The British Columbia Dragoons [Canada]

Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills

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Page created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated 14.07.2006

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	The British Columbia Dragoons
Regimental Crest © DND	British Columbia, 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

Alphabetic Index of Titles
Numeric Index of Titles

1908.04.01

Canadian Mounted Rifles
independent squadrons raised:

A Squadron at Kamloops, BC
B Squadron at Vernon, BC

1910.04.01

British Columbia Horse
existing squadrons redesignated, and new independent squadrons raised:

C Squadron at Coldstream
D Squadron at Lower Nicola

1911.04.01

new independent squadrons raised:

E Squadron, at Lumby
F Squadron, at Kelowna
G Squadron, at Salmon Arm
H Squadron, at Wallachin

1911.12.01

1st Regiment, British Columbia Horse
E-H Sqns separated to form 2nd Regiment, British Columbia Horse

1912.03.01

squadrons of the two regiments shuffled, with 1st Regiment RHQ at Vernon:

A Squadron, at Lumby
B Squadron at Vernon
C Squadron at Armstrong (fomerly at Coldstream); moved 5 Aug.1913 to Enderby
D Squadron at Kelowna

1912.04.15

30th Regiment British Columbia Horse

1914.07.15

Victoria Independent Squadron
raised at Victoria, BC

1920.05.15

The British Columbia Mounted Rifles
absorbed Victoria Independent Squadron (without a presence at Victoria -- see 5th British Columbia Light Horse after 1924)

1st Regiment [Active], perpetuating 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF
2nd Regiment [Active], perpetuating 11th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF

1921

reorganised with RHQ at Vernons:

A Squadron at Vernon
B Squadron at Lumby; moved 1 May 1926 to Kelowna
C Squadron at Penticton

1929.03.15

The British Columbia Dragoons

1936.12.01

RHQ moved to Kelowna

1940.08.07

RHQ moved back to Vernon

1941.04.01

9th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons)

1946.04.01

9th Reconnaissance Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons)
RHQ moved to Kelowna

1949.02.04

The British Columbia Dragoons (9th Reconnaissance Regiment)

1958.05.19

The British Columbia Dragoons

1965

C Squadron and Pipes and Drums disbanded

History (Links) & War Service

Introduction to Regiments


		The British Columbia Dragoons (Army site)
		9th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons), by Chris Johnson (RCAC in World War II)
		The Reserve Army (The Militia) in Southeastern British Columbia, by Brian Sutherland
		Before the First World War The Great War Between the Wars: Otter Committee 1936 Second World War After the Second World War 1954: the Kennedy Report The Introduction of National Survival Training 1964: The Suttie Commission 1969 A View of the Future

	*Cadets:*
		788 British Columbia Dragoons RCACC, Penticton
		903 British Columbia Dragoons RCACC, Kelowna
		1705 British Columbia Dragoons RCACC, Vernon

Deployment and Service:

Colour Key:

War service

Overseas service

Home service


	*Biography and Gallantry Awards:*
		[no external sites have been found]

	*Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:*
		[no external sites have been found]

	*Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:*
		[no external sites have been found]

Battle Honours

Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars


	The Great War: The Second World War: Liri Valley, Melfa Crossing, Gothic Line, Pozzo Alto Ridge, Lamone Crossing, Naviglio Canal, Fosso Munio, Conventello-Comacchio, Italy 1944-1945, Ijsselmeer, Delfzijl Pocket, North-West Europe 1945

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:	Quansem ilep
	Nicknames:
	Anniversaries:
	Freedoms:
	Marches:
	Musicians:
	*Mascot:*
	*Miscellaneous Tradition Links:*

Alliances

Introduction to Alliances


		5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards	1960?-1992
		The Royal Dragoon Guards	1992-present

Bibliography

How To Find Books


	Regimental Journal:


	Full Histories:


	Short Histories:


	First World War:
		[see perpetuated CEF battalions]

	Second World War: