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'''The Fort Garry Horse''' is a Canadian Army Reserve [[armoured warfare|armoured]] [[regiment]] based in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]]. It is currently part of [[Land Force Western Area]]'s [[38 Canadian Brigade Group]].
'''The Fort Garry Horse''' is a Canadian Army Reserve [[armoured warfare|armoured]] [[regiment]] based in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]]. It is currently part of [[Land Force Western Area]]'s [[38 Canadian Brigade Group]].


== History ==
==Lineage==
The Fort Garry Horse originated in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 15 April 1912, as the 34th Regiment of Cavalry. The following year it was redesignated the 34th Fort Garry Horse on 2 January 1913 and The Fort Garry Horse following the Great War on 15 March 1920. On 15 December 1936, it was amalgamated with The Manitoba Horse. During the Second World War it was redesignated the 2nd Regiment, The Fort Garry Horse on 13 August 1940 and the 10th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment, (The Fort Garry Horse), on 1 April 1941. After the Second World Ware it was redesignated as the 10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse), on 31 January 1946, as the The Fort Garry Horse (10th Armoured Regiment), on 4 February 1949; The Fort Garry Horse on 19 May 1958, The 2nd Fort Garry Horse on 11 October 1958, The Fort Garry Horse (Militia) on 1 January 1960 and finally The Fort Garry Horse on 16 June 1970, following the reduction to nil strength of the Regular Force regiment.
The regiment was formed in 1912, as the '''34th Regiment of Cavalry'''. In 1913 it was renamed '''34th Fort Garry Horse'''. In 1914, a new armoury was specially built on Maryland Street in Winnipeg. In the [[First World War]], volunteers from the regiment helped form the [[6th Battalion, CEF]], later Canadian Cavalry Depot, then later the Fort Garry Horse for active service in France.


The Manitoba Horse originated in Roblin, Manitoba on 1 April 1912, as the '2nd Light Horse. It was redesignated the 32nd Manitoba Horse on 2 November 1912 and, following the Great War as The Manitoba Horse on 15 March 1920. On 15 December 1936, it was amalgamated with The Fort Garry Horse.
[[Harcus Strachan]] of the regiment was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for his actions at the battle of [[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|Cambrai]] on November 20, 1917 in France.


On 11 October 1958, a Regular Force component was authorized as The 1st Fort Garry Horse. On 1 January 1960, it was redesignated The Fort Garry Horse. The Regiment served in Canada, on NATO duty in West Germany and on United Nations duty in the Sinai and Cyprus. The Regular Force regiment was reduced to nil strength and placed on the Supplementary Order of battle on 16 June 1970.<ref>Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.</ref>

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In 2003, the regiment began hosting personnel to help create a new unit of the [[Canadian Military Engineers]]. It is planned that these personnel will eventually form part of 38 Combat Engineer Regiment. The engineers in this unit have the distinction of being the only reservists in Canada to wear the black beret of the [[Royal Canadian Armoured Corps|Armoured Corps]] with the cap badge of the Canadian Military Engineers.

==Perpetuations==
The Fort Garry Horse perpetuates Boulton's Mounted Corps of the 1885 North-West Rebellion, the 226th Battalion (Men of the North), CEF.<ref>Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.</ref>

==Operational History==
===The North West Rebellion===
Boulton's Mounted Corps was mobilized for active service on 10 April 1885, and served with Middleton's Column of the North West Field Force until it was disbanded on 18 September 1885.

===The Great War===
Details from the 32nd Manitoba Horse and the 34th Fort Garry Horse were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection duties.

The Fort Garry Horse, CEF, was organized in England on 21 January 1916. It disembarked in France on 25 February 1916, where it fought in France and Flanders as part of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade until the end of the war. The regiment was disbanded on 6 November 1920. [[Harcus Strachan]] of the regiment was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for his actions at the battle of [[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|Cambrai]] on November 20, 1917 in France.

The regiment also mobilized the 34th Fort Garry Horse Overseas Training Depot, CEF, on 15 June 1917. It was redesignated the 34th Fort Garry Horse, Depot Squadron, CEF, on 1 January 1917 and embarked for Britain on 21 May 1917, where it provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field. The squadron was disbanded on 6 November 1920.

The [[226th Battalion (Men of the North), CEF]], was authorized on 15 July 1916 and embarked for Britain on 16 December 1916, wher its personnel were absorbed by the 14th Reserve Battalion, CEF on 7 April 1917 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. The battalion was disbanded on 27 July 1917.
[[File:FGH CCB Flash.jpg|thumb|The FGH's Great War Canadian Cavalry Brigade identifying flash.]]
[[File:FGH CCB Flash.jpg|thumb|The FGH's Great War Canadian Cavalry Brigade identifying flash.]]


