42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA

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42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA
42e Régiment d'artillerie de campagne (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), ARC (French)
Active5 October 1866-present
Country Canada
BranchArmy
Type Field artillery
SizeOne regiment
Part of 33 Canadian Brigade Group
Garrison/HQ Pembroke, Ontario
Motto(s)
  • Ubique (Latin for 'everywhere')
  • Quo fas et gloria ducunt (Latin for 'whither right and glory lead')
MarchQuick: "Highland Laddie"
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The 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA is a Canadian Army Reserve artillery regiment based in Pembroke, Ontario. It is part of the 4th Canadian Division's 33 Canadian Brigade Group. [1]

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First organized as the 42nd Brockville Battalion of Infantry in 1866, the regiment was later relocated to Pembroke, Ontario, and redesignated as the 42nd Lanark and Renfrew Battalion of Infantry and became a Scottish regiment in 1927. The regiment was first converted to an air defence artillery regiment in 1946 but converted back to an infantry regiment in 1959. In 1992, the regiment was again converted to artillery as the 1st Air Defence Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA. It was renamed to its current title in 2011. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Lineage

The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment

Perpetuations

History

On 5 October 1866, the 42nd Brockville Battalion of Infantry was authorized. Its headquarters was at Brockville and had companies at Almonte, Brockville, Perth, Fitzroy (Kinburn), Lansdowne and Falls. [1]

On 24 May 1870, the battalion was called out on active service in response to the Fenian Raids. After serving on the St. Lawrence River frontier, the battalion was removed from active service on 2 June 1870. [2]

Battalion headquarters was moved to Pembroke, Ontario, on 1 December 1897. The battalion was then redesignated as the 42nd Lanark and Renfrew Battalion of Infantry. [1] [2]

On 8 May 1900, the battalion was redesignated as the 42nd Lanark and Renfrew Regiment. [1]

Lineage chart

Lineage chart [1]
1862Independent infycoys
186642nd "Brockville Bn of Infy"
189742nd "Lanark and Renfrew" Bn of Infy
190042nd Lanark and Renfrew Regt
1915130th "Overseas" Bn, CEF
1916Absorbed by 12th Reserve Bn, CEF240th "Overseas" Bn, CEF
1917Absorbed by 7th Reserve Bn, CEF
19201st Bn (130th Bn, CEF), The Lanark and Renfrew Regt2nd Bn (240th Bn, [lower-alpha 1] CEF), The Lanark and Renfrew Regt
19271st Bn (130th Bn, CEF), The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regt2nd Bn (240th Bn, CEF), The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regt
1936The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish RegtDisbanded
19402nd (Reserve) Bn, The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regt
19411st Light Anti-Aircraft Regt, RCA, CASF
19421st Bn, The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regt, CASF
1943Disbanded
1944The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regt, CIC, CASFThe Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regt (Reserve)
19451st Light Anti-Aircraft Regt (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regt), RCA, CASF
1945Disbanded
194659th Light Anti-Aircraft Regt (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA
1959The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regt
19921st Air Defence Regt (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA
201142nd Field ArtyRegt (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA

Operational History

First World War

The 42nd Lanark and Renfrew Regiment was not mobilized itself for service overseas. However it contributed volunteers to the 2nd Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), CEF; the 21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario), CEF; the 38th Battalion (Ottawa), CEF; the 77th Battalion (Ottawa), CEF; and the 80th Battalion, CEF. [3]

On 22 December 1915, the 130th Battalion (Lanark and Renfrew), CEF was authorized for service and on 27 September 1916, the battalion embarked for Great Britain. After its arrival in the UK, on 6 October 1916, the battalion's personnel were absorbed by the 12th Reserve Battalion, CEF to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. On 21 May 1917, the 130th Battalion was disbanded. [2]

On 15 July 1916, the 240th Battalion, CEF was authorized for service and on 3 May 1917, the battalion embarked for Great Britain. After its arrival in the UK, on 4 June 1917, the battalion's personnel were absorbed by the 7th Reserve Battalion, CEF to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. On 1 September 1917, the 240th Battalion was disbanded. [2]

1920s-1930s

On 12 March 1920, as a result of the Otter Commission and the following post-war reorganization of the militia, the 42nd Lanark and Renfrew Regiment was redesignated as The Lanark and Renfrew Regiment and was reorganized. From this point it had two battalions (one of them a paper-only reserve battalion) to perpetuate the assigned war-raised battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. [1] [2] [5]

On 15 July 1927, the regiment was reorganized as a Scottish unit and was redesignated as The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment. The regiment adopted the Government (Black Watch) tartan as part of its regimental uniform. [1] [4]

The regiment had three mottos incorporated into its badges: Latin : Fac et spera, lit.  'Work and hope'; German : Ich dien, lit.  'I serve'; and Latin : Nemo me impune lacessit , lit.  'No one provokes me with impunity'.

In 1930 the regiment was granted the following battle honours for the Great War. [6] These honours became dormant when the regiment converted to artillery, being replaced by the RCA's honorary distinction Ubique.

Second World War

Home defence

The regiment did not initially mobilize for the Second World War during the general activation of units beginning in August 1939.

The 1st Battalion, The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment, CASF was mobilized on 5 March 1942, and served as part of the Army's Atlantic Command in a home defence role. [1] On 15 October 1943, The 1st Battalion was disbanded. [1]

Italy and Northwest Europe

In July 1944, the 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division realized that it was short of infantry. The 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade was created out of units already in existence. [1] [7] One unit of the new brigade was the motor battalion of the division, a second was a re-equipped reconnaissance battalion from the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, and a third unit was created from anti-aircraft units, as the Allies had air superiority. This unit petitioned The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish for permission to use their name and regimental insignia, feeling it was more appropriate for an infantry battalion. Permission was granted, and The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish served in the 12th Brigade until March 1945. After all Canadian forces in Italy were transferred to the command of First Canadian Army in Northwest Europe (Operation Goldflake), the brigade was dissolved, the units therein returned to their former roles, and the Lanark and Renfrew Scottish battalion was returned to its former duties and designation.

The regiment was awarded these battle honours for the Second World War. Again, these honours were subsumed under ubique when the regiment converted to artillery.

Organization

42nd Brockville Battalion of Infantry (5 October 1866)

The Lanark and Renfrew Regiment (15 April 1922)

The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment (15 July 1927)

Alliances

Affiliated cadet corps

The regiment is affiliated with two Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps:

Perpetuations

Great War

Alliances

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom - Royal Regiment of Scotland [9]

Order of precedence

Preceded by 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA Succeeded by

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Reserve order of battle
  2. 1 2 3 Selected to be borne on colours and appointments
  3. ↑ "Arras, 1917" selected to be borne on colours and appointments

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Defence, National (28 January 2019). "1st Air Defence Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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  4. 1 2 Barnes, RM (1972). The Uniforms and History of the Scottish Regiments. London: Sphere Books Limited.
  5. ↑ "Otter Committee". www.canadiansoldiers.com. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Appendix to General Order No. 71 of 1930
  7. ↑ "5th Canadian (Armoured) Division". canadiansoldiers.com.
  8. ↑ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
  9. ↑ "Heritage Manual | Chapter 8 - Alliances, Affiliations, and Partnerships" (PDF). Canada.ca. A-DH-200-000/AG-000.
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