Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated 30.11.2004
 
 

4th Princess Louise
Dragoon Guards
 
Ontario, 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
How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
  Titles and Lineage
1936.12.15 IV Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
formed with HQ at Ottawa by amalgamation of 4th Hussars of Canada, and The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
 
  • A Squadron at Ottawa
  • B Squadron at Ottawa
  • C Squadron at Prescott
1941.04.01 4th (Reserve) Reconnaissance Battalion (IV Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)
1942.06.08 4th (Reserve) Reconnaissance Regiment (IV Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)
1947.06.19 4th Armoured Car Regiment (IV Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)
1949.02.04 IV Princess Louise Dragoon Guards (4th Armoured Car Regiment)
1958.05.19 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
1965.03.31 disbanded (placed on Supplemental Order of Battle)
  History (Links) & War Service Introduction to Regiments
4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards), by Chris Johnson (RCAC in World War II)
Deployment and Service:
 
Colour Key: War service Overseas service Home service
       
     
       
       
Biography and Gallantry Awards:
[no external sites have been found]
Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
[no external sites have been found]
Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:
[no external sites have been found]
  Battle Honours Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars

The Great War: [combined battle honours of 4th Hussars of Canada, and The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards]

The Second World War: Adrano, Troina Valley, Sicily 1943, Landing at Reggio, Motta Montecorvino, Liri Valley, Hitler Line, Melfa Crossing, Gothic Line, Tomba de Pesaro, Casale, Sant' Angelo in Salute, Capture of Ravenna, Naviglio Canal, Italy 1943-45, 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
1945.10.01 HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, GCVO, GBE
  Honorary Colonels
  Traditions
 
Motto: Pro aris et focis
Nicknames:
Anniversaries:
Freedoms:
Marches:
Musicians:
Mascot:
Miscellaneous Tradition Links:
  Alliances Introduction to Alliances
1936-1958

10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)

1936-1965
1958-1965
  Bibliography How To Find Books
Regimental Journal:
Full Histories:
Jackson, Harold McGill. The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards; a history. Owen Sound, Ont. : printed by Richardson, Bond & Wright, 1952