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42nd Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
Active 5 October 1866-present
Country Canada
Branch Army
Type Field Artillery
Size One Regiment
Part of Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
Garrison/HQ Pembroke, Ontario
Motto(s) Ubique. Quo fas et gloria ducunt. (Everywhere. Whither right and glory lead)
March Quick: British Grenadiers

The 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA is a Canadian Army Reserve artillery regiment based in Pembroke, Ontario. It is part of the 4th Canadian Division's 33 Canadian Brigade Group.

Allocated batteries[]

  • 35th Field Battery, RCA[1]

Lineage[]

42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA[]

  • Originated 5 October 1866 in Brockville, Ontario, as the 42nd "Brockville Battalion of Infantry"
  • Redesignated 1 December 1897 as the 42nd "Lanark and Renfrew" Battalion of Infantry
  • Redesignated 8 May 1900 as the 42nd Lanark and Renfrew Regiment
  • Redesignated 12 March 1920 as The Lanark and Renfrew Regiment
  • Redesignated 15 July 1927 as The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment
  • Redesignated 7 November 1940 as the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment
  • Redesignated 15 September 1944 The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment (Reserve)
  • Converted 1 April 1946 to air defence artillery and redesignated as the 59th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA
  • Converted 1 December 1959 to infantry and redesignated as The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment
  • Converted 10 November 1992 to artillery air defence and redesignated as the 1st Air Defence Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA
  • Converted 2006 to field artillery, retaining its designation.
  • Redesignated 26 January 2011 as the 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA[2][3][4]

Perpetuations[]

The Great War[]

Order of precedence[]

Preceded by
30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA Succeeded by
49th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA of Royal Canadian Artillery

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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. http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/42-field-artillery-regiment/index.page 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA Accessed 14 August 2014
  4. Canadian Forces Organization Order 5097 - 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA (42 Fd Regt) Dated 26 January 2011
  5. Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
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