a field battery through to today; it would relocate to Riverdale Park. 130 Battery was raised after World War Two IOTL in 1946, serving as self-propelled artillery with the 29th Regiment before becoming part of the 7th Regiment in 1965; it would take up residence at Downsview Airport alongside the Governor General's Horse Guards. And 216 Battery is a brand-new unit formed after the Shift; it would be based near Fort York alongside a squadron of the Queen's York Rangers. Given its service as armoured artillery, the 7th Toronto would mount a ceremonial horse artillery element to participate in parades and other special occasions.
8th (Wentworth) Light Artillery Regiment, RCA - Dover Drive Armoury, HAMILTON, Ontario
11 (Hamilton) Battery
308 Headquarters and Services Battery
40 (Sportsman's) Battery - Winona Rifle Range and Military Annex, GRIMSBY, Ontario
102 (Dundas) Battery - York Road Military Annex, HAMILTON, Ontario
223 (Glanbrook) Battery - Mount Hope Military Annex, HAMILTON, Ontario
The 8th Light Artillery Regiment, RCA was first formed as a field brigade in 1920 composed of four batteries from Hamilton and Saint Catharines. The unit remained on strength through conversion to a field regiment after World War Two IOTL, serving until reduction to nil strength in 1970, with only one battery remaining to be transferred to the 11th Regiment. After the Shift, 11 Battery was authorized to expand and reform the 8th Regiment as an airmobile light infantry unit, with two batteries brought back on strength and a new battery formed to serve with the Seventh Canadian Division. The regiment would return to new quarters after hostilities ended, setting up shop in the Greenford neighbourhood of old Hamilton. 11 Battery was formed in 1855 as one of the first Militia artillery units, serving as a field and medium artillery unit to today. It has always possessed the location title "Hamilton" and would be known as 11 "Hamilton-Wentworth" Battery during its time as part of the 11th Regiment; on restoration to the 8th Regiment, the old county title was switched to the regiment while the city title was kept by the battery. 40 Battery was formed in Grimsby 1912, serving as a field artillery in various units until reduction to nil strength in 1970; after its reformation, it would regain its nickname the "Sportsman's Battery" (thanks to the many sports personalities who served in that unit such as Maj Conn Smythe, veteran of both the Great War and World War Two IOTL, once-owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs and builder of Maple Leaf Gardens) and share quarters with 227 Battery in the 29th Regiment at the Winona Ranges. 102 Battery was raised in Dundas after conversion from an infantry company in the 1936 reforms; it was given the original location title "Wentworth" which it maintained until reduction to nil strength in 1965. On its reform, it acquired new quarters northwest of McMaster University and was given the location title "Dundas" to mark the old town it was now resident in. 223 Battery is a brand-new unit formed after the Shift; on return to Canada, it would take up residence at a new military annex located at the Hamilton John C. Munro International Airport; it would get the location title marking the old township in whose territory it was now based.
9th (Lennox and Addington) Air Defence Artillery Regiment (Argyll Light Infantry), RCA - Advance Avenue Armoury, GREATER NAPANEE, Ontario
47 (Napanee) Battery
309 Headquarters and Services Battery
34 (Belleville) Battery - Pinnacle Street Armoury, BELLEVILLE, Ontario
234 (Loyalist) Battery - Mott Street Military Annex, LOYALIST (BATH), Ontario
235 (Tyendinaga) Battery - Park Street Military Annex, DESERONTO, Ontario
The 9th Air Defence Artillery Regiment, RCA was first formed in 1905 as a field brigade based out of Kingston, serving as such until being united with the Argyll Light Infantry (Tank) in 1946 and becoming a self-propelled anti-armour unit; it would merge with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment in 1954. After the Shift, the 9th Regiment was raised as an air defence unit, reforming two batteries and forming two new batteries for service with III Canadian Corps' artillery brigade in Europe. On return, it was given new quarters in Greater Napanee and allowed to base itself in Lennox and Addington and Hastings Counties; it would be given the peacetime rôle of aiding in the defence of the airbase at Trenton and helping defend elements of 8 Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force whenever they deployed overseas in the future. 34 Battery was one of the original elements assigned to the 9th Brigade, serving until 1954 when it became part of the Hastings and Prince Edward; after hostilities, it would take up residence alongside its infantry cousins in its traditional home town. 47 Battery was first formed in 1920 in Napanee, serving there until it was amalgamated with 22 Battery in 1954; once back in Canada, it would return to its traditional home town to serve as the regiment's home battery. 234 Battery is one of the two post-Shift elements of the regiment; after its return, it would move into a military annex in the old town of Bath. 235 Battery is the other post-Shift element of the regiment; it would take up quarters in a new military annex in Deseronto and be granted the right to bear the location title of the Tyendinaga (Kenhtè:ke) Territory west of town, which is a reserve set aside for the Kanien'kehá:ka people overlooking the Bay of Quinte. As the regiment is technically a sister unit to the modern Argyll Light Infantry (RCAC), they adopted the dark blue beret of the Royal Regiment with a red-and-white dicing patch similar to what is worn on many types of glengarry bonnet in the Canadian Army; a red hackle would be inserted behind the cap badge (the Argylls wear a similar style of headdress but with a black beret as they are an armoured regiment). Due to the regiment being ceremonially seen as the second field regiment of the Argylls, members of 9th Regiment also wear the standard highland-type dress uniform with the Campbell tartan pattern when on parades.
10th (Sherwood) General Support Artillery Regiment, RCA - Elphinstone Street Barracks, REGINA, Saskatchewan
18 Missile Battery
310 Headquarters and Services Battery
65 Target Acquisition Battery - Assiniboia Avenue Military Annex, GRENFELL, Saskatchewan
76 Air Defence Battery - Industrial Drive Military Annex, INDIAN HEAD, Saskatchewan
110 Air Defence Battery - Edmonton Street Military Annex, BROADVIEW, Saskatchewan
The 10th General Support Artillery Regiment, RCA was first formed as a field brigade in 1920, serving as field and medium artillery to this day. After the Shift, it was allocated as a general support artillery unit, being deployed to Europe as part of the Third Canadian Division; one of the regiment's batteries would be detached to help reform the 53rd Regiment. On its return back to Canada, the regiment became the effective home artillery unit of the area around Saskatchewan's capital city and a swath of territory along the Trans-Canada Highway east to the Manitoba border. 18 Battery was first formed in 1910, serving in Regina throughout to this very day; after mobilization was ordered, the battery remained in Canada until it could be equipped as a proper multiple-launch rocket unit before deploying to Europe and rejoining its regiment. It would return and base itself at the regiment's headquarters in Regina after hostilities, sharing the Elphinstone Barracks with the reformed 16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse and the Royal Regina Rifles. 65 Battery was raised in Grenfell as part of the 22nd Field Brigade in 1920, staying with that unit until union with the 10th Regiment in 1954; the battery itself would be reduced to nil strength in 1968. On its reformation, it became the regiment's target acquisition element; after hostilities, it would return to its traditional home town. 76 Battery wasn't formed until the 1936 Militia reforms, absorbing former infantry soldiers from the Assiniboia Regiment then being shifted into the 22nd (Assiniboia) Brigade; it would become part of the 10th Regiment in 1963 and be reduced to nil strength in 1970. After its reformation, it became one of the regiment's two air defence elements; it would return to its traditional home town after hostilities concluded. 110 Battery was also formed out of the transformation of the Assiniboia Regiment in 1936, serving with the 22nd Regiment until it was reduced to nil strength after the 24th Regiment was amalgamated into the 10th Regiment in 1954; after its reformation, it became the other air defence battery of the regiment and returned to its traditional home town after hostilities ended. The regiment has a secondary task of aiding in the defence of the air base at Moose Jaw as well as helping secure the border between Saskatchewan and both Montana and North Dakota in conjunction with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canada Border Services Agency.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 26, 2019 15:27:08 GMT
And now, the first part of the Militia element of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery...
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THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY/LE RÉGIMENT ROYAL DE L'ARTILLERIE CANADIENNE
MILITIA/RESERVE FORCE
1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment (The King's Canadian Hussars), RCA - Bayers Lake Armouries, HALIFAX, Nova Scotia
51 Battery
87 Battery
301 Headquarters and Services Battery
49 Battery - York Redoubt Military Annex, HALIFAX, Nova Scotia
88 Battery - Fort Edward Military Annex, WINDSOR, Nova Scotia
The 1st Field Artillery Regiment, RCA was formed in 1869 as garrison artillery to assist in manning various forts that dotted the area of Nova Scotia's capital city. It would be solidified as a coastal artillery unit in 1925, where it would aid in the protection of the port in the first part of the Second World War IOTL. The regiment was converted to a heavy air defence unit in 1942, serving in that rôle and in the medium air defence rôle until it was united with the 36th Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA in 1960; there, it converted to field artillery, to which it serves to this day. One of the batteries that has served in the regiment all along is 51 Battery. 49 Battery served in the field in the Great War and as a part of the Canadian Army's forces in the Pacific during World War Two IOTL; after the war, the battery was made a coastal unit, then a harbour defence troop before reduction to nil strength in 1956. 87 and 88 Batteries are the descendants of the King's Canadian Hussars, a cavalry unit first formed in 1874 in Windsor that served as such until it was converted to two separate artillery batteries at the cusp of World War Two IOTL; it was as such that both batteries fought in Europe during that time. Since then, 87 Battery has remained part of the 1st Regiment in all its post-war incarnations; 88 Battery was made part of the 14th Regiment, where it served until reduced to nil strength in 1965. After the Shift, 49 and 88 Batteries were brought back on strength before it was dispatched overseas as an element of Fifth Canadian Division. After peace came, the regiment reorganized in Halifax, with detached batteries based at military annexes in Windsor and near York Redoubt south of downtown Halifax to host 49 and 88 Batteries respectively. The regiment was also given the sub-title "King's Canadian Hussars" atop its location title "Halifax-Dartmouth", which made it a ceremonial horse artillery unit of the Royal Regiment.
2nd Montréal Field Artillery Regiment, RCA/2e Régiment d'Artillerie de Campagne du Montréal, ARC - Cavendish Armoury/Caserne Cavendish, MONTRÉAL, Québec
50 (Saint Lawrence) Battery/50e (Saint-Laurent) Batterie
66 (Mount Royal) Battery/66e (Mont-Royal) Batterie
302 Headquarters and Services Battery/302e Batterie de Commandement et Services
5 (Westmount) Battery/5e (Westmount) Batterie - Saint Catherine Street Armoury/Manège Militaire de la Rue Saint-Catherine, WESTMOUNT, Québec
7 (Square Mile) Battery/7e (Mille Carré) Batterie - Caserne Côte-des-Neiges/Côte-des-Neiges Armoury, MONTRÉAL, Québec
The 2nd Montréal Field Artillery Regiment, RCA can trace its ancestry back to 1856, when a battalion of artillery was formed in Montréal. The regiment underwent multiple transformations, eventually emerging to become a medium field artillery unit by 1925; during this time, the regiment dispatched personnel to serve in the Great War and World War Two IOTL. The regiment ended up absorbing other regiments based in the area of Québec's largest city, retaining its designation as medium artillery until 1965, when the massive reductions in the Militia began to force units to go to nil strength. The 2nd Regiment was reduced to just 50 Battery in size in 1965, but was restored the very next year to become Montréal's local artillery regiment with 7 and 66 Batteries brought back to active duty; 7 and 50 Batteries had been part of the 2nd Regiment for a long time while 66 Battery once served as part of the 37e Régiment. On mobilization after the Shift, the regiment was made the English-language artillery unit of the Second Canadian Division, authorized to re-mobilize 5 Battery as well; said battery was first formed in 1920 and would serve in the 34e Régiment before being reduced to nil strength in 1965. After hostilities ended, it was decided that the 2nd Regiment would remain as Montréal's primary English-speaking artillery unit, with 5 Battery based in Westmount and 7 Battery remaining at the Côte-des-Neiges Armoury near the Golden Square Mile. 50 and 66 Batteries and regimental headquarters would be relocated to a new armoury at the corner of Cavendish and Thimems Boulevards in the bilingual city borough of Saint-Laurent near Mount Royal. All the field batteries were given the right to have location titles attached to them while the 2nd Regiment as a whole was made to be the effective equivalent of the 7th Toronto Regiment, which honours the original unit name, the Battalion of "Montreal Artillery".
3rd Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company), RCA - Barrack Green Armoury, SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick
105 Battery
115 Battery
303 Headquarters and Services Battery
117 Battery - Union Street Militia Annex and Naval Arsenal, SAINT STEPHEN, New Brunswick
124 Battery - Meenans Cove Militia Annex and Naval Arsenal, QUISPAMSIS, New Brunswick
The 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA can lay claim to the honour of being the third-oldest artillery unit in the British Commonwealth as a whole. The original Loyal Company of Artillery had been formed all the way back in 1793, serving as part of New Brunswick's local artillery formations since that time. When the regiment was forced through the Shift, it had two active batteries, one in Saint John with regimental headquarters and one in Woodstock. When the needs of the artillery in Europe came to be fully understood, it was decided to separate 89 Battery in Woodstock to join the reformed 64th Regiment while the 3rd Regiment would become Saint John's local artillery unit, mobilizing to become one of the field artillery elements of the Fifth Canadian Division. After hostilities ended, the regiment returned back to New Brunswick and became the local artillery unit for southern and southwestern New Brunswick. Headquarters was maintained at the Barrack Green Armoury in Saint John, while detached batteries were set up in Saint Stephen and Quispamsis; in those cases, quarters would be shared with detached divisions of HMCS Brunswicker, thus allowing New Brunswick's oldest naval reserve unit to form a direct alliance with the province's oldest militia unit. Also, the Loyal Company would get their proper regimental subtitle back; also, they would form an affiliation with Britain's oldest Territorial Army unit, the Honourable Artillery Company of London. 105 Battery was formed in 1936 from the conversion of a squadron of the New Brunswick Dragoons during the Militia reforms that year and served with the regiment until reduction to nil strength in 1959. 115 Battery is the direct inheritor of the title "Loyal Company"; it was founded as a garrison battery in 1860 and has served in Saint John ever since in multiple rôles. 117 Battery was formed as a coastal defence battery in 1946, then converted to a medium air defence unit which served with the regiment until reduction to nil strength in 1959. 124 Battery was formed as a reserve air defence unit in 1946, serving right through to 1959 and reduction to nil strength.
5th British Columbia Field Artillery Regiment (Canadian Scottish), RCA - Uplands Park Armoury, VICTORIA, British Columbia
155 Battery
305 Headquarters and Services Battery
156 Battery - Brig David Roy Sargent Armoury, NANAIMO, British Columbia
196 Battery - Ocean Avenue Military Annex, NORTH SAANICH, British Columbia
198 Battery - Lakes Road Military Annex, DUNCAN, British Columbia
The 5th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA was formed in its current incarnation in 1991 after serving as an independent battery since 1954. Said battery was formed by the amalgamation of a coastal defence unit and a heavy air defence unit that recruited from as far north as Prince Rupert. The coastal unit, then called the "5th (British Columbia) Coast Regiment", could trace its ancestry to volunteer gunners who formed to defend Victoria in 1861 while the Civil War raged across the border in America. The current regiment confronted the Shift with two batteries on active strength. Authorized to raise up two former light air defence batteries from Nanaimo and Duncan to round out the regiment as a whole, it then went to war as part of the Sixth Canadian Division. On return to British Columbia after hostilities ended, the "Five Tribe" (as the regiment is nicknamed) took up quarters at a new armoury at the eastern end of Victoria overlooking Uplands Park and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Also located there with regimental headquarters was 155 Battery; said battery traces its ancestry all the way back to the original garrison artillery formed in Victoria in 1883, serving as coastal and air defence artillery until it was made a troop of the 5th (West Coast) Harbour Defence Battery in 1954. 156 Battery was formed as a battery in 1925, serving with the 5th Coast Brigade until reduction to troop size in 1954; in 1991, it was restored to battery size and based in Nanaimo to recruit from there. 196 Battery was formed in Nanaimo as part of the 66th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA (which was formed originally as the 2nd Battalion of the Canadian Scottish Regiment) in 1946, serving until conversion back to infantry in 1954; the new battery would be established in North Saanich next to the Victoria International Airport. And 197 Battery was originally formed in Duncan as part of the 66th Regiment in 1946, being converted to infantry in 1954 as well; the reformed battery would return back to its traditional hometown. The regiment as a whole would be both a ceremonial mounted unit (as it served as armoured artillery in Europe) as well as a Highlander unit; since the old 66th Regiment had been formed from a battalion of the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), the Five Tribe would adopt the same blue glengarry with a red toorie as their infantry cousins wear as headdress, though the dicing would be red and gold to match the colours of the Royal Regiment. Members of the regiment would also wear the Hunting Stuart tartan kilt; this would mark them as the unofficial second battalion of the Canadian Scottish. Also, the regiment would join the 7th Toronto and other units in having their provincial name be made part of the official title of the unit.
6e (Lévis) Régiment d'Artillerie de Campagne, ARC - l'Arsenal, LÉVIS, Québec
57e Batterie
144e Batterie
306e Batterie de Commandement et Services
59e Batterie - Manège Militaire de l'Avenue de la Gare, MONTMAGNY, Québec
143e Batterie - Arsenal Naval et Manège Militaire du Haut-Chaudière, SAINT-GEORGES, Québec
The 6e Régiment d'Artillerie de Campagne, ARC was first formed as a garrison artillery unit back in 1899 to man the defences of Ville de Québec and its environs. Over the years, the regiment migrated across the river to Lévis, becoming that city's home artillery unit. At the Shift, the regiment had three batteries, with one each in Ville de Québec and Montmagny. It was decided to separate the 58e Batterie to reform the 63e Régiment for service with III Canadian Corps' artillery; the regiment would be eventually redesignated the 31e Régiment. The remaining batteries would be augmented by two reformed batteries before deploying as part of the Second Canadian Division to Europe. Once hostilities were over, the regiment became the resident artillery unit of the province's Chaudière-Appalaches region. 57e Batterie was formed in Ville de Québec in 1855 as one of the first artillery units in the Militia and would serve until 1965 and reduction to nil strength, only to be reformed in 1970 at Lévis. 59e Batterie is also a former resident of Ville de Québec; formed in 1894, it served practically alongside its sibling unit right through to this day, shifting to Lévis in 1914 and then to Montmagny in 1965. 143e Batterie is yet another former resident of Ville de Québec, formed after World War Two IOTL and serving as an anti-armour unit until reduction to nil strength as part of the old 35e Régiment in 1954; the new battery would be raised at Saint-Georges near the border with Maine, then would return to share quarters with the headquarters division of NCSM Sartigan. And the 144e Batterie was formed in Lauzon east of old Lévis in 1946 as part of the old 35e Régiment, serving until being united with 59e Batterie the year before the move to Montmagny; the new battery would be raised and later based alongside 57e Batterie in Lévis. The regiment would form affiliations with le Régiment de Lévis, which it would help reform with the assistance of le Régiment de la Chaudière; the reborn infantry regiment would share l'Arsenal with the 6e Régiment while the Chaudières would move to Thetford-Mines.
7th Toronto Field Artillery Regiment, RCA - Riverdale Park Armoury, TORONTO, Ontario
15 Battery
307 Headquarters and Services Battery
9 Battery - Eastville Avenue Military Annex, TORONTO, Ontario
130 Battery - LCol George Taylor Denison III Armoury, TORONTO, Ontario
216 Battery - Fort York Armoury, TORONTO, Ontario
The 7th Toronto Field Artillery Regiment, RCA is the first Militia artillery unit to incorporate its location as part of the official title. It traces its ancestry to a volunteer militia unit raised in York (the old name of Canada's largest city) in 1813 to fight the Americans; descendants of that unit were involved in the Rebellions of 1837. The modern regiment was authorized in 1855, serving under various designations until the first version of the 7th Toronto Regiment was formed in 1931. Said regiment was made an artillery brigade headquarters for the Second Canadian Division in 1946, serving as such until disbandment in 1954. The modern regiment would be formed from the re-designation of the 29th Regiment (first formed in 1946 as self-propelled artillery) in 1965. The current regiment had three batteries on strength at the Shift; all three batteries would remain with the regiment when it deployed to Europe as part of the Fourth Canadian Division, with one new battery formed to round out the combat elements. At the end of hostilities, it was decided to re-base the 7th Toronto at a new location at the end of Carlton Street overlooking the Don River Valley near the Cabbagetown Farmer's Market. Here, regimental headquarters would be based with one battery, with the other two batteries co-located with other units within Toronto itself. 9 Battery traces its origins back to 1866, serving mostly as field artillery; the battery would move to a new armoury annex overlooking the Scarborough Bluffs (where it had served from 1956-59) to increase the regiment's recruiting footprint. 15 Battery was formed in 1920, serving as a field battery through to today; it would relocate to Riverdale Park. 130 Battery was raised after World War Two IOTL in 1946, serving as self-propelled artillery with the 29th Regiment before becoming part of the 7th Regiment in 1965; it would take up residence at Downsview Airport alongside the Governor General's Horse Guards. And 216 Battery is a brand-new unit formed after the Shift; it would be based near Fort York alongside a squadron of the Queen's York Rangers. Given its service as armoured artillery, the 7th Toronto would mount a ceremonial horse artillery element to participate in parades and other special occasions.
8th (Wentworth) Light Artillery Regiment, RCA - Dover Drive Armoury, HAMILTON, Ontario
11 (Hamilton) Battery
308 Headquarters and Services Battery
40 (Sportsman's) Battery - Winona Rifle Range and Military Annex, GRIMSBY, Ontario
102 (Dundas) Battery - York Road Military Annex, HAMILTON, Ontario
223 (Glanbrook) Battery - Mount Hope Military Annex, HAMILTON, Ontario
The 8th Light Artillery Regiment, RCA was first formed as a field brigade in 1920 composed of four batteries from Hamilton and Saint Catharines. The unit remained on strength through conversion to a field regiment after World War Two IOTL, serving until reduction to nil strength in 1970, with only one battery remaining to be transferred to the 11th Regiment. After the Shift, 11 Battery was authorized to expand and reform the 8th Regiment as an airmobile light infantry unit, with two batteries brought back on strength and a new battery formed to serve with the Seventh Canadian Division. The regiment would return to new quarters after hostilities ended, setting up shop in the Greenford neighbourhood of old Hamilton. 11 Battery was formed in 1855 as one of the first Militia artillery units, serving as a field and medium artillery unit to today. It has always possessed the location title "Hamilton" and would be known as 11 "Hamilton-Wentworth" Battery during its time as part of the 11th Regiment; on restoration to the 8th Regiment, the old county title was switched to the regiment while the city title was kept by the battery. 40 Battery was formed in Grimsby 1912, serving as a field artillery in various units until reduction to nil strength in 1970; after its reformation, it would regain its nickname the "Sportsman's Battery" (thanks to the many sports personalities who served in that unit such as Maj Conn Smythe, veteran of both the Great War and World War Two IOTL, once-owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs and builder of Maple Leaf Gardens) and share quarters with 227 Battery in the 29th Regiment at the Winona Ranges. 102 Battery was raised in Dundas after conversion from an infantry company in the 1936 reforms; it was given the original location title "Wentworth" which it maintained until reduction to nil strength in 1965. On its reform, it acquired new quarters northwest of McMaster University and was given the location title "Dundas" to mark the old town it was now resident in. 223 Battery is a brand-new unit formed after the Shift; on return to Canada, it would take up residence at a new military annex located at the Hamilton John C. Munro International Airport; it would get the location title marking the old township in whose territory it was now based.
9th (Lennox and Addington) Air Defence Artillery Regiment (Argyll Light Infantry), RCA - Advance Avenue Armoury, GREATER NAPANEE, Ontario
47 (Napanee) Battery
309 Headquarters and Services Battery
34 (Belleville) Battery - Pinnacle Street Armoury, BELLEVILLE, Ontario
234 (Loyalist) Battery - Mott Street Military Annex, LOYALIST (BATH), Ontario
235 (Tyendinaga) Battery - Park Street Military Annex, DESERONTO, Ontario
The 9th Air Defence Artillery Regiment, RCA was first formed in 1905 as a field brigade based out of Kingston, serving as such until being united with the Argyll Light Infantry (Tank) in 1946 and becoming a self-propelled anti-armour unit; it would merge with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment in 1954. After the Shift, the 9th Regiment was raised as an air defence unit, reforming two batteries and forming two new batteries for service with III Canadian Corps' artillery brigade in Europe. On return, it was given new quarters in Greater Napanee and allowed to base itself in Lennox and Addington and Hastings Counties; it would be given the peacetime rôle of aiding in the defence of the airbase at Trenton and helping defend elements of 8 Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force whenever they deployed overseas in the future. 34 Battery was one of the original elements assigned to the 9th Brigade, serving until 1954 when it became part of the Hastings and Prince Edward; after hostilities, it would take up residence alongside its infantry cousins in its traditional home town. 47 Battery was first formed in 1920 in Napanee, serving there until it was amalgamated with 22 Battery in 1954; once back in Canada, it would return to its traditional home town to serve as the regiment's home battery. 234 Battery is one of the two post-Shift elements of the regiment; after its return, it would move into a military annex in the old town of Bath. 235 Battery is the other post-Shift element of the regiment; it would take up quarters in a new military annex in Deseronto and be granted the right to bear the location title of the Tyendinaga (Kenhtè:ke) Territory west of town, which is a reserve set aside for the Kanien'kehá:ka people overlooking the Bay of Quinte. As the regiment is technically a sister unit to the modern Argyll Light Infantry (RCAC), they adopted the dark blue beret of the Royal Regiment with a red-and-white dicing patch similar to what is worn on many types of glengarry bonnet in the Canadian Army; a red hackle would be inserted behind the cap badge (the Argylls wear a similar style of headdress but with a black beret as they are an armoured regiment). Due to the regiment being ceremonially seen as the second field regiment of the Argylls, members of 9th Regiment also wear the standard highland-type dress uniform with the Campbell tartan pattern when on parades.
10th (Sherwood) General Support Artillery Regiment, RCA - Elphinstone Street Barracks, REGINA, Saskatchewan
18 Missile Battery
310 Headquarters and Services Battery
65 Target Acquisition Battery - Assiniboia Avenue Military Annex, GRENFELL, Saskatchewan
76 Air Defence Battery - Industrial Drive Military Annex, INDIAN HEAD, Saskatchewan
110 Air Defence Battery - Edmonton Street Military Annex, BROADVIEW, Saskatchewan
The 10th General Support Artillery Regiment, RCA was first formed as a field brigade in 1920, serving as field and medium artillery to this day. After the Shift, it was allocated as a general support artillery unit, being deployed to Europe as part of the Third Canadian Division; one of the regiment's batteries would be detached to help reform the 53rd Regiment. On its return back to Canada, the regiment became the effective home artillery unit of the area around Saskatchewan's capital city and a swath of territory along the Trans-Canada Highway east to the Manitoba border. 18 Battery was first formed in 1910, serving in Regina throughout to this very day; after mobilization was ordered, the battery remained in Canada until it could be equipped as a proper multiple-launch rocket unit before deploying to Europe and rejoining its regiment. It would return and base itself at the regiment's headquarters in Regina after hostilities, sharing the Elphinstone Barracks with the reformed 16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse and the Royal Regina Rifles. 65 Battery was raised in Grenfell as part of the 22nd Field Brigade in 1920, staying with that unit until union with the 10th Regiment in 1954; the battery itself would be reduced to nil strength in 1968. On its reformation, it became the regiment's target acquisition element; after hostilities, it would return to its traditional home town. 76 Battery wasn't formed until the 1936 Militia reforms, absorbing former infantry soldiers from the Assiniboia Regiment then being shifted into the 22nd (Assiniboia) Brigade; it would become part of the 10th Regiment in 1963 and be reduced to nil strength in 1970. After its reformation, it became one of the regiment's two air defence elements; it would return to its traditional home town after hostilities concluded. 110 Battery was also formed out of the transformation of the Assiniboia Regiment in 1936, serving with the 22nd Regiment until it was reduced to nil strength after the 24th Regiment was amalgamated into the 10th Regiment in 1954; after its reformation, it became the other air defence battery of the regiment and returned to its traditional home town after hostilities ended. The regiment has a secondary task of aiding in the defence of the air base at Moose Jaw as well as helping secure the border between Saskatchewan and both Montana and North Dakota in conjunction with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canada Border Services Agency.
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Post by pyeknu on Jun 27, 2019 20:56:03 GMT
And now, the second part of the Militia element of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery...
THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY/LE RÉGIMENT ROYAL DE L'ARTILLERIE CANADIENNE
MILITIA/RESERVE FORCE (Continued)
11th (Wellington) General Support Artillery Regiment, RCA - Wyndam Street Armoury, GUELPH, Ontario
16 Target Acquisition Battery
311 Headquarters and Services Battery
29 Air Defence Battery - Whites Road Military Annex, MINTO (PALMERSTON), Ontario
43 Air Defence Battery - Birmingham Street Military Annex, WELLINGTON NORTH (MOUNT FOREST), Ontario
217 Missile Battery - McQueen Boulevard Armoury, CENTRAL WELLINGTON (FERGUS), Ontario
The 11th General Support Artillery Regiment, RCA was first established as a howitzer brigade back in 1880 in Guelph, where it has remained since through several transformations; it would become a field artillery brigade in 1925 and a field artillery regiment in 1942. After the Shift, it was selected as the general support artillery unit of the Fourth Canadian Division and mobilized one battery from nil strength and one brand new battery while shedding another battery to become the core of the 8th Regiment. Three batteries were deployed with the division overseas right away; the regiment's missile battery would catch up sometime later. On end of hostilities, the regiment assumed new quarters as Wellington County's resident element of the Royal Regiment alongside the reborn local infantry regiment named after the county. 16 Battery was first formed in 1878, serving as field and howitzer artillery throughout; it would be shifted to Fergus from Guelph in 1960, but returned to its hometown ten years later. The battery would convert to the regiment's target acquisition force and remain in Guelph. 29 Battery was first formed as garrison artillery in 1866 in Guelph, serving as a field and howitzer unit since that time; the battery would be reforged as one of the regiment's air defence elements after the Shift and be given new quarters in Palmerston after hostilities ended. 43 Battery was first intended to be raised in Waterloo in 1920, but actually was organized in Guelph in 1934; the battery would serve as a field unit until reduced to nil strength in 1970. After the Shift, the battery would be made the second air defence element of the regiment before going overseas; it would take up new quarters in Mount Forest after hostilities concluded. And 217 Battery is the regiment's only post-Shift unit, remaining in Canada to acquire its multiple-launch rocket systems before heading overseas; after hostilities, it would take up new quarters in Fergus. The regiment as a whole would help organize the new Wellington Regiment; because of this, the artillery regiment would assume the traditions of a rifles unit as the unofficial third battalion of the Wellingtons, including the garrison cap (dark blue with red trim) as well as the faster marching pace.
12th (Fundy) Missile Artillery Regiment, RCA/12e (Fundy) Régiment d'Artillerie des Missiles, ARC - Moncton Garrison/Garnison Moncton, MONCTON, New Brunswick
8 Battery/8e Batterie
312 Headquarters and Services Battery/312e Batterie de Commandement et Services
28 Battery/28e Batterie - LCol William George Stothart Armoury/Manège Militaire LCol William George Stothart, MIRAMICHI (NEWCASTLE), New Brunswick
224 Battery/224e Batterie - Leonard Drive Armoury/Manège Militaire de la Promenade Leonard, SUSSEX, New Brunswick
225 Battery/225e Batterie - Col Clinton Cecil Lloyd Gammon ED CD Armoury/Manège Militaire Col Clinton Cecil Lloyd Gammon ED CD, BATHURST, New Brunswick
The 12th Missile Artillery Regiment, RCA was first formed as a field brigade back in 1905 with headquarters in Woodstock, serving as such and as a field regiment until reduction to nil strength in 1965. After the Shift, the regiment was re-manned as one of two multiple-launch rocket units assigned to I Canadian Corps' artillery element before being deployed to Europe. Once peace returned, the regiment was allowed to become the main artillery element of the Royal Regiment in southeast New Brunswick, taking up new headquarters at the Moncton Garrison and recruiting from areas up the Gulf of Saint Lawrence coast from the province's largest city (save for the area close to the Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island). 8 Battery was one of the combat elements formed in the unit at the beginning, first organized in Saint John before shifting to Moncton in 1907, remaining there until reduction to nil strength in 1963; it would assume new quarters at Moncton after the war. 28 Battery was first formed as the local artillery unit for Newcastle back in 1868, serving there in various field brigades and regiments until it was amalgamated with the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment to form the new Royal New Brunswick Regiment in 1954; after the Shift, it would be stood up and become one of the English-speaking elements of the 12th Regiment, returning to its traditional home in the Newcastle part of Miramichi after hostilities alongside a company of the North Shore Regiment. 224 Battery would be one of the two new post-Shift elements of the regiment; it would assume new quarters alongside a squadron of the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) in Sussex. And 225 Battery would also rise after the Shift to serve with the regiment overseas; it would assume new quarters alongside the headquarters element of the North Shore Regiment in Bathurst. Because of its diverse geographic catchment, the 12th Regiment is fully bilingual.
13e (Québec-Est) Régiment d'Artillerie de Campagne, ARC - Manège Militaire du Boulevard Gaspé, GASPÉ, Québec
82e Batterie
313e Batterie de Commandement et Services
80e Batterie - Annexe Militaire de l'Avenue Terry Fox, NEW RICHMOND, Québec
94e Batterie - Annexe Militaire du Boulevard Sainte-Anne, SAINTE-ANNE-DES-MONTS, Québec
145e Batterie - Annexe Militaire de la Rue Mont-Joli, PERCÉ, Québec
The 13e Régiment d'Artillerie de Campagne, ARC would be re-established in Ville de Québec with the help of the 6e Régiment after the Shift. Long before the Shift, the unit had served as a field brigade and regiment since 1905, lasting until 1954 when it was all amalgamated into a brand-new 57e Batterie in the capital city of la Belle Province to replace the older battery of the same number that had served there until 1946. After being mobilized, the regiment would join the Ninth Canadian Division in Europe for the final phase of the war against the Nazis. After hostilities were concluded, it was decided to relocate the regiment to become the local militia unit of the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province. 80e Batterie was the original 57e Batterie, acquiring its new number in 1946 and serve there until reduction to nil strength in 1965; after hostilities, it would return to its traditional home town. 82e Batterie was first formed in 1905 in Fraserville (now Rivière-du-Loup) and would move to Gaspé in 1922; it would serve in the anti-armour and field rôles until reduction to nil strength in 1970. After hostilities in Europe, it would join regimental headquarters in Gaspé. 94e Batterie was first formed in Ville de Québec in 1923, serving there as a field and anti-armour unit as part of the original 13e Régiment until 1954; in the wake of hostilities after "round two" of World War Two, the battery would take up new quarters on the north shore of the peninsula in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts. And 145e Batterie had been formed after World War Two IOTL as an anti-armour unit, lasting until 1954 and merger with 82e Batterie; after hostilities ended, it would take up new quarters in Percé overlooking the Bay of Chaleur.
14th (West Nova Scotia) General Support Artillery Regiment, RCA - College Street Armoury, REGION OF QUEENS MUNICIPALITY (LIVERPOOL), Nova Scotia
52 Target Acquisition Battery
133 Air Defence Battery
314 Headquarters and Services Battery
84 Air Defence Battery - Parade Street Armoury, YARMOUTH, Nova Scotia
146 Missile Battery - Elm Avenue Military Annex, WOLFVILLE, Nova Scotia
The 14th General Support Artillery Regiment, RCA was first established in 1912 in Halifax, serving in both the Great War and World War Two IOTL as a field artillery unit right through until it was reduced to just one independent battery in 1968. After the Shift, the regiment was reformed as the general support artillery unit for the Fifth Canadian Division, deploying overseas for the middle and latter phases in the war in Europe. Once the regiment was ordered back home after hostilities, it acquired new headquarters in Liverpool and became the local artillery force for western Nova Scotia (as note its subtitle). 52 Battery was originally formed as a unit of garrison artillery in Halifax in 1869, serving in multiple rôles both in Nova Scotia's capital city and in Liverpool until it was reduced to nil strength in 1970; after hostilities, it would return to Liverpool and take up new quarters there. 84 Battery was first formed as a heavy artillery unit in 1912, acquiring its current home in Yarmouth in 1920, where it has remained to this day both as an element of the 14th Regiment and as an independent field battery from 1968 to just after the Shift. 133 Battery was formed after World War Two IOTL as part of the 14th Regiment, serving on strength until reduction to nil strength in 1968; after hostilities, the battery would return to its traditional home town alongside 52 Battery and regimental headquarters. And 146 Battery was first formed during World War Two IOTL, serving as coastal air defence; it would be converted after the war into an anti-armour unit and serve with the 47th Regiment until reduction to nil strength in 1954. After the Shift, it was reformed in its traditional home town for service overseas, where it would return after hostilities.
15th Vancouver Field Artillery Regiment, RCA - Bessborough Armoury, VANCOUVER, British Columbia
31 Battery
158 Battery
315 Headquarters and Services Battery
68 Battery - LCol James Pemberton Fell Armoury, NORTH VANCOUVER, British Columbia
85 Battery - Ladner Naval Arsenal and Military Annex, DELTA, British Columbia
The 15th Vancouver Field Artillery Regiment, RCA was first established in 1920 as a field brigade force for British Columbia's largest city, serving in that rôle until conversion to coastal defence artillery in 1938 just before World War Two ITOL. The regiment would convert back to field artillery in 1948, in which it would serve right through the Shift and mobilization for the "second round" against the Nazis; on mobilization, the unit had only two batteries, but was quick to reform two more to serve overseas. After its service a part of the Third Canadian Division, the regiment would return to British Columbia, having been given the right to join the 2nd Montréal Regiment and the 7th Toronto Regiment in marking its home city as part of the unit's title. 31 Battery was first authorized as a coastal defence unit in 1920 as a part of the 15th Brigade of the Canadian Field Artillery; said battery would convert to field artillery in 1946 and remain with the regiment ever since. 68 Battery was first formed in North Vancouver in 1920, shifting to the larger city two years later, where it would serve as coastal and air defence artillery until conversion to field artillery in 1946; after hostilities, the battery would shift to new quarters in North Vancouver to restore that connection with the regiment. 85 Battery has been part of the 15th Regiment from the very beginning, serving in all the rôles the regiment assumed from 1920 until reduction to nil strength in 1970; the battery was shifted to the Ladner section of Delta in 1961. After its reformation post-Shift and return from hostilities, the battery would take up new quarters alongside the headquarters division of HMCS Delta back in its old town. And 158 Battery was formed originally in Victoria as part of the ancestral unit of the modern 5th Regiment in 1920, serving as coastal defence artillery with that unit and the ancestral unit of the 15th Regiment until after World War Two IOTL, when it converted to field artillery; it would remain on-strength with the 15th Regiment until reduction to nil strength in 1968. Post-Shift, the battery was reformed and would serve with the 15th Regiment overseas; after hostilities, it would take up quarters at the Bessborough Armoury alongside regimental headquarters.
16th (Cape Breton) Missile Artillery Regiment, RCA - Victoria Park Garrison, CAPE BRETON (SYDNEY), Nova Scotia
6 Battery
316 Headquarters and Services Battery
36 Battery - Pennel Street Naval Arsenal and Military Annex, CAPE BRETON (NORTH SYDNEY), Nova Scotia
205 Battery - Albert Street Naval Arsenal and Military Annex, CAPE BRETON (LOUISBOURG), Nova Scotia
206 Battery - Doctor Guglielmo Marconi Armoury, CAPE BRETON (GLACE BAY), Nova Scotia
The 16th Missile Artillery Regiment, RCA would be re-established at the Victoria Park Garrison in the Sydney part of the regional municipality of Cape Breton. The original 16th Regiment was first formed in 1905 as an old-school field artillery brigade, serving as such until conversion to coastal artillery in 1938 just before the Second World War IOTL. Said regiment would be reformed as a heavy air defence unit after that war, serving as such until reduction to a single independent battery at Sydney in 1956; said battery would last until reduction to nil strength in 1965. After the Shift, the regiment would be tasked as missile artillery and assigned to III Canadian Corps' artillery force for service in Europe until war's end, then return to become Cape Breton Island's local artillery unit. 6 Battery was the last remnant of the 16th Regiment post-1956; the battery itself was first formed in 1883, serving in multiple rôles throughout its history as garrison, field, heavy, coastal defence and harbour defence until it became an independent battery until reduction to nil strength. After hostilities, it would return to its home town and parade alongside regimental headquarters. 36 Battery was first established in North Sydney in 1920, serving in all the rôles that its parent formation would serve until it was effectively disbanded in 1954; after hostilities, the battery would acquire new headquarters in its original home town overlooking the landing of the Marine Atlantic ferry to Newfoundland, sharing quarters with a detachment of naval personnel of HMCS Unama'kik and the headquarters element of the King's Harbour Master Sydney. 205 Battery was first formed during World War Two IOTL in 1942 as a reserve field battery; it would be converted to heavy air defence after the war, serving as such and as medium air defence until reduction to nil strength in 1960. After the Shift, the battery was reformed and sent overseas; when hostilities were ended, it was decided to base the battery at a new combined naval arsenal and militia annex in Louisbourg, where it would also raise a volunteer troop of re-enactors to assist with the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site alongside the local detachment of HMCS Unama'kik. And 206 Battery was the twin of 205 Battery, though formed in Glace Bay; it was formed and served the same functions as the older battery until it was also reduced to nil strength in 1959. Reformed after the Shift, the battery would eventually return to its traditional home town, sharing quarters with a local element of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals.
17th (Corman Park) Light Artillery Regiment, RCA - Preston Avenue Armoury, SASKATOON, Saskatchewan
21 Battery
236 Battery
317 Headquarters and Services Battery
248 Battery - Avenue "A" Military Annex, WYNYARD, Saskatchewan
249 Battery - Broadway Avenue Military Annex, MELFORT, Saskatchewan
The 17th Light Artillery Regiment, RCA was reformed after the Shift in its traditional home town of Saskatoon, though it could trace its ancestry back to 1920 when the local brigade of field artillery was established there. Said brigade would serve in the field and light air defence rôles until it was reduced to one single battery in 1954 that was then allocated to the 10th Regiment; the battery would be made an independent unit in 1961, which would last for four years until reduction to nil strength. After the Shift, the regiment was reformed as an airmobile light artillery unit, tasked to fight as part of the Saskatchewan wing of the Eighth Canadian Division alongside the main elements of the First Canadian Army and other allied forces in the middle and latter stages of the "second round" of World War Two. Once home, the regiment settled into their new armoury built on lands donated by the University of Saskatchewan. 21 Battery was first formed in 1920 as part of the original 17th Brigade, serving in the field, light air defence and medium rôles before being made independent in 1961 to be reduced, then reduced to nil strength in 1965; it would take up new quarters at the Preston Avenue complex alongside regimental headquarters. The other three batteries assigned to the unit are all brand new post-Shift batteries, with 236 Battery formed in Saskatoon (where it would be quartered after the war alongside 21 Battery), 248 Battery formed in Wynyard to recruit from the territory of census division No. 10 (and where it would return) and 249 Battery being raised in Melfort to recruit from the territory of census division No. 14 (and to where it would return after hostilities). The 17th Regiment would most often train with local Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter squadrons to assist with learning all the tricks of the trade concerning transporting artillery batteries and equipment in the field.
18th (Lethbridge) General Support Artillery Regiment, RCA - Vimy Ridge Armoury, LETHBRIDGE, Alberta
20 Air Defence Battery
39 Air Defence Battery
318 Headquarters and Services Battery
23 Target Acquisition Battery - Fenlands Military Annex, BANFF, Alberta
93 Missile Battery - Mills Street Military Annex, FORT MACLEOD, Alberta
The 18th General Support Artillery Regiment, RCA was first established in 1920 as a brigade of the Canadian Field Artillery (the precursor of the Royal Regiment's militia wing), serving in both the field and the self-propelled artillery rôles until reduced to nil strength in 1970, with only one battery surviving as an independent unit. That battery would help reform the regiment as an air defence unit in 1992, serving as such until it was reduced back to a single independent battery shortly after the turn of the millennium due to low recruiting numbers. That wasn't the problem after the Shift, when the regiment was stood back up again as the general support artillery unit of the Sixth Canadian Division for service overseas in Europe. The regiment would maintain its rôle after hostilities concluded, being one of many militia units ready to assist the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canada Border Services Agency in securing the frontier between Alberta and Montana. 20 Battery was first raised in 1908, serving mostly in the field artillery rôle throughout its existence until conversion to air defence artillery in 1992, then back to field artillery when it went independent after the turn of the millennium; it would take up the air defence rôle again after the Shift and remain in Lethbridge. 23 Battery was first stood up in Calgary in 1920, serving in the field and anti-armour rôles in peacetime and during World War Two IOTL as part of the 19th Brigade/19th Regiment based in Alberta's largest city; the battery would be moved to Banff in 1957 before being reduced to nil strength in 1965. On reformation after the Shift, the battery would be made the target acquisition element of the 18th Regiment before deploying overseas; on return after hostilities, it would take up quarters in Banff and become a vital element of local search-and-rescue operations in the Rocky Mountains. 39 Battery was first organized in 1920 as part of the old 18th Brigade of the CFA, serving in the field artillery rôle until reduction to nil strength in 1970; the battery was administratively stood back up again in 1992, but couldn't be manned, thus was taken off the Order of Battle when 20 Battery went back to being an independent field unit. 93 Battery would be first formed at Fort Macleod in 1920 as part of the old 19th Brigade, serving in field artillery, howitzer and self-propelled artillery rôles until reduced to nil strength in 1970. It would be reformed as the regiment's multiple-launch rocket unit, deploying with the regiment overseas; on return after hostilities, the regiment would take up new quarters close to the old North-West Mounted Police barracks that served as headquarters of the future RCMP during the Nineteenth Century.
19th Air Defence Artillery Regiment (15th Alberta Light Horse), RCA - Aero Drive Armoury, CALGARY, Alberta
91 Battery
207 Battery
319 Headquarters and Services Battery
78 Battery - Cormack Armoury, RED DEER, Alberta
122 Battery - 11 Street Military Annex, BASSANO, Alberta
The 19th Air Defence Artillery Regiment, RCA was another post-Great War artillery brigade established in 1920, serving in the field artillery and medium artillery rôles until the regiment was reduced to nil strength in 1965. Reformed right after the Shift, the regiment absorbed one battery from the 20th Regiment to build upon to become central-southern Alberta's main contribution to the Royal Regiment as a whole; tasked as an airfield air defence artillery unit, the regiment would serve as part of the Seventh Canadian Division as part of 7 Canadian Air Group's 21 Wing, partnered with the first battalion of the reborn Yukon Regiment for operations both in the Netherlands and later in Denmark and northern Germany. The regiment would retain its air defence rôle after hostilities, tasked to support both the Army and Air Force throughout southern Alberta when required; it would acquire its own armoury on the grounds of Calgary International Airport. 78 Battery was the element of the 20th Regiment given to the 19th Regiment after the Shift. It was first established in 1920 in Red Deer as a field artillery element of the old 20th Brigade, serving in that rôle until after World War Two IOTL, when it was made an anti-armour unit and joined the 41st Regiment; it would be transferred to the 19th Regiment in 1954 before being shifted to the 20th Regiment in 1965, then returned to the 19th Regiment after the Shift. 91 Battery was authorized as part of the old 19th Brigade in 1921, serving in the unit as field and medium artillery right to being reduced to nil strength in 1965; after hostilities, the battery would be based with regimental headquarters at the Calgary Airport. 122 Battery was formed post-World War Two IOTL in Bassano as an element of the 68th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA; such was partially descent from the 15th Alberta Light Horse. The battery would serve until 1954, when it was united to forge the modern South Alberta Light Horse; on reformation, it was permitted to help perpetuate the link with the old 15th Light Horse and returned to Bassano after hostilities. And 207 Battery was another post-World War Two IOTL creation, though based in Calgary from 1946 to 1954 when the 68th Regiment was merged into the South Alberta Light Horse; on reformation, it would be recruited also from Calgary and return from hostilities to base itself alongside 91 Battery and regimental headquarters. Because two batteries were ultimately descent from a cavalry unit, the 19th Regiment was permitted to perpetuate the 15th Alberta Light Horse as part of its title and become sister units with the South Alberta Light Horse; because of this, the regiment has a mounted horse troop that often participates in the Calgary Stampede.
To Be Continued...
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Post by pyeknu on Jun 30, 2019 20:15:50 GMT
And now, the third part of the Militia element of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery...
THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY/LE RÉGIMENT ROYAL DE L'ARTILLERIE CANADIENNE
MILITIA/RESERVE FORCE (Continued)
20th (Fort Edmonton) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA - Prince of Wales Armoury, EDMONTON, Alberta
95 Battery
96 Battery
320 Headquarters and Services Battery
61 Battery - Southfort Drive Military Annex, FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alberta
92 Battery - Broadmoor Boulevard Military Annex, STRATHCONA COUNTY (SHERWOOD PARK), Alberta
The 20th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA was first formed as a field brigade back in 1920, serving throughout World War Two IOTL as field artillery based in both Edmonton and Red Deer. It was converted to heavy air defence duties after the war, then shrunk down to a single medium battery in 1954 before being restored to a full regiment in 1961, serving again as medium artillery for four years before going back to field artillery. After the Shift, the regiment had only two batteries assigned to it, but shed one to allow the 19th Regiment to be reformed; three batteries were restored to strength to allow the regiment to serve as one of the elements of the Third Canadian Division overseas. The regiment would return to Edmonton after hostilities, taking up new quarters beside the old Prince of Wales Armoury (which now served as Edmonton's city museum and archives) in a new building, with two batteries dispersed to nearby towns to expand the recruiting catchment zone. 61 Battery was one of the regiment's original units, serving in multiple rôles up to 1954, when it was disbanded to make way for an independent 96 Battery; reformed in 1965, the battery would remain the core of Edmonton's local artillery force through the Shift, then take up new quarters in Fort Saskatchewan after hostilities. 92 Battery was formed in 1921 and served as field, medium and heavy air defence artillery until 1954, being disbanded to make way for 96 Battery; the battery would be reformed in 1961 only to be reduced to nil strength in 1965. After the Shift, the battery was reformed and dispatched to Europe; in the wake of hostilities, the battery would take up new quarters in the Sherwood Park section of Strathcona County east of Edmonton proper. 95 Battery was first formed in 1936 as part of the old 19th Brigade in Calgary; it would serve in the field and anti-armour rôles until 1954 and amalgamation with the South Alberta Light Horse. The battery was reformed in Edmonton in 1961, serving with the 20th Regiment until reduction to nil strength in 1970; after the Shift, it was reformed to serve with the 20th Regiment and would help commission the new Prince of Wales Armoury after hostilities concluded. And 96 Battery was first authorized in 1936 in Edmonton as part of the old 20th Brigade, serving as part of the regiment until it was made an independent medium battery in 1954; it would remain with the reformed 20th Regiment from 1961 until reduction to nil strength in 1970. The battery would be reformed after the Shift and return to the new Prince of Wales Armoury after hostilities concluded.
21st (Quad-Counties) Missile Artillery Regiment, RCA - Kerr Drive Armoury, NORTH HURON (WINGHAM), Ontario
99 (Wellington) Battery
321 Headquarters and Services Battery
97 (Bruce) Battery - West River Road Armoury, BROCKTON (WALKERTON), Ontario
98 (Huron) Battery - Cambria Road Armoury, GODERICH, Ontario
100 (Perth) Battery - Rocher Road Military Annex, NORTH PERTH (LISTOWEL), Ontario
The 21st Missile Artillery Regiment, RCA was first formed at Harrison in Ontario in the 1936 Militia reforms from the transformation of "D" Company of the just-disbanded Wellington Regiment, assigned three batteries which were also formed from disbanded infantry units. Brought up to four batteries by year's end, it would shift headquarters from Harrison to Listowel to Wingham before World War Two IOTL. After the war, the regiment would take on an anti-armour rôle until reverting to field artillery duties in 1954, serving until reduction to nil strength in 1970. After the Shift, the regiment was reformed and tasked as the missile support unit of I Canadian Corps' artillery force, serving in Europe until the end of hostilities and return to the counties from which it recruited; along the way, the regiment's rear staff also helped reform the infantry regiments from which the artillery unit was originally descent; because one of those regiments was a rifles unit, the 21st Regiment adopted the dark blue garrison cap with red trim as well as the faster marching pace on parades. 97 Battery was formed in 1936 at Walkerton from the conversion of regiment headquarters and "B" Company of the Bruce Regiment (first formed in 1866), serving with the 21st Regiment throughout its existence; after hostilities, the battery returned to its home town. 98 Battery was first formed in 1936 in Kincardine from personnel in "A" Company of the Bruce Regiment, shifting between there and Port Elgin before World War Two IOTL. It received the county designation for Huron County after the war and its shift to Goderich, serving with the regiment until 1954 and reduction to nil strength; after the Shift, it was reformed as part of the 21st Regiment and would return to Goderich after hostilities. 99 Battery was formed from "C" Company of the Wellington Regiment in 1936 at Fergus, serving in the field and anti-armour rôles until 1954 when it was shifted to Wingham, where it remained until 1970 and reduction to nil strength. After the Shift, the battery was reformed in its last home town, to which it would return after hostilities; it would be given the county title of its old infantry regiment ancestor despite it being based in Huron County. And 100 Battery was first raised in Listowel in 1936, serving in the field and anti-armour rôles through World War Two IOTL until reduction to nil strength in 1970; after the Shift, it was reformed in its traditional hometown and served with the 21st Regiment in Europe, returning to Listowel after hostilities and adopting the county title for Perth County.
22nd (Assiniboia) Air Defence Artillery Regiment, RCA - LCol David Vivian Currie VC Armoury, MOOSE JAW, Saskatchewan
77 Battery
322 Headquarters and Services Battery
60 Battery - Railway Avenue Military Annex, ANEROID, Saskatchewan
113 Battery - Leeville Street Armoury, ASSINIBOIA, Saskatchewan
238 Battery - Chaplin Street East Armoury, SWIFT CURRENT, Saskatchewan
The 22nd Air Defence Artillery Regiment, RCA was first formed in 1936 from the conversion of the Assiniboia Regiment (which had been formed in 1924 from the breakup and expansion of the old South Saskatchewan Regiment first formed in 1905), serving in the field rôles until it was amalgamated with the 10th Regiment in 1954. After the Shift, the regiment was reorganized from volunteers of the 10th Regiment's rear staff and dispatched to Europe as the headquarters air defence artillery force for First Canadian Army; during hostilities, the regiment's rear staff also helped reform the Assiniboia Regiment to serve as part of the Eighth Canadian Division. After hostilities concluded, the regiment was repatriated and allowed to maintain its air defence rôle, often assisting trainee pilots at 15 Wing based out of CFB Moose Jaw to learn how to avoid anti-aircraft artillery and missile attacks. 60 Battery was first authorized in 1920 at Weyburn in Saskatchewan as part of the old 10th Brigade, CFA; it would actually organize in 1927 at Aneroid, remaining with its parent formation until 1946, when it was converted to an anti-armour rôle and served with the 48th Regiment until it was disbanded after said regiment was amalgamated into the 10th Regiment in 1954. After the Shift, the battery was reformed at Aneroid to serve with the 21st Regiment, returning to its home town after hostilities concluded. 77 Battery was also first formed as part of the old 10th Brigade in 1920 in Moose Jaw, serving with that unit until it was reduced to nil strength in 1946; it would be reformed in its home town after the Shift to serve overseas with the 22nd Regiment, returning back to Moose Jaw to augment regimental headquarters at the Currie Armoury. 113 Battery was first authorized in Regina in 1937 as part of the old 10th Brigade, serving with that unit until 1954 and disbandment; after the Shift, it was reformed as part of the 22nd Regiment, returning to claim a new home for itself in Assiniboia alongside the headquarters of the like-named infantry regiment. And 238 Battery is a post-Shift until raised in Swift Current, where it would return after hostilities to share a newly-constructed armoury with the headquarters element of the reformed 14th Canadian Hussars.
