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The Royal Canadian Dragoons (RCD) is the senior armoured regiment of the Canadian Army by precedence. It is one of three armoured regiments in the Regular Force and forms part of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps .
The Royal Canadian Dragoons: 21 December 1883 Extant Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) 1 July 1901 Extant The Fort Garry Horse: 15 April 1912 Extant Canadian Light Horse: 19 May 1916 6 November 1920 South Alberta Light Horse, 1st Hussars, and The North Saskatchewan Regiment: 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles: 7 November 1914 15 ...
On 10 November 1983 Canada Post issued 'The Royal Canadian Regiment, The British Columbia Regiment' as part of the Canadian Forces, Regiments, 1883–1983 series. The stamps were designed by Ralph Tibbles, based on a painting by William Southern. The 32¢ stamps are perforated 13.5 x 13 and were printed by Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited. [10]
The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC; French: Corps blindé royal canadien) is the armoured corps within the Canadian Army, including 3 Regular and 18 Reserve Force regiments, [1] as well as the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School. The corps was formed as the Canadian Armoured Corps in 1940, within the Canadian Army (Active). In August 1945 ...
The Royal Canadian Dragoons: 1883 [1] [2] N/A The Royal Canadian Dragoons Extant 2 Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) 1901 (as A Squadron, Canadian Mounted Rifles) [3] [4] 1903 (The Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles) 1909 (Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)) 1911 (Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)) Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal ...
The regiment was redesignated the 8th Armoured Car Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars) in 1947, and renamed again the 14th Canadian Hussars in 1958. In 1968 the militia regiment was essentially disbanded when it was moved to the Supplementary Order of Battle as part of a major reorganization of the Canadian Forces .
The team was composed of Maj R S Timmis, Lt Elliott, and Capt Stuart Bate. All three riders were from the Royal Canadian Dragoons, the only Canadian cavalry regiment to retain horses after the First World War. The team won first place, defeating national teams from Belgium, Britain, France, and the United States. [6]
2528 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps is the only organization that perpetuates the name and insignia of the regiment. The cadet corps formed October 19, 1954, as the Virden Collegiate Cadet Corps affiliated to and using the insignia of the 12th Manitoba Dragoons.