Manitoba Regiment
The Manitoba Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent [Active Militia] of the Canadian Militia. In 1936, the regiment was disbanded as a result of a country wide reorganization of the Canadian Militia.
History
As a result of the Otter Commission, The Manitoba Regiment was created on 15 March 1920, by incorporating the 27th Battalion, CEF, into the post-WWI Canadian Militia.The regiment was headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
On 1 February 1936, The Manitoba Regiment was disbanded along with 13 other regiments as part of the 1936 Canadian Militia reorganization.
Perpetuations
Battle honours
- Mount Sorrel
- Somme, 1916, Somme [1918 (Battle honour)|'18]
- Flers-Courcelette
- Thiepval Ridge|Thiepval]
- Ancre Heights
- Arras, 1917, '18
- Vimy, 1917
- Arleux
- Scarpe, 1917, '18
- Hill 70
- Ypres, 1917
- Passchendaele
- