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

The Perth Regiment
 
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
  Regiment of Perth
formed in Sedentary Militia in Perth County, Ont.
  1856 1st Volunteer Militia Rifle Company of Stratford
raised in Active Militia in Stratford, Ont. (recognised 6 May 1858)
1866.09.14 28th Perth Battalion of Infantry
formed with HQ at Stratford by regimentation of four independent companies
 
  • No. 1 Company at Stratford, raised 1856 as 1st Volunteer Militia Company of Stratford
  • No. 2 Company at Stratford, raised 29 Oct. 1862 as Stratford Infantry Company
  • No. 3 Company at St. Mary's, raised 8 June 1866
  • No. 4 Company at Listowell, raised 31 Aug. 1866
  • No. 5 Company at Mitchell, raised 28 Sep. 1866
  • No. 6 Company at Blanchard, raised 9 Nov. 1866
1900.05.08 28th Perth Regiment
1920.04.01 The Perth Regiment
reconstituted in Militia with HQ at Stratford
1920.08.16 reorganised to perpetuate CEF:
 
  • 1st Battalion, perpetuating 110th Battalion CEF
  • 2nd (Reserve) Battalion
1936.12.15 The Perth Regiment (M.G.)
absorbed C Coy, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC
 
  • A Company at Stratford
  • B Company at Stratford
  • C Company at Stratford
  • D Company at St. Mary's
1941.04.01 The Perth Regiment (Motor)
1946.04.01 The Perth Regiment 
1954.10.01 amalgamated with The Highland Light Infantry of Canada, to form The Perth and Waterloo Regiment (Highland Light Infantry of Canada)
1957.04.01 The Perth Regiment
re-formed by unamalgamation
1965.02.28 disbanded (SOB), less some personnel to form B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (London and Oxford Fusiliers)
  History (Links) & War Service Introduction to Regiments
Regimental History, by J.C. McRae
History of the Perth Regiment of Canada, 1939-1945
Perth Regiment of Canada [1939-1945], by Stan Scislowski
History of the Regiment (4RCR.com)
Deployment and Service:
 
Colour Key: War service Overseas service Home service
       
     
       
       
Biography and Gallantry Awards:
Honours and Awards - World War II, by J.C. McRae
Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
Perth Regiment [WW2; Ontario]
Perth Regiment [WW2; Ontario]
Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:
[no external sites have been found]
  Battle Honours

The Great War: Ypres 1915, Festubert 19151

The Second World War: Liri Valley, Melfa Crossing, Ceprano, Gothic Line, Montecchio, Point 204, Coriano, Lamone Crossing, Fosso Munio, Conventello-Commacchio, Italy 1944-45, Ijsselmeer, Delfzjil Pocket, North-West Europe 1945

1. awarded for services of 110th Battalion CEF
  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: Audax et cautus
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  Alliances Introduction to Alliances

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

-1965
  Bibliography How To Find Books
Regimental Journal:
Full Histories:
 
Short Histories: