50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA

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50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), Royal Canadian Artillery
Active6 July 1960–1 April 1970
Country Canada
BranchArmy
TypeField artillery
Part of Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
Garrison/HQ Peterborough, Ontario
Motto(s) Latin: ubique, lit. 'everywhere', quo fas et gloria ducunt, lit. "whither right and glory lead"
MarchQuick: "The British Grenadiers"
Engagementsnone (see article for perpetuated units)

The 50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), Royal Canadian Artillery was a Canadian Army Reserve artillery regiment based in Peterborough, Ontario. The regiment exists "on paper" on the Supplementary Order of Battle. [1] [2]

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The regiment was created in 1960 from the merger of 50th Medium Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA - originally the 57th Peterborough Battalion of Infantry formed in 1867 [3] and the 45th Medium Battery, RCA [3] - originally as 45th Canadian Volunteer Militia and then as 45th West Durham Battalion of Infantry . [2]

In 2015, the Canadian Forces authorized the award of an honorary distinction to The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regiment), if and when it is ever activated from the SOB and converted to an armour or infantry unit: the wartime badge of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (SD&GH) with the year dates 1944–45 in recognition of the role played by the PWR in the mobilization of the Canadian Active Service Force unit of the SD&GH. [4] This badge would be emblazoned on the unit's guidon or regimental colour.

Perpetuations

Lineage

50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA

3rd Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons

4th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC

45th Medium Battery, RCA

The Victoria and Haliburton Regiment

4th Field Regiment (Self-propelled), RCA

56th Field Battery (Self-propelled), RCA

The Grenville Regiment (Lisgar Rifles)

4th Field Battery (Self-propelled), RCA

Lineage Chart

Lineage
1856Independent cavy troopsindependent infy and rifle coys
1857Independent infy and rifle coys
1862Independent infy and rifle coys
186645th "West Durham" Bn of Infy
186757th Peterborough Bn of Infy56th "Prescott" Bn of Infy
186756th "Grenville" Bn of Infy
187156th Grenville Bn of Rifles
187156th Grenville Bn "Lisgar Rifles"
187214th Field Bty, CA
18753rd Provisional Regt of Cavy
188057th Bn of Infy "Peterborough Rangers"
18813rd Provisional Regt of Cavy, The Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons
18923rd Regt of Cavy, The Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons
18933rd The Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons
189845th "Victoria" Bn of Infy
190057th Regt "Peterborough Rangers"45th Victoria Regt56th Grenville Regt "Lisgar Rifles"
190510th Bde of Field Arty, CA
19142nd Bn, CEF4th Field Arty Bde, CFA, CEF
191645th "Overseas" Depot Bty, CFA, CEF
191745th Victoria and Haliburton Regt
19184th Bn, CMGC, CEF
19194th MG Bde, CMGC
1920DisbandedThe Peterborough RangersDisbandedDisbandedThe Victoria and Haliburton RegtDisbanded4th Bde, CFAThe Grenville Regt (Lisgar Rifles)
19244th MG Bn, CMGC
19254th Field Bde, CA
19354th Field Bde, RCA
1936The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regt) (MG)45th Field Bty (Howitzer), RCA56th (Grenville) Field Bty, (Howitzer), RCA
19404th (Reserve) Field Bde, RCA
19421st Bn, The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regt), CASF2nd (Reserve) Bn, The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regt)43rd (Reserve) Field Regt, RCA
1945DisbandedThe Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regt)
194650th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regt (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA4th Field Regt, RCA
19474th Field Regt (Self-propelled), RCA
195445th Medium Bty, RCA
195550th Medium Anti-Aircraft Regt (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA
196050th Medium Anti-Aircraft Arty Regt (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA
196050th Field Arty Regt (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA
1970Supplementary Order of Battle
2023
class="wikitable"
Abbreviations used in the chart
AbbreviationPhrase
ArtyArtillery
BdeBrigade
BnBattalion
BtyBattery
CA Canadian Artillery
CASF Canadian Active Service Force
CavyCavalry
CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force
CFA Canadian Field Artillery
CMGC Canadian Machine Gun Corps
CoysCompanies
InfyInfantry
MGMachine Gun
RCA Royal Canadian Artillery
RegtRegiment
Notes: [6]

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