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

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]

History

The regiment did not initially mobilize for the Second World War during the general activation of units beginning in August 1939.

In July 1944, the 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division perceived it was deficient in infantry. The 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade was created out of units already in existence.^[5] One unit of the new brigade was the Motor battalion of the division, a second was a re-equipped reconnaissance battalion from the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, and a third unit was created from anti-aircraft assets, no longer required due to Allied aerial superiority. This unit petitioned The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish for permission to use their name and regimental insignia, feeling it was more appropriate for an infantry battalion. Permission was granted, and The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish served in the 12th Brigade until March 1945. After all Canadian forces in Italy were repatriated to the command of 1st Canadian Army in North-west Europe, the brigade was dissolved, the units therein returned to their former roles, and the Lanark and Renfrew Scottish battalion was returned to its former duties and designation.

Perpetuations

The Great War

• 130th Battalion (Lanark and Renfrew), CEF
• 240th Battalion, CEF^[6]

Order of precedence

See also

• Military history of Canada
• History of the Canadian Army

Royal Canadian Artillery Regiments in order of precedence
1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 5e Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada 4th Air Defence Regiment, RCA 1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 6th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 7th Toronto Regiment, RCA 10th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 11th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 20th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 26th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA 49th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 62nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA

External links

• Official website

References

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