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The Fort Garry Horse
was a regiment of cavalry formed in the Canadian Army as
part of the Militia. The unit later converted to armour, and
during the Cold War was expanded to briefly become a
regiment of the Regular Force in addition to maintaining a
reserve unit.
Lineage
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15 April
1912 34th Regiment of Cavalry authorized
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Redesignated 34th "Fort Garry Horse" 2 January
1913
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Redesignated The Fort Garry Horse 15 March 1920
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Amalgamated with The Manitoba Horse on 15 December 1936
with no change in designation; The Manitoba Horse was
raised on 1 April 1912 and thus the regiment's seniority
changed to that date
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Converted
to armour 23 November 1940
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Redesignated 10th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment (The
Fort Garry Horse) on 1 April 1941
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Redesignated The Fort Garry Horse (10th Armoured
Regiment) on 4 February 1949
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Redesignated The Fort Garry Horse on 19 May 1958
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The Fort
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Headquarters:
Various, see article
Predecessor: Boulton's Mounted Corps
Perpetuates: Boulton's Mounted Corps, 226th
Battalion, CEF
Authorized: 15 April 1912 (seniority to 1
April 1912)
Status as of 31 December 1999: Active Militia
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History
Boulton's Mounted Corps was
raised and served during the North-West Rebellion of 1885.
The unit was raised in 1885 by Major Charles A. Boulton and
was formed in the Russell-Birtle district of Manitoba, with
one troop from each town, each with a strength of 5 officers
and 123 men. The unit was variously known also as Boulton's
Mounted Infantry, Boulton's Scouts, and Boulton's Horse, and
was disbanded on 18 September of the same year.
Both the
32nd Manitoba Horse and
34th Fort Garry Horse contributed volunteers to the 6th
Battalion, CEF on its formation in September 1914. Details
of the 32nd were placed on active service on 6 August 1914
for local protective duties, and that unit later recruited
for the 226th Battalion, CEF, which eventually provided
reinforcements for the Canadian Corps.
The 6th Battalion went overseas
with the First Contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary
Force and was reorganized as the Canadian Cavalry Depot,
which mobilized "The Fort Garry Horse", a cavalry regiment
of the CEF, on 21 January 1916. This unit served in France
as part of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade from February 1916
to the end of the war. Lieutenant H. Strachan, MC, was
awarded the Victoria Cross.
In 1939, The Fort Garry Horse
mobilized a unit for the Canadian Active Service Force on 1
September 1939. The unit converted to armour the next year.
Initially assigned to the 2nd Canadian Army Tank Brigade,
the formation was redesignated as the 2nd Canadian Armoured
Brigade, and went into action in Normandy on 6 June 1944 as
an independent formation in support of the 3rd Canadian
Infantry Division. The regiment, by now titled 10th Canadian
Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse) saw action
throughout the North-West Europe campaign. The active
regiment disbanded on 31 January 1946. A unit served in
Canada as part of the Reserve Army, designated 10th
(Reserve) Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse).
Regular Force Service
On 11 October 1958, a Regular
Army component was authorized; this became The 1st Fort
Garry Horse, with the Militia unit in Winnipeg becoming
The 2nd Fort Garry Horse. On 1 January 1960, these
designations became
On 15 June
1970, the Regular Force component was disbanded, and the
Militia unit reverted to the designation The Fort Garry
Horse.
Traditions
Regimental Quick Marches:
El Abanico and St. Patrick's Day
Regimental Slow March: Red River Valley
Motto: Facta Non Verba (Latin: Deeds, Not Words)
Battle Honours
Fish Creek
North West Canada, 1885
Bazentin
Flers-Courcelette
Ypres, 1917
St. Quentin
Arras, 1918
St. Quentin Canal
Pursuit to Mons
Normandy Landing
Carpiquet
Falaise Road
Boulogne, 1944
The Scheldt
The Rhineland
The Hochwald
Oldenburg |
Batoche
Somme, 1916
Pozières
Hill 70
Cambrai, 1917, '18
Amiens
Hindenburg Line
Beaurevoir
France and Flanders, 1916-18
Caen
Falaise
The Laison
Antwerp-Turnhout Canal
Woensdrecht
Goch-Calcar Road
Groningen
North-West Europe, 1944-1945 |
Insignia
Regiments and Corps describes
the regimental badge as
Superimposed on the
centre of a bronze maple leaf, the Fort Garry Gate in
silver resting on a silver scroll inscribed "FORT GARRY
HORSE".1
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