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The King's Own |
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Alberta,
Canada
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Note:
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is a battalion history of the part-time Reserves, which are normally
liable for full-time active service only in an emergency
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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| Titles and Lineage |
| 1910.04.01 | 103rd Regiment
"Calgary Rifles" formed with HQ and eight companies at Calgary, Alta. |
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| 1914 | 103rd Regiment (Calgary Rifles) | |
| 1917.01.15 | reorganised in four-company establishment | |
| 1920.03.15 | The Calgary Regiment | |
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| 1921.01.03 | regiment and perpetuations reorganised: | |
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| 1921.09.15 | 1st Bn redesignated 1st Battalion (Calgary Highlanders), The Calgary Regiment | |
| 1924.05.15 | 1st Bn and 4th Bn separated to form The Calgary Highlanders, and regiment reorganised: | |
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| 1936.12.15 | The Calgary
Regiment (Tank) absorbed HQ and B Coy, 13th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC |
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| 1940.05.24 | found HQ Coy for mobilisation of The South Alberta Regiment | |
| 1941.02 | reorganised for war: | |
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| 1946.04.01 | 14th Armoured
Regiment (Calgary Regiment) reconstituted in Militia |
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| 1946.07.22 | 14th Armoured Regiment (King's Own Calgary Regiment) | |
| 1949.02.04 | The King's Own Calgary Regiment (14th Armoured Regiment) | |
| 1958.05.19 | The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) | |
| History (Links) & War Service | Introduction to Regiments |
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The King's Own Calgary Regiment (Army site) | |
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The King's Own Calgary Regiment (Regimental site) | |
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Regimental History (Regimental site) | |
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History of the 103rd Regiment, by Michael A. Dorosh | |
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14th Armoured Regiment (Calgary Regiment), by Chris Johnson (RCAC in World War II) | |
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KOCR Cadet Corps (Regimental site) | |
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| 1939.09.01 | details placed on active service | local protective duty | |||||
| 1941.02.11 | bn mobilised | aaa | |||||
| 1941.06.20 | at sea | ||||||
| 1941 | UK | ||||||
| 1942.08.19 | Dieppe | ||||||
| 1942.08 | England | ||||||
| 1943 | at sea | ||||||
| 1943.07 | Sicily | 1 Can Army Tank Bde | |||||
| 1943.09.03 | Italy | ||||||
| 1945 | at sea | ||||||
| 1945.03.09 | NW Europe | ||||||
| 1945.05 | Germany? | ||||||
| 1945.12.15 | demobilised | ||||||
| Biography and Gallantry Awards: | ||
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[no external sites have been found] | |
| Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors: | ||
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[no external sites have been found] | |
| Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels: | ||
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The King's Own Calgary Regiment, Calgary, AB (Museum of the Regiments) | |
| Battle Honours |
Index
of Battle Honours Index of Wars |
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The Great War: The Second World War: Dieppe, Sicily 1943, Motta Montecorvino, San Leonardo, The Gully, Cassino II, Gustav Line, Pignataro, Liri Valley, Aquino, Trasimene Line, Arezzo, Advance to Florence, Cerrone, Italy 1943-1945, North-West Europe 1942 1945 |
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| Colours, Standards and Guidons | Introduction to Colours |
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| Uniforms and Badges |
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| Colonel-in-Chief | Index of Royal Colonels |
| 1953.06.02 | HM Queen Elizabeth II | |
| Honorary Colonels |
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| 1978 | Maj-Gen. William Arnold Howard, CMM, CM, CD, QC [also Col. Cmdt. RCAC] | |
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| Traditions |
| Motto: | Onward | |
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| Marches: | Colonel Bogey's March | |
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| Alliances | Introduction to Alliances |
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The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) | 1927-1959 | |
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The King's Own Royal Border Regiment | 1959-present | |
| Bibliography | How To Find Books |
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