The regiment was originally the Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles, a militia/reserve cavalry regiment which was first authorized in 1910. In 1936, as part of the 1936 Canadian Militia reorganization, the regiment was converted from cavalry to artillery.[1][2]
^ abcd"Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia (Artillery)" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 2015-11-17.
^ abcDefence, National (2019-02-15). "27th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
January 01, 1970
27th, field, artillery, regiment, 27th, field, artillery, regiment, royal, canadian, artillery, canadian, army, reserve, artillery, regiment, based, farnham, quebec, regiment, reduced, strength, 1970, placed, supplementary, order, battle, active1910, 1970count. The 27th Field Artillery Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery was a Canadian Army Reserve artillery regiment based in Farnham Quebec The regiment was reduced to nil strength in 1970 and placed on the Supplementary Order of Battle 1 2 27th Field Artillery Regiment RCAActive1910 1970CountryCanadaBranchCanadian Militia 1936 1940 Canadian Army 1940 1970 TypeField ArtillerySizeOne RegimentPart ofRoyal Regiment of Canadian ArtilleryGarrison HQFarnham QuebecMotto s Latin Ubique lit Everywhere Latin Quo fas et gloria ducunt lit Whither right and glory lead MarchQuick British Grenadiers Contents 1 Origin 2 Lineage 3 Allocated batteries 4 ReferencesOrigin editThe regiment was originally the Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles a militia reserve cavalry regiment which was first authorized in 1910 In 1936 as part of the 1936 Canadian Militia reorganization the regiment was converted from cavalry to artillery 1 2 Main article Eastern Townships Mounted RiflesLineage editOriginated on 1 April 1910 in Coaticook Quebec as the 26th Canadian Horse Stanstead Dragoons Redesignated on 3 September 1912 as the 26th Stanstead Dragoons Redesignated on 15 March 1920 as The Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles Converted from cavalry to artillery regiment on 15 December 1936 and redesignated as the 27th Field Brigade RCA Redesignated on 7 November 1940 as the 27th Reserve Field Brigade RCA Redesignated on 1 March 1943 as the 27th Reserve Field Regiment Redesignated on 15 October 1943 as the 27th Field Regiment RCA Redesignated on 12 April 1960 as the 27th Field Artillery Regiment RCA Reduced to nil strength 1 April 1970 and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle 1 2 Allocated batteries edit27th Field Artillery Regiment RCA 15 December 1936 Regimental Headquarters Coaticook Quebec 72nd Field Battery RCA Coaticook 73rd Field Battery Howitzer RCA Magog 74th Field Battery RCA Stanstead 75th Field Battery RCA Cowansville 1 References edit a b c d Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia Artillery PDF Archived PDF from the original on 2015 11 17 a b c Defence National 2019 02 15 27th Field Artillery Regiment RCA www canada ca Retrieved 2021 12 06 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 27th Field Artillery Regiment RCA amp oldid 1145327837, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
