1st British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) [Canada]

Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills

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Page created 1 October 2000. Corrected and updated 15.06.2005

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	1st British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) [1920-1924]
	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

Titles and Lineage

Alphabetic Index of Titles
Numeric Index of Titles


	1920.03.15	1st British Columbia Regiment formed at Vancouver by amalgamation of 6th Regiment (The Duke of Connaught's Own), and 104th Regiment Westminster Fusiliers
	1920.11.01	1st British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)
	1920.12.01	reorganised to perpetuate CEF:
		1st Battalion at Vancouver, redesignation of 6th Regiment (The Duke of Connaught's Own), and perpetuating 7th Battalion CEF 2nd Battalion at Vancouver, formed to perpetuate 29th Battalion CEF 3rd Battalion at New Westminster, redesignation of 104th Regiment Westminster Fusiliers, and perpetuating 47th Battalion CEF 4th (Reserve) Battalion, perpetuating 62nd Battalion CEF 5th (Reserve) Battalion, perpetuating 158th Battalion CEF 6th (Reserve) Battalion, perpetuating 131st Battalion CEF
	1924.05.15	broken up to form The 1st British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) [1st and 4th Bns], The Vancouver Regiment, [2nd and 5th Bns] and The Westminster Regiment [3rd and 6th Bns]

History (Links) & War Service

Introduction to Regiments


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War service

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Home service

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Battle Honours

Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars


	South Africa 1899-1900¹ 1. inherited from 6th Regiment (The Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles)

Colours, Standards and Guidons

Introduction to Colours

Uniforms and Badges

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Colonel-in-Chief

Index of Royal Colonels


	Honorary Colonel:
	1920	F.M. HRH Arthur William Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, KG, KT, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD

	Colonel-in-Chief:
	1923.09.22	F.M. HRH Arthur William Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, KG, KT, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD

Honorary Colonels

Traditions


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Alliances

Introduction to Alliances


		The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)	1920-1924

Bibliography

How To Find Books