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1908.04.01 |
98th Regiment
raised as a rifles regiment with HQ at Brandon,
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- A Company at Brandon
- B Company at Brandon
- C Company at Portage La Prairie;
redesignated 1 Apr. 1910 as D Coy
- D Company at Portage La Prairie;
redesignated 1 Apr. 1910 as E Coy
- E Company at Carberry; moved 1 Apr.
1910 to Brandon and redesignated as C Coy
- F Company at Souris; moved 16 June
1913 to Brandon
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1910.06.01 |
99th Regiment
of Rifles |
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1911.05.01 |
99th Manitoba
Rangers |
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1920.03.15 |
The Manitoba
Rangers
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- 1st Battalion, perpetuating 45th
Battalion CEF
- 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, perpetuating
79th Battalion CEF
- 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, perpetuating
181st Battalion CEF
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1936.12.15 |
26th
Field Brigade, RCA
converted to artillery and absorbed 59 Battery (from independent
status) |
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- 37 Battery at Portage La Prairie
- 59 Battery
at Brandon
- 70 Battery at Brandon
- 71 Battery (Howitzer) at Brandon
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1946.04.01 |
26th Field
Regiment (Self-Propelled), RCA
reconstituted in Reserves
with HQ at Brandon |
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- 70 Battery at Fort Francis; moved
later to Dauphin
- 71 Battery at Brandon
- 159 Battery
at Brandon
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1954.10.01 |
batteries
reorganised: |
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- 38 Battery at Portage La Prairie,
transferred from 48 Anti-Tank Regt
- 70 Battery at Dauphin
- 71 Battery at Brandon
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1955.03.25 |
70
Field Bty transferred to 40
Medium Regt and redesignated 121 Medium Battery |
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1960.04.12 |
26th Field
Artillery Regiment (Self-Propelled), RCA |
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1964.11.01 |
26th Field
Artillery Regiment, RCA |
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1965.01.31 |
batteries
reorganised: |
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- 13 Battery at Virden, transferred
from disbanded 39 Field Regt; moved 1 Apr. 1970 to Portage La
Prairie
- 19 Battery at Neepawa, transferred
from disbanded 39 Field Regt
- 38 Battery at Portage La Prairie;
moved 31 May 1968 to Brandon
- 70 Battery at Dauphin
- 71 Battery at Brandon
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1970.04.01 |
19
Bty, 38 Bty and 70 Bty
disbanded
(placed on Supplemental Order of Battle) |
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Deployment and Service: |
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War
service |
Overseas
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Home
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Biography
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Associations,
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Museums,
Monuments, Memorials and Chapels: |
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XII
Manitoba Dragoons and 26 Fd. Regt RCA Museum, Brandon, MT, by
Bill Hillman. |
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The Great War:
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scarlet; facings:
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Pipes and Drums
formed 21 Mar. 1949, the first artillery unit in the British Commonwealth
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