50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA

50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), Royal Canadian Artillery
Active	6 July 1960-1 April 1970
Country	Canada
Branch	Army
Type	Field Artillery
Size	One Regiment
Part of	Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
Garrison/HQ	Peterborough, Ontario
Motto(s)	Ubique. Quo fas et gloria ducunt. (Everywhere. Whither right and glory lead)
March	Quick: British Grenadiers
Engagements	none (see article for perpetuated units)

The 50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), Royal Canadian Artillery was a Canadian Army Reserve artillery regiment based in Peterborough, Ontario. The regiment currently exists on the Supplementary Order of Battle.^[1]

Lineage

Lineage of the 50th Field Artillery Regiment:^[2]

Lineage

1856			Independent cav. troops								independent infy and rifle coys

1857		Independent infy and rifle coys

1862								Independent infy and rifle coys

1866								45th "West Durham" Bn of Infy

1867		57th Peterborough Bn of Infy									56th "Prescott" Bn of Infy

1867											56th "Grenville" Bn of Infy

1871											56th Grenville Bn of Rifles

1871											56th Grenville Bn "Lisgar Rifles"

1872										14th Field Bty, CA

1875			3rd Provisional Regt of Cav.

1880		57th Bn of Infy "Peterborough Rangers"

1881			3rd Provisional Regt of Cav., The Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons

1892			3rd Regt of Cav., The Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons

1893			3rd The Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons

1898								45th "Victoria" Bn of Infy

1900		57th Regt "Peterborough Rangers"						45th Victoria Regt			56th Grenville Regt "Lisgar Rifles"

1905										10th Bde of Field Arty, CA

1914	2nd Bn, CEF								4th Field Arty Bde, CFA, CEF

1916							45th "Overseas" Depot Bty, CFA, CEF

1917								45th Victoria and Haliburton Regt

1918					4th Bn, CMGC, CEF

1919						4th MG Bde, CMGC

1920	Disbanded	The Peterborough Rangers			Disbanded		Disbanded	The Victoria and Haliburton Regt	Disbanded	4th Bde, CFA	The Grenville Regt (Lisgar Rifles)

1924						4th MG Bn, CMGC

1925										4th Field Bde, CA

1935										4th Field Bde, RCA

1936				The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regt) (MG)				45th Field Bty (Howitzer), RCA			56th (Grenville) Field Bty, (Howitzer), RCA

1940										4th (Reserve) Field Bde, RCA

1942		1st Bn, The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regt), CASF		2nd (Reserve) Bn, The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regt)						43rd (Reserve) Field Regt, RCA

1945		Disbanded		The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regt)

1946				50th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regt (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA						4th Field Regt, RCA

1947										4th Field Regt (Self-propelled), RCA

1954										45th Medium Bty, RCA

1955				50th Medium Anti-Aircraft Regt (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA

1960				50th Medium Anti-Aircraft Arty Regt (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA

1960				50th Field Arty Regt (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA

1970				Supplementary Order of Battle

2016

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Abbreviations used in the chart
Abbreviation	Phrase
Artillery
Brigade
Battalion
Battery
Canadian Artillery
Canadian Active Service Force
Cavalry
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Canadian Field Artillery
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Companies
Infantry
Machine Gun
Royal Canadian Artillery
Regiment \|
Notes:

References

↑ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
↑ "50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA". Official Lineages Volume 3, Part 1: Armour, Artillery and Field Engineer Regiments – Artillery Regiments and Batteries. Directorate of History and Heritage. Retrieved 19 November 2012.

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