Ad
related to: dundas militia school
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Dundas County Militia. The Dundas County Militia was a regiment of the provincial militia of Upper Canada that was raised in Dundas County, Ontario, in the 1780s. [1] The battle honours and legacy of the Dundas Militia are perpetuated by the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders.
Contents. Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders. Cornwall Armoury, 505 Fourth St East, Cornwall, Ontario. K6H2J7. Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It is part of 33 Canadian Brigade Group, 4th Canadian Division and is headquartered in Cornwall, Ontario.
After defeating the force of Dundas Militia at the Battle of Point Iroquois on the morning of November 8th, the bulk of Wilkinson's army crossed the St. Lawrence and landed in Dundas County. Advance parties were dispatched eastwards as far as Mariatown to scout for British and Canadian forces.
In 1837, the Dundas County Militia was reorganized into two battalions with the 1st Battalion (Winchester and Williamsburg Townships) commanded by Col. John Crysler and Lt-Col. J. McDonell. [24] The Embodied Dundas Militia fought during the Rebellions of 1837–1838 at the Battle of the Windmill. A prominent local man, Major Robert Gray, served ...
Col. Lethbridge finally decided to go against the orders from Prevost and launch an assault against the Americans in October. He gathered a force of 150 Glengarry Light Infantry and approximately 600 militia from Dundas, Leeds, and Stormont and planned to cross the river and amphibiously take the town.
Battle honours. Arras, 1917. Hill 70. Ypres, 1917. The Wentworth Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). In 1936, the regiment was Amalgamated with The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry to form The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment). [1][2][3]
1 killed. several wounded. Some wounded and killed. The Battle of Matilda, also known as the Battle of Toussaint's Island, was an early skirmish of the War of 1812 fought on September 16, 1812 between American and Canadian militia in the St. Lawrence River near the township of Matilda, in Dundas County. [1]
A militia general order issued from York demobilizing the full-time militia in Upper Canada after the end of the war, in March 1815. Most militia units in Upper Canada formed flank companies, who served on a more regular or full-time basis than the ordinary members of the militia, and were sometimes termed Volunteers. They drilled every weekend ...