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Originated on 16 February 1914, in Windsor, Nova Scotia, as a regiment of infantry in Hants County. Redesignated on 1 May 1914, as the 68th Regiment. Redesignated again on 1 June 1914, as the 81st Hants Regiment. Amalgamated on 15 May 1920, with the 76th Colchester and Hants Rifles and Redesignated as The Colchester and Hants Regiment. [1] [2]
The following is a list of the soldiers from the 84th Regiment who settled in Douglas Township in Hants County, Nova Scotia, after the war: Hector Maclean (politician), Kennetcook, Nova Scotia; Abraham Blois, Gore, Nova Scotia; Alexander Cameron, Minasville, Nova Scotia; James Dalrymple, Kennetcook, Nova Scotia; Lewis Ettinger, Kennetcook, Nova ...
St. Croix is a community in the province of Nova Scotia Canada, located in Hants County, Nova Scotia. It is located along Highway 101 , on St. Croix River , east of Windsor . Battle at St Croix (1750)
The county of Hants was established June 17, 1781, on territory taken from Kings County that consisted of the townships of Windsor, Falmouth and Newport. [3] [a] The name Hants is a long-standing abbreviation for the English county of Hampshire, from the Old English name Hantescire.
Originated on 16 February 1914, in Windsor, Nova Scotia, as a Regiment of Infantry in Hants County. Redesignated on 1 May 1914, as the 68th Regiment. Redesignated again on 1 June 1914, as the 81st Hants Regiment. Amalgamated on 15 May 1920, with the 76th Colchester and Hants Rifles and Redesignated as The Colchester and Hants Regiment. [2]
Founded in 1871 as the Colchester and Hants Provisional Battalion of Infantry it went through several name changes including, in 1871, the 78th Colchester and Hants, or Highlanders Battalion of Infantry; in 1879 the 78th Colchester, Hants and Pictou Battalion of Infantry, "Highlanders"; in 1900 the 78th Colchester, Hants and Pictou Regiment, "Highlanders"; in 1910 the 78th Pictou Regiment ...
At the end of the war, the Crown aided many of its soldiers with land grants to settle in Nova Scotia and Upper Canada (present-day Ontario) in lieu of pay, to encourage British colonization of the area. They often settled together as units, and the 84th Regiment of Foot settled in the Douglas Township in Hants County, Nova Scotia. (Some ...
Originated in Windsor, Nova Scotia, 16 February 1914 as an "8 company Regiment of Infantry in Hants County" Redesignated as the 68th Regiment, 1 May 1914; Redesignated as the 81st "Hants" Regiment, 1 June 1914; Amalgamated on 15 May 1920 with the 76th Colchester and Hants Rifles [3]