===The Second World War===
In 1920 the regiment was named the '''Fort Garry Horse''' in order to perpetuate the Fort Garry Horse of the CEF. In 1936 the regiment absorbed [[the Manitoba Horse]].
The regiment mobilized The Fort Garry Horse, CASF, on 1 September 1939. It was redesignatedthe 10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse), CASF, on 11 February 1941, the 10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse), CAC, CASF, on 15 October 1943 and the 10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse), RCAC, CASF, on 2 August 1945. The regiment embarked for Britain in November 1941. The regiment landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944, as a part of the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade, in support of the 8th Infantry Brigade, [[3rd Canadian Infantry Division]], and fought in North-West Europe until the end of the war. The overseas regiment was disbanded on 31 January 1946.<ref>Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.</ref>

==Battle Honours==
[[Image:FGH guidon.jpg|thumb|300px|left|The guidon of The Fort Garry Horse.]]
Those battle honours in '''bold type''' are emblazoned on the regiment's guidon.
===North West Rebellion===
*'''[[Battle of Fish Creek|FISH CREEK]]'''
*'''[[Battle of Batoche|BATOCHE]]'''
*'''[[North-West Rebellion|NORTH WEST CANADA, 1885]]'''


===The Great War===
During the [[Second World War]] the regiment was mobilized as the '''10th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse)'''. It was in the vanguard on [[Juno Beach]] on [[Normandy Landings|D-Day]], serving in the [[2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade]].
*'''[[Battle of the Somme|SOMME, 1916]], [[Somme 1918 (Battle honour)|'18]]'''
*'''Bazentin'''
*'''*[[Battle of Pozières|Pozières]]'''
*'''*[[Battle of Flers-Courcelette|Flers-Courcelette]]'''
*'''*[[Battle of Hill 70|HILL 70]]'''
*[[Battle of Passchendaele|YPRES, 1917]]
*'''[[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|CAMBRAI, 1917]], [[Battle of Cambrai (1918)|'18]]'''
*'''[[Operation Michael|St. Quentin]]'''
*'''[[Battle of Amiens (1918)|AMIENS]]'''
*[[Battle of Arras (1918)|ARRAS 1918]]
*'''[[Hindenburg Line|HINDENBURG LINE]]'''
*[[Battle of St. Quentin Canal|St. Quentin Canal]]
*'''[[Battle of St. Quentin Canal|Beaurevoir]]'''
*[[Battle of Mons|PURSUIT TO MONS]]
*'''FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1916-18'''


===The Second World War===
After the war, in 1946, the regiment was reconstituted in the militia.
*'''[[Normandy landing|NORMANDY LANDING]]'''
*[[Battle for Caen|CAEN]]
*Carpiquet; FALAISE; Falaise Road; The Laison; Boulogne, 1944; Antwerp-Turnhout Canal; THE SCHELDT; Woensdrecht; THE RHINELAND; Goch-Calcar Road; The Hochwald; Groningen; Oldenburg, NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-1945.


In 1949 the regiment was renamed the '''Fort Garry Horse (10th Armoured Regiment)'''. In 1958 a Regular Force component, '''1st Fort Garry Horse''' was formed, and the Militia unit was named the '''2nd Fort Garry Horse'''. The titles were changed shortly afterward to the '''Fort Garry Horse''' and the '''Fort Garry Horse (M)'''. In 1970 the Regular Force component was disbanded and the Militia regiment retained the title the '''Fort Garry Horse'''.


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In 2003, the regiment began hosting personnel to help create a new unit of the [[Canadian Military Engineers]]. It is planned that these personnel will eventually form 31 Field Engineer Squadron. The engineers in this unit have the distinction of being the only reservists in Canada to wear the black beret of the [[Royal Canadian Armoured Corps|Armoured Corps]] with the cap badge of the Canadian Military Engineers.


== Other information ==
== Other information ==
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Revision as of 20:49, 19 January 2012

"FGH" redirects here. For the hospital in Barrow-in-Furness, UK, see Furness General Hospital. For the Greek historical work, see Fragmenta Graecorum Historicorum.
Fort Garry Horse
The Fort Garry Horse badge
Active1912 to present
CountryCanada
BranchPrimary Reserve
TypeLine cavalry
RoleArmoured reconnaissance
Part ofRoyal Canadian Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQMcGregor Armoury Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nickname(s)The Garrys
Motto(s)Facta non verba (“Deeds, not words”)
MarchEl Abanico (quick),
Red River Valley (slow),
alternate quick march: St. Patrick's Day
AbbreviationFGH

The Fort Garry Horse is a Canadian Army Reserve armoured regiment based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is currently part of Land Force Western Area's 38 Canadian Brigade Group.

Lineage

The Fort Garry Horse originated in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 15 April 1912, as the 34th Regiment of Cavalry. The following year it was redesignated the 34th Fort Garry Horse on 2 January 1913 and The Fort Garry Horse following the Great War on 15 March 1920. On 15 December 1936, it was amalgamated with The Manitoba Horse. During the Second World War it was redesignated the 2nd Regiment, The Fort Garry Horse on 13 August 1940 and the 10th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment, (The Fort Garry Horse), on 1 April 1941. After the Second World Ware it was redesignated as the 10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse), on 31 January 1946, as the The Fort Garry Horse (10th Armoured Regiment), on 4 February 1949; The Fort Garry Horse on 19 May 1958, The 2nd Fort Garry Horse on 11 October 1958, The Fort Garry Horse (Militia) on 1 January 1960 and finally The Fort Garry Horse on 16 June 1970, following the reduction to nil strength of the Regular Force regiment.

The Manitoba Horse originated in Roblin, Manitoba on 1 April 1912, as the '2nd Light Horse. It was redesignated the 32nd Manitoba Horse on 2 November 1912 and, following the Great War as The Manitoba Horse on 15 March 1920. On 15 December 1936, it was amalgamated with The Fort Garry Horse.

On 11 October 1958, a Regular Force component was authorized as The 1st Fort Garry Horse. On 1 January 1960, it was redesignated The Fort Garry Horse. The Regiment served in Canada, on NATO duty in West Germany and on United Nations duty in the Sinai and Cyprus. The Regular Force regiment was reduced to nil strength and placed on the Supplementary Order of battle on 16 June 1970.[1]

In 2003, the regiment began hosting personnel to help create a new unit of the Canadian Military Engineers. It is planned that these personnel will eventually form part of 38 Combat Engineer Regiment. The engineers in this unit have the distinction of being the only reservists in Canada to wear the black beret of the Armoured Corps with the cap badge of the Canadian Military Engineers.

Perpetuations

The Fort Garry Horse perpetuates Boulton's Mounted Corps of the 1885 North-West Rebellion, the 226th Battalion (Men of the North), CEF.[2]

Operational History

The North West Rebellion

Boulton's Mounted Corps was mobilized for active service on 10 April 1885, and served with Middleton's Column of the North West Field Force until it was disbanded on 18 September 1885.

The Great War

Details from the 32nd Manitoba Horse and the 34th Fort Garry Horse were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection duties.

The Fort Garry Horse, CEF, was organized in England on 21 January 1916. It disembarked in France on 25 February 1916, where it fought in France and Flanders as part of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade until the end of the war. The regiment was disbanded on 6 November 1920. Harcus Strachan of the regiment was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at the battle of Cambrai on November 20, 1917 in France.

The regiment also mobilized the 34th Fort Garry Horse Overseas Training Depot, CEF, on 15 June 1917. It was redesignated the 34th Fort Garry Horse, Depot Squadron, CEF, on 1 January 1917 and embarked for Britain on 21 May 1917, where it provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field. The squadron was disbanded on 6 November 1920.

The 226th Battalion (Men of the North), CEF, was authorized on 15 July 1916 and embarked for Britain on 16 December 1916, wher its personnel were absorbed by the 14th Reserve Battalion, CEF on 7 April 1917 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. The battalion was disbanded on 27 July 1917.

The FGH's Great War Canadian Cavalry Brigade identifying flash.

The Second World War

The regiment mobilized The Fort Garry Horse, CASF, on 1 September 1939. It was redesignatedthe 10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse), CASF, on 11 February 1941, the 10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse), CAC, CASF, on 15 October 1943 and the 10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse), RCAC, CASF, on 2 August 1945. The regiment embarked for Britain in November 1941. The regiment landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944, as a part of the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade, in support of the 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, and fought in North-West Europe until the end of the war. The overseas regiment was disbanded on 31 January 1946.[3]

Battle Honours

The guidon of The Fort Garry Horse.

Those battle honours in bold type are emblazoned on the regiment's guidon.

North West Rebellion

The Great War

The Second World War

  • NORMANDY LANDING
  • CAEN
  • Carpiquet; FALAISE; Falaise Road; The Laison; Boulogne, 1944; Antwerp-Turnhout Canal; THE SCHELDT; Woensdrecht; THE RHINELAND; Goch-Calcar Road; The Hochwald; Groningen; Oldenburg, NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-1945.


Other information

  • Facings: yellow
  • Colours: regimental guidon, presented to the 2nd Fort Garry Horse (Militia) in 1963 and 1st Fort Garry Horse (Regular) in 1964. When the regular force unit was disbanded, their guidon was presented to the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba for safekeeping. It remains on display in the Manitoba Legislative Building. The guidon presented in 1963 is kept and still used by the unit.

Alliances

Order of precedence

Preceded by The Fort Garry Horse Succeeded by

Armoury

Site Date(s) Designated Location Description Image
McGregor Armoury, 515 Machray Avenue, 1914–5, David Ewart Canada's Register of Historic Places; recognized - 1994 Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings Winnipeg, Manitoba Housing the Fort Garry Horse and regimental museum, this centrally located drill hall has baronial style façades; stepped parapet profiles, low arched troop door and corner towers.

See also

References

  1. ^ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
  2. ^ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
  3. ^ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
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