23rd (Northumberland) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA/23e (Northumberland) Régiment d'Artillerie de Campagne, ARC - Canadian Forces Air Reserve Station Summerside/Station des Réserves d'Aviation des Forces Canadiennes Summerside, SUMMERSIDE, Prince Edward Island
114 Battery/114e Batterie
323 Headquarters and Services Battery/323e Batterie de Commandement et Services
191 Battery/191e Batterie - Providence Street Military Annex/Annexe Militaire de la Rue Providence, SHEDIAC, New Brunswick
192 Battery/192e Batterie - Évangéline Street Military Annex/Annexe Militaire de la Rue Évangéline, BOUCTOUCHE, New Brunswick
204 Battery/204e Batterie - Kennedy Street Armoury/Manège Militaire de la Rue Kennedy, MONTAGUE, Prince Edward Island
The 23rd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA was first formed in the 1936 Militia reforms to serve as eastern New Brunswick's local artillery brigade, serving as a field unit until after World War Two IOTL, when it was transformed into a heavy air defence regiment, serving as such until amalgamation with the 3rd Regiment in 1959. After the Shift, the regiment was reformed to serve as a field artillery unit, recruiting from both sides of the Northumberland Strait diving New Brunswick with Prince Edward Island; the regiment was made bilingual due to recruiting from heavily French-speaking areas of New Brunswick and was allocated as part of the Eleventh Canadian Division, which did not see action in Europe. After hostilities concluded, the regiment took up headquarters in a new drill hall at the former CFB Summerside (now recommissioned as CFARS Summerside), with batteries equally distributed between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. 114 Battery can trace its ancestry all the way to 1882 and the original provincial brigade of garrison artillery formed that year; it would serve as heavy artillery past the Great War, being converted to medium artillery in 1925, where it would serve as such past World War Two IOTL and conversion to light air defence duties in 1946. The battery would be converted to "A" Squadron of the Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC) in 1954; after the Shift, it was reformed from volunteer troops of that regiment willing to become gunners, re-based at Summerside, then train as part of 35 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group at Aldershot until hostilities concluded, then returned to Summerside. 191 Battery was first authorized in 1946 after World War Two to serve as part of the newly-formed 64th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (New Brunswick Regiment), RCA based out of Shediac, serving as such until reduction to nil strength in 1959; on reformation, it was risen in its home town to be one of the 23rd Regiment's two Francophone batteries, returning to Shediac after hostilities concluded. 192 Battery was another element of the old 64th Regiment formed in 1946 at Rexton, shifting to Moncton in 1949 and remaining there until reduction to nil strength ten years later; after the Shift, it was raised at Bouctouche and deployed as part of the 23rd Regiment to Aldershot before hostilities ended, then it returned to its new home town as the second Francophone element of the regiment. 204 Battery was descent from the old Prince Edward Island Heavy Brigade that was first formed in 1882, serving in Montague as both a field and light air defence unit until shifting to Souris in 1950; it would be incorporated into "B" Squadron of the Prince Edward Island Regiment in 1955. After the Shift, it was reformed at Montague and trained with the 23rd Regiment until hostilities concluded, then returned to its old home town. As the whole regiment is effectively descent of two armoured units (as noted above, the 64th Regiment was formed in 1946 from the conversion of the New Brunswick Regiment [Tank], itself first formed in 1919 as a machine gun battalion and converted to armour in the 1936 reforms) with one regiment descent of a Highland unit (the Prince Edward Island Regiment [RCAC] was formed from the union of the Prince Edward Island Light Horse and the Prince Edward Island Highlanders in 1946), the 23rd Regiment adopted the same style of dress members of the Prince Edward Island Highlanders wore: Highland-pattern uniforms (Government tartan) topped with dark blue glengarry bonnets with red toories (matching the proper colours of the Royal Regiment).
24th (Kootenay) Field Artillery Regiment RCA - Patterson Street Armoury, CRANBROOK, British Columbia
107 Battery
324 Headquarters and Services Battery
109 Battery - 7 Avenue Armoury, TRAIL, British Columbia
111 Battery - Lakeside Drive Armoury, NELSON, British Columbia
120 Battery - Digby Barracks, PRINCE RUPERT, British Columbia
The 24th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA was first established in 1914 as a regiment of infantry for the Kootenay region, becoming the Kootenay Regiment in 1920 and serving as such until conversion to artillery in the 1936 Militia reforms; the new 24th Field Brigade and its successor regiment would serve in the field, heavy air defence and medium air defence rôles until reduced to nil strength in 1970. On reformation after the Shift, said regiment was made a field unit and tasked to serve with the Tenth Canadian Division, mobilized as part of 36 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, which came together at the Vernon Army Camp but never got the chance to deploy overseas. 107 Battery was first authorized in 1936, serving with the 24th Field Brigade/Regiment until reduction to nil strength in 1958; after its reformation, it recruited from Cranbrook, to where it would return after hostilities concluded. 109 Battery was also formed from the conversion of part of the Kootenay Regiment in 1936 at Trail, serving in the field, light air defence and medium air defence rôles until reduction to nil strength in 1965, with former members joining 44 Field Squadron of the Royal Canadian Engineers. After the Shift, drafts of personnel from 44 Field Squadron would reform the battery for service with the 24th Regiment; after hostilities, 109 Battery would share the Trail Armoury with 44 Squadron. 111 Battery would be stood up also from personnel of the old Kootenay Regiment at Nelson; it would remain there and serve in multiple rôles until reduction to nil strength in 1965. On reformation after the Shift at Nelson, the battery would recruit from the area and deploy to Vernon; it would return to Nelson after hostilities were concluded. And 120 Battery was first formed in the 1936 Militia reforms from personnel of the North British Columbia Regiment at Prince Rupert, serving as an independent heavy battery until conversion to coast artillery for World War Two IOTL; the battery would survive the war and serve in the heavy air defence, harbour defence and field rôles until it was converted to infantry as "D" Company of the Irish Fusiliers of Canada (Vancouver Regiment) in 1958 (the Fusiliers themselves would be reduced to nil strength in 1965 and administratively amalgamated with the British Columbia Regiment [RCAC] in 2002). The battery would be stood up after the Shift from recruits from northwest British Columbia to serve with the regiment, returning to take up quarters as a lodger unit of HMCS Chatham, sharing a drill hall in Digby Barracks at CFB Prince Rupert with that ship's Skeena Division. The 24th Regiment would also help reorganize the reborn Kootenay Regiment and the North British Columbia Regiment (Earl Grey's Own Rifles) to serve overseas; the artillery unit would become affiliated with both infantry units as a result. Also, because the North British Columbia Regiment is a rifles unit, the 24th Regiment would adopt the standard rifle-pattern garrison cap (dark blue with red stripe) and the faster marching pace on parades.
25th General Support Artillery Regiment (Norfolk Rifles), RCA - Sgt Frederick Hobson VC Armoury, NORFOLK COUNTY (SIMCOE), Ontario
69 Target Acquisition Battery
325 Headquarters and Services Battery
41 Air Defence Battery - Argyle Avenue Military Annex, NORFOLK COUNTY (DELHI), Ontario
42 Air Defence Battery - Erie Street Military Annex, NORFOLK COUNTY (PORT DOVER), Ontario
239 Missile Battery - Cedar Street Military Annex, TILLSONBURG, Ontario
The 25th General Support Artillery Regiment, RCA first originated as the local infantry battalion for Norfolk County in 1866, serving as such until the 1936 Militia reforms and conversion to artillery. Said regiment had two batteries in Simcoe and two in Saint Catharines. After World War Two IOTL, the regiment was made a two battery medium artillery unit, in which it served until it was merged with the 56th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment in 1956, the resulting unit converting to field artillery. After the Shift, 69 Battery was broken away from the 56th Regiment to form the core of the new 25th Regiment, which was made the general support artillery for the Ninth Canadian Division. Along the way, a second regiment was recruited from Norfolk County and the southern part of Oxford County, then was converted to infantry and made the reborn the Norfolk Rifles, which served as airborne/airmobile infantry in the Eighth Canadian Division. After hostilities ended, both regiments were retained and based side-by-side, with the artillery unit assuming the infantry unit's name as its subtitle; the artillery regiment is the ceremonial second battalion of the Norfolk Rifles. Being affiliated as such saw members of the 25th Regiment assume rifles infantry forms of dress, including wearing a red-trimmed dark blue garrison cap (in artillery colours) and march at a much faster pace than what's normal for artillery units; the regiment also has a ceremonial mounted troop for parades. To ensure maximum number of recruits, the regiment based itself in the old towns of Simcoe, Port Dover and Delhi in Norfolk County and in Tillsonburg at the southern end of Oxford County near the tri-point border with Norfolk County and Elgin County. 41 and 42 Batteries were the two Simcoe-based batteries of the regiment on its conversion in 1936. 69 Battery was first organized in Sault Sainte Marie in 1920, then shifted to Brantford in 1937 before shifting to Simcoe in 1954 to take the place of the disbanded 41 and 42 Batteries. 239 Battery is a brand-new unit. As a ceremonial rifles unit, the 25th Regiment is allied with the Oxford Rifles as well as the Norfolk Rifles and the 56th Regiment (which perpetuates another rifles unit, the Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada).
26th Field Artillery Regiment (The Manitoba Rangers), RCA - Victoria Avenue Armoury, BRANDON, Manitoba
71 Battery
326 Headquarters and Services Battery
101 Battery - Wright Road Military Annex, MOOSOMIN, Saskatchewan
159 Battery - Canadian Forces Air Reserve Station Portage la Prairie, PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY (SOUTHPORT), Manitoba
218 Battery - Centre Street Military Annex, MELITA, Manitoba
The 26th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA was first formed as an infantry battalion in 1908, eventually being designated the Manitoba Rifles; said regiment would serve as such until the 1936 Militia reforms, where it was converted to a field brigade of artillery. The regiment would serve in the field and self-propelled artillery rôles from that time onward; the unit would endure the Shift with two batteries on strength, but would be forced to let one battery go to help in the reformation of the 69th Regiment. Restoring two batteries back to service and mobilizing a brand-new unit, the 26th Regiment would deploy to Europe as part of the Third Canadian Division; after hostilities, the regiment would return to southwestern Manitoba, claiming a swath of territory along the Trans-Canada Highway all the way to Moosomin just across the border in Saskatchewan. 71 Battery was formed as a howitzer battery in 1936, though such a unit had been in the planning stages since 1920; said unit was authorized to form in Kenora, but would become Brandon's own artillery unit, serving with the regiment throughout the Shift and another stint in Europe fighting World War Two for the "second round". 101 Battery is descent from the old Assiniboia Regiment; first established in 1936, the battery would serve in the field, light air defence and anti-armour rôles until it was allocated to the 26th Regiment in 1954. The battery would be reduced to a detached troop of 76 Battery in Indian Head, serving with that unit until reduction to nil strength in 1970; after the Shift, the battery was reformed and assigned to the 26th Regiment, returning to Moosomin after hostilities ended. 159 Battery was founded in Portage la Prairie in 1925, shifting to Brandon two years later, where it would serve as a field unit with the 26th Field Brigade/Regiment from 1936 onward in multiple rôles until disbanded in 1954; after the Shift, it was reformed at its old home town to serve with the regiment, returning to new quarters at the reborn CFB Portage La Prairie (now an air reserve station). And 218 Battery was a post-Shift unit, raised in Melita and recruiting from the southwestern extreme of Manitoba; after hostilities, it would assume new quarters there. The regiment would help raise the new Manitoba Rangers for service overseas with the Ninth Canadian Division; the two regiments would remain affiliated after hostilities and would be on hand to assist the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canada Border Services Agency with the securing of the frontier between Manitoba and North Dakota.
27e Régiment d'Artillerie Antiaérienne (Le Régiment des Carabiniers à Cheval des Cantons de l'Est), ARC - Garnison Farnham, FARNHAM, Québec
35e (Rouville) Batterie
327e Batterie de Commandement et Services
24e (Shefford) Batterie - Manège Militaire de la Rue Saint-Michel, GRANBY, Québec
75e (Missisquoi) Batterie - Annexe Militaire de la Rue Bernard, COWANSVILLE, Québec
226e (Stanstead) Batterie - Annexe Militaire de la Route de Sainte-Edwidge, COATICOOK, Québec
The 27e Régiment d'Artillerie Antiaérienne, ARC was formed in 1910 as a cavalry unit, which served as a mounted rifles regiment in the region until conversion to artillery in the 1936 Militia reforms; said unit then served as field artillery until reduction to nil strength in 1970. The regiment would be reorganized after the Shift, allocated as an air defence unit and assigned to I Canadian Corps' artillery force for service overseas. 24e Batterie was first formed in 1872 at Granby, serving as the local county's artillery unit until reduced to nil strength in 1970; it was attached to various brigades and regiments, serving in multiple rôles until becoming part of the 27e Régiment in 1959. The battery's location title was granted in 1904 after the disbanding of a local infantry unit, the Shefford and Brome Regiment (formed in 1872). After reformation, 24e Batterie would recruit from the region of la Haute-Yamaska before going overseas; the unit would return to assume new quarters in Granby after hostilities. 35e Batterie was authorized in 1905 but wouldn't be stood up until 1925 at Sherbrooke; said battery would serve there until reduction to nil strength in 1970. During World War Two IOTL, the battery's active element would serve in the light air defence rôle as part of I Canadian Corps in Italy until it got the chance to convert to infantry (as part of the deployed element of the Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment) AND military police (as 35 Traffic Control Unit of the Canadian Provost Corps); this led to the 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA actually ADOPTING 35 Battery as one of its own until after the Shift, when the number was given back to the 27e Régiment. After hostilities concluded, the battery would move into a new drill hall at the Farnham Garrison; it would adopt the old county name "Rouville" as part of the grounds of Farnham Garrison lie within the county boundaries. 75e Batterie was first authorized in 1920, but not formed until the conversion of elements of the former Stanstead Dragoons to artillery in the 1936 reforms and based in Cowansville; the battery would serve in the field and light air defence rôles until reduced to nil strength in 1968. The reformed battery would recruit from the area of Cowansville after the Shift, then return to that city after hostilities; it would take up the old county title "Missisquoi" in salute to its location. And 226e Batterie would be a brand-new post-Shift unit raised in Coaticook to round out the regiment; after hostilities, it would return to its home town and adopt the old county title "Stanstead". The regiment as a whole would be seen as a reborn verison of the Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles (the name of the Stanisted Dragoons from 1920-36), thus would be seen as a ceremonial horse artillery unit. Naturally, as with other regiments who recruit from areas close to the border, the regiment would be ready to assist the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canada Border Services Agency in securing the frontier between Québec and Vermont.
28th Air Defence Artillery Regiment (North Nova Scotia Highlanders), RCA - Pleasant Street Armoury, STELLARTON, Nova Scotia
189 Battery
240 Battery
328 Headquarters and Services Battery
86 Battery - Church Street Military Annex, ANTIGONISH, Nova Scotia
241 Battery - Robert Angus Military Annex, AMHERST, Nova Scotia
The 28th Air Defence Artillery Regiment, RCA is a brand-new unit, though it perpetuates two regiments that served briefly during World War Two IOTL, one air defence unit in Vancouver and a converted anti-armour regiment in Europe. The new 28th Regiment raised after the Shift incorporated two batteries based out of Antigonish and Stellarton, they augmented by two brand-new batteries. The regiment itself would be given the tasking of serving as airfield air defence to both 14 Wing at CFB Greenwood and 12 Wing at CFB Halifax Detachment Shearwater; it would also serve as a manning pool for those airfield air defence units deployed to Europe under 3 Canadian Air Division. 86 Battery was first formed in Antigonish in 1905, serving in multiple rôles as heavy artillery, field artillery, coastal defence artillery and heavy air defence artillery until being reduced to nil strength in 1954; most of this service was with the 16th Brigade/Regiment. On reformation, it would recruit from Antigonish County before being deployed to Shearwater. 189 Battery was first activated in Stellartion as a light air defence unit after World War Two IOTL, serving until amalgamation with the Nova Scotia Highlanders in 1954; after the Shift, it would be reactivated alongside regimental headquarters, then be deployed to Shearwater until hostilities ended. 240 Battery was one of the two post-Shift batteries raised for this regiment. It was first established at the New Glasgow armoury with help from the Nova Scotia Highlanders, then would deploy to Greenwood to aid in airfield air defence as well as training new gunners for 3 Air Divisions airfield defence units; after hostilities, the battery would join 189 Battery and regimental headquarters to establish a new armoury in Stellarton. And 241 Battery was the other post-Shift unit formed for the regiment. Raised in Amherst, it would be deployed to Greenwood for training and assistance with augmenting airfield defence units in Europe; the battery would return to its home town after hostilities were concluded. As the regiment was raised in part by the Nova Scotia Highlanders, it would assume the World War Two IOTL name of the regiment (the North Nova Scotia Highlanders) as its official subtitle, plus adopt Highland order of dress, including a dark blue glengarry bonnet with red toorie as headdress and well as the Murray of Atholl tartan (as was once worn by the infantry unit).
To Be Continued...
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Post by pyeknu on Jul 2, 2019 23:09:08 GMT
BTW, quick update to all: The list of regiments in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps has been updated with their individual squadrons and locations of same. Also, three regiments from the Militia have been brought up to the Regular Force in anticipation of a post-war expansion of the full-time Canadian Army.
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Post by pyeknu on Jul 3, 2019 2:58:33 GMT
As an FYI to everyone, here's a modification to a map of Canada that I did through Paint 3D, which allowed me to put the locations of all Regular Force units of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery and the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps as they would be after the war.
That was my first time ever doing something like this. I hope people can read what I noted there.
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I didn't know how well the old British connection and link to the royal family is viewed in Canada nowadays? However more so that 2019 units still have "horse artillery" in their formal titles. Just noticed you're already answered this since. Thanks.
