56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA

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56th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
Active1954 as 56th Field Regiment
Country Canada
BranchArmy
TypeField Artillery
SizeOne Regiment, 3 batteries
Part of Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
Garrison/HQ Brantford, Ontario
Motto(s)Ubique (Latin for 'everywhere'), Quo fas et gloria ducunt (Latin for 'whither right and glory lead')
MarchQuick: British Grenadiers
Battle honours Detroit, [1] Queenston Heights, Niagara, Defence of Canada, 1812-15
Commanders
Current
commander
Lt. Col. Patrick James Edward Pitt

The 56th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery is a Canadian Army Reserve artillery regiment based in Brantford, Ontario. The regiment is currently part of 4th Canadian Division's 32 Canadian Brigade Group. [2] [3]

Contents

The 56th Field Regiment, RCA, parades at the Sgt William Merrifield Armoury, at 18 Brant Avenue, Brantford, Ontario. [3]

Allocated Batteries

Lineage

56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA

The Dufferin Rifles of Canada

25th Medium Regiment (Norfolk Regiment), RCA

Chart

Lineage chart [5]
1812The Provincial ArtyCoyProvincial Royal Arty Drivers (The Car Bde)1st and 2nd Regts of Norfolk Militia (1812–15)
1815DisbandedDisbandedDisbanded
1856Independent infy and rifle coysIndependent infy and rifle coys
186637th "Haldimand Bn of Rifles"38th "Brant Bn of Infy"
186638th "Brant" Bn of Infy39th "Norfolk Bn of Rifles"
187138th "Brant" Bn of Rifles
187438th "Brant" Bn or "Dufferin Rifles"
188338th Bn "Dufferin Rifles of Canada"
190037th Regt "Haldimand Rifles"38th Regt "Dufferin Rifles of Canada"39th Regt "Norfolk Rifles"
19201st Bn (114th Bn, CEF), The Haldimand Rifles1st Bn (4th Bn, CEF), The Dufferin Rifles of Canada1st Bn (133rd Bn, CEF), The Norfolk Rifles
19281st Bn (133rd Bn, CEF), The Norfolk Regt of Canada
C Coy, 3rd MGBn, CMGC
1936The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada25th (Norfolk) FdBde, RCA
1940The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada, CASF2nd (Reserve) Bn, The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada25th Reserve (Norfolk) FdBde, RCA
19411st Bn, The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada, CASF
194245th Reserve (Norfolk) FdRegt, RCA
1945DisbandedThe Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada
194656th Light Anti-Aircraft Regt (Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles), RCA25th FdRegt (Norfolk Regt), RCA
194625th Medium Regt (Norfolk Regt), RCA
195456th FdRegt (Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles), RCA
196056th FdArtyRegt (Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles), RCA
197556th FdArtyRegt, RCA
2012

Perpetuations

War of 1812

The Great War

Operational history

The Great War

The 4th Battalion (Central Ontario), CEF, was authorized on 10 August 1914 and embarked for Britain on 3 October 1914. It disembarked in France on 12 February 1915, where it fought as part of the 1st Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920. [2]

The 36th Battalion, CEF, was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 19 June 1915. The battalion provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field until 4 January 1917, when its personnel were absorbed by the 3rd Reserve Battalion, CEF. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1917. [2]

The 114th Battalion (Haldimand), CEF, was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Britain on 31 October 1916. Its personnel were absorbed by the 35th Reserve Battalion, CEF and the 36th Reserve Battalion, CEF on 11 November 1916 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. The battalion was disbanded on 21 May 1917. [2]

The 125th Battalion (1st Overseas Battalion of 38th Regiment Dufferin Rifles), CEF, was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Britain on 7 August 1916. The battalion provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field until February 1917, when it was allotted to the 14th Infantry Brigade, 5th Canadian Division in England. On 16 April 1918 its personnel were absorbed by the 8th Reserve Battalion, CEF. The battalion was disbanded on 29 November 1918. [2]

The 133rd Battalion (Norfolk's Own), CEF was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Britain on 30 October 1916, where its personnel were absorbed by the 23rd Reserve Battalion, CEF on 12 November 1916 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. The battalion was disbanded on 17 July 1917. [2]

The 215th Battalion (2nd Overseas Battalion of 38th Regiment Dufferin Rifles), CEF was authorized on 15 July 1916 and embarked for Britain on 29 April 1917, where its personnel were absorbed by the 2nd Reserve Battalion, CEF on 18 May 1917 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. The battalion was disbanded on 1 September 1917. [2]

The 41st Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, CEF was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Britain on 18 August 1915. The battery disembarked in France on 14 July 1916, where it provided artillery support as part of the 11th Brigade, CFA, CEF in France and Flanders until 24 March 1917, when its personnel were absorbed by the 30th Battery, CFA, CEF and the 40th Battery, CFA, CEF. The battery was disbanded on 1 November 1920. [2] [4]

The Second World War

The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada mobilized The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada, CASF for active service on 24 May 1940. It was redesignated the 1st Battalion, The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada, CASF on 7 November 1941. It served in Canada in a home defence role as part of the 17th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 7th Canadian Infantry Division. The battalion was disbanded on 8 March 1945. [2] [4]

Notable soldiers

Order of precedence

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