Dufferin Rifles of Canada

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The Dufferin Rifles of Canada
Active1866-1936
Country Canada
Branch Canadian Militia
Type Rifle Regiment
Part of Non-Permanent Active Militia
Garrison/HQ Brantford, Ontario
Engagements First World War
Battle honours Somme, Arras, Vimy, and others

The Dufferin Rifles of Canada was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Non-Permanent Active Militia (now the Canadian Army) 1866-1936.

Contents

In 1936, the regiment was amalgamated with the Haldimand Rifles to form the Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada. [1] [2] [3] Later that unit was converted to artillery as the 56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA.

Notable members of the regiment included Sergeant William Merrifield, who won the Victoria Cross, and Lieutenant-General Ernest Charles Ashton.

Lineage

Chart

Lineage chart [4]
1856Paris Rifle Coy
1861No. 1 Brantford Rifle Coy
1862No. 2 Brantford Highland Rifle Coy
1863Mount Pleasant InfyCoy
1866Brantford InfyCoyBurford InfyCoyNewport InfyCoy
186638th "Brant Bn of Infy"
186638th "Brant" Bn of Infy
187138th "Brant" Bn of Rifles
187438th "Brant" Bn or "Dufferin Rifles"
188338th Bn "Dufferin Rifles of Canada"
190038th Regt "Dufferin Rifles of Canada"
19144th Bn, CEF36th Bn, CEF
1915125th "Overseas" Bn, CEF
1916215th "Overseas" Bn, CEF
1917Absorbed by 3rd Reserve Bn, CEFAbsorbed by 2nd Reserve Bn, CEF
1918Absorbed by 8th Reserve Bn, CEF
1920Disbanded1st Bn (4th Bn, CEF), The Dufferin Rifles of Canada2nd Bn (36th Bn, CEF), [lower-alpha 1] The Dufferin Rifles of Canada3rd Bn (125th Bn, CEF), [lower-alpha 1] The Dufferin Rifles of Canada4th Bn (215th Bn, CEF), [lower-alpha 1] The Dufferin Rifles of Canada
1st Bn (114th Bn, CEF), The Haldimand RiflesC Coy, 3rd MGBn, CMGC
1936Disbanded Disbanded Disbanded
1936The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada

Perpetuations

Organization

38th Brant Battalion of Infantry (28 September 1866)

The Dufferin Rifles of Canada (01 September, 1920)

Battle honours

In 1929, the regiment was granted these honours for the Great War. The list is identical to the honours granted at the same time to the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion, CEF. [6] [7]

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