27th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA

27th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
Active1910 - 1970
CountryCanada
Branch
TypeField Artillery
SizeOne Regiment
Part ofRoyal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
Garrison/HQFarnham, Quebec
Motto(s)
  • Latin: Ubique., lit. 'Everywhere'
  • Latin: Quo fas et gloria ducunt, lit. 'Whither right and glory lead'
MarchQuick: "British Grenadiers"

The 27th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery was a Canadian Army Reserve artillery regiment based in Farnham, Quebec. The regiment was reduced to nil strength in 1970 and placed on the Supplementary Order of Battle.

Origin

The regiment was originally the Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles, a militia/reserve cavalry regiment which was first authorized in 1910. In 1936, as part of the 1936 Canadian Militia reorganization, the regiment was converted from cavalry to artillery.

Main article: Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles

Lineage

  • Originated on 1 April 1910, in Coaticook, Quebec, as the 26th Canadian Horse (Stanstead Dragoons).
  • Redesignated on 3 September 1912, as the 26th Stanstead Dragoons.
  • Redesignated on 15 March 1920, as The Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles.
  • Converted from cavalry to artillery regiment on 15 December 1936,and redesignated as the 27th Field Brigade, RCA.
  • Redesignated on 7 November 1940, as the 27th (Reserve) Field Brigade, RCA.
  • Redesignated on 1 March 1943, as the 27th (Reserve) Field Regiment.
  • Redesignated on 15 October 1943, as the 27th Field Regiment, RCA.
  • Redesignated on 12 April 1960, as the 27th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA.
  • Reduced to nil strength 1 April 1970, and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle.

Allocated batteries

27th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA (15 December 1936)

  • Regimental Headquarters (Coaticook, Quebec)
  • 72nd Field Battery, RCA (Coaticook)
  • 73rd Field Battery (Howitzer), RCA (Magog)
  • 74th Field Battery, RCA (Stanstead)
  • 75th Field Battery, RCA (Cowansville)