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1 Organization  





2 Lineage  



2.1  The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)  





2.2  The Charlottetown Provisional Battalion of Infantry  





2.3  The Prince Edward Island Light Horse  





2.4  28th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA  





2.5  The Charlottetown Field Company  





2.6  Lineage chart  







3 Perpetuations  





4 History  



4.1  Robert Cyril Claude Brooks  







5 Alliances  





6 Battle honours  





7 Equipment  





8 The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC) Museum  





9 Order of precedence  





10 External links  





11 Notes and references  














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The Prince Edward Island Regiment
Regimental badge
Active1946–present
CountryCanada
BranchCanadian Army
TypeCavalry
RoleArmoured reconnaissance
SizeOne regiment (140 soldiers)
Part of36 Canadian Brigade Group
Garrison/HQJ. David Stewart Armoury, Charlottetown
Motto(s)Latin: Parva sub ingenti, lit.'The small under the protection of the great'
ColorsGold and black
March"Old Solomon Levi"
EngagementsSecond Boer War
First World War
Second World War
War in Afghanistan
Battle honoursSee #Battle honours
Websitearmy-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/5-canadian-division/the-prince-edward-island-regiment/index.page Edit this at Wikidata
Commanders
Current
commander
LCol J.P. (Jean-Paul) Pendergast, CD
Colonel-in-chiefThe Duke of Edinburgh
Insignia
AbbreviationPEIR
NATO Map Symbol

The Prince Edward Island Regiment (Royal Canadian Armoured Corps) is a Primary Reserve armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Canadian Forces, 5th Canadian Division, 36 Canadian Brigade Group. The regiment is based in Charlottetown and Summerside, Prince Edward Island.[1][2][3]

Organization

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The Prince Edward Island Regiment is organized into the following components:

Lineage

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The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)

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The Charlottetown Provisional Battalion of Infantry

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The Prince Edward Island Light Horse

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28th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA

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The Charlottetown Field Company

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Lineage chart

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Lineage chart[4]
1875Queen's County Provisional BnofInfyCharlottetown Provisional BnofInfyIndependent arty btys
1876Queen's County BnofInfy
187882nd Queen's County BnofInfyCharlottetown Engineer Coy
1882PEI Provisional Bde of Garrison Arty
1893PEI Bn of Garrison Arty
18954th "PEI" Bn
18954th PEI Regt of Garrison Arty
1899Charlottetown Field Coy
190082nd Queen's County Regt
1901"L" Sqn, PEI Mounted Rifles
1901"L" Sqn, CMR
1903PEI Light Horse[a]
19044th PEI Regt of Garrison Arty
190682nd "Abegweit Light Infy" Regt
19084th PEI Regt (Heavy Bde)
19104th "PEI" Heavy Bde, CGA
1912"PEI" Heavy Bde, CGA
1914PEI Light Horse[b]
191436th PEI Light Horse
1915No. 2 Heavy Bty Depot, CEF
1915105th "Overseas" Bn, CEF2nd "Overseas" Bty Canadian Siege Arty, CEF
1916Canadian Bde Siege Arty, CEF98th (Canadian) Siege Bty, CEFNo. 5 "Overseas" Bty Siege Arty, CEF
19161st Canadian Heavy Arty Group, CEF272nd (Canadian) Siege Bty, CEF
1917Amalgamated with 104th "Overseas" Bn, CEFNo. 2 Canadian Siege Bty, CEFNo. 8 Canadian Siege Bty, CEF
19181st Bde, Canadian Garrison Arty, CEF
1920DisbandedDisbandedDisbanded1st (PEI) Heavy Bde
19201st Bn (105th Bn, CEF), The PEI Regt1st Regt, The PEI Light Horse1st (PEI) Heavy Bde, CA
19251st (PEI) Medium Bde, CA
19271st Bn (105th Bn, CEF), The PEI Highlanders
19351st (PEI) Medium Bde, RCA
1936The PEI HighlandersThe PEI Light Horse
19411st Bn, The PEI Highlanders, CASF2nd (Reserve) Bn, The PEI Highlanders1st Canadian Armd Bde HQ Sqn (The PEI Light Horse), CASF2nd (Reserve) Regt, The PEI Light Horse
194117th (Reserve) Armd Regt (PEI Light Horse)
19432nd Corps Defence Coy (The PEI Light Horse), CIC, CASF
1945DisbandedThe PEI Highlanders
1946Disbanded28th Light Anti-Aircraft Regt, RCA
1946
194617th (PEI) Recce Regt
1949The PEI Regt (17th Recce Regt)
1955The PEI Regt (17th Recce Regt)
1958The PEI Regt (RCAC)

Perpetuations

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The PEIR perpetuates the following units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force:

History

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In 1946 the amalgamation of The Prince Edward Island Light Horse and The Prince Edward Island Highlanders created The Prince Edward Island Regiment, 17th Reconnaissance Regiment.

The Prince Edward Island Regiment was amalgamated with the 28th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment in 1955.[1][2]

Robert Cyril Claude Brooks

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The youngest Canadian soldier to die in the Second World War, 14-year-old Robert Cyril Claude Brooks was a member of the 17th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment (Prince Edward Island Light Horse). He was killed in a training accident near Coleman, Prince Edward Island, at approximately 7:30 p.m. on 23 September 1944, when a Universal Carrier was driven through a guard rail on a bridge, overturning into the water below. He was trapped beneath the overturned vehicle and drowned, along with two fellow members of the regiment, Sergeant D.C. Ramsay and Trooper W.N. Dennis.[6]

Alliances

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Battle honours

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Battle honours in small capitals are for large operations and campaigns and those in lowercase are for more specific battles. Bold type indicates honours emblazoned on the regimental guidon. The Second World War Battle Honour is for the service of the Prince Edward Island Light Horse which was, on 27 February 1941, Headquarters Squadron, 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade and on 1 November 1943 became the 2nd Corps Defence Company.

South African War
South Africa, 1900
First World War
  • Ypres, 1917
  • Amiens
  • Hindenburg Line
  • Pursuit to Mons
  • Second World War
    North-West Europe, 1944–1945[7]
    Honorary distinction: The wartime badge of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders with the year dates『1944–45』in recognition of the role played by the Prince Edward Island Highlanders in the mobilization of the Canadian Active Service Force unit of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders.[8]
    South-West Asia
    Afghanistan[9]

    Equipment

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    Model Type Dates Builder Details
    Volkswagen/Bombardier Iltis light utility vehicle 1985–2004 Volkswagen, Germany optional M101 trailer unit; replaced by G-Wagen
    LUVW C&R (G-Wagen) 4 × 4 light utility vehicle 2004- Mercedes-Benz, Germany replaced the Iltis light trucks in Afghanistan
    LUVW MILCOTS (Milverado) - 2003 Silverado Basic model 861 (GM K25943HD) light utility vehicle 2003- Chevrolet, USA replacing the Iltis jeeps in North American operations only
    C9 light machine gun
    Colt Canada C7 rifle personal weapon 1984- Diemaco/Colt Canada
    C6 GPMG

    The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC) Museum

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    Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC) Museum
    LocationJ. David Stewart Armoury,
    3 Haviland Street, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N1
    TypeRegimental Museum

    The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC) Museum collects, preserves, displays and studies the military history of the founding units of The Prince Edward Island Regiment, from the island's formation (founding). The main concentration is on the period 1870 until the present. The RCAC museum is at the J. David Stewart Armoury in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.[10]

    Order of precedence

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    Preceded by

    1st Hussars

    The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC) Succeeded by

    The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)

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    Notes and references

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    1. ^ Independent squadron
  • ^ Regiment
    1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Defence, National (2018-11-29). "The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  • ^ a b "Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia (Infantry, Cavalry, Armored)" (PDF).
  • ^ "The Prince Edward Island Regiment". 2007-11-09. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  • ^ "The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)". www.canada.ca. 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  • ^ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003/AF-001 -- Part One: Armour, Artillery and Field Engineer Regiments
  • ^ Canada, WWII Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947
  • ^ "The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)". Official Lineages Volume 3, Part 1: Armour, Artillery and Field Engineer Regiments – Armour Regiments. Directorate of History and Heritage. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  • ^ Canadian Forces General Message 031/15. 2015.
  • ^ "South-West Asia Theatre Honours". Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  • ^ A-AD-266-000/AG-001 Canadian Forces Museums –Operations and Administration 2002-04-03

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