Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated 10.06.2005
 

The British Columbia
Dragoons
Regimental Crest
© DND
British Columbia, Canada  
  Titles & Lineage
  History & War Service
  Battle Honours
  Colours, Standards and Guidons
  Badges and Uniforms

  Colonel-in-Chief
  Honorary Colonels
 Traditions
 Alliances
 Bibliography

Note: This 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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  Titles and Lineage
1908.04.01 Canadian Mounted Rifles
independent squadrons raised:
 
  • A Squadron at Kamloops, BC
  • B Squadron at Vernon, BC
1910.04.01 British Columbia Horse
existing squadrons redesignated, and new independent squadrons raised:
 
  • C Squadron at Coldstream
  • D Squadron at Lower Nicola
1911.04.01 new independent squadrons raised:
 
  • E Squadron, at Lumby
  • F Squadron, at Kelowna
  • G Squadron, at Salmon Arm
  • H Squadron, at Wallachin
1911.12.01 1st Regiment, British Columbia Horse
E-H Sqns separated to form 2nd Regiment, British Columbia Horse
1912.03.01 squadrons of the two regiments shuffled, with 1st Regiment RHQ at Vernon:
 
  • A Squadron, at Lumby
  • B Squadron at Vernon
  • C Squadron at Armstrong (fomerly at Coldstream); moved 5 Aug.1913 to Enderby
  • D Squadron at Kelowna
1912.04.15 30th Regiment British Columbia Horse
1914.07.15  
Victoria Independent Squadron
raised at Victoria, BC
1920.05.15 The British Columbia Mounted Rifles
absorbed Victoria Independent Squadron (without a presence at Victoria -- see 5th British Columbia Light Horse after 1924)
 
  • 1st Regiment [Active], perpetuating 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF
  • 2nd Regiment [Active], perpetuating 11th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF
1921 reorganised with RHQ at Vernons:
 
  • A Squadron at Vernon
  • B Squadron at Lumby; moved 1 May 1926 to Kelowna
  • C Squadron at Penticton
1929.03.15 The British Columbia Dragoons
1936.12.01 RHQ moved to Kelowna
1940.08.07 RHQ moved back to Vernon
1941.04.01 9th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons)
1946.04.01 9th Reconnaissance Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons)
RHQ moved to Kelowna
1949.02.04 The British Columbia Dragoons (9th Reconnaissance Regiment)
1958.05.19 The British Columbia Dragoons
1965 C Squadron and Pipes and Drums disbanded
  History (Links) & War Service
The British Columbia Dragoons (Army site)
9th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons), by Chris Johnson (RCAC in World War II)

The Reserve Army (The Militia) in Southeastern British Columbia, by P.A. Rogers et al.

 
Cadets:
788 British Columbia Dragoons RCACC, Penticton
903 British Columbia Dragoons RCACC, Kelowna
1705 British Columbia Dragoons RCACC, Vernon
Deployment and Service:
 
Colour Key: War service Overseas service Home service
       
     
       
Biography and Gallantry Awards:
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Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
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Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:
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  Battle Honours Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars

The Great War:

The Second World War: Liri Valley, Melfa Crossing, Gothic Line, Pozzo Alto Ridge, Lamone Crossing, Naviglio Canal, Fosso Munio, Conventello-Comacchio, Italy 1944-1945, Ijsselmeer, Delfzijl Pocket, North-West Europe 1945
  Colours, Standards and Guidons Introduction to Colours
Record of Colours:
  Uniforms and Badges
   
Badges:
Uniform:
   
   
     
   
   
  Colonel-in-Chief Index of Royal Colonels
  Honorary Colonels
  Traditions
 
Motto: Quansem ilep
Nicknames:
Anniversaries:
Freedoms:
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Musicians:
Mascot:
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  Alliances

5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards

1960?-1992
1992-present
  Bibliography How To Find Books
Regimental Journal:
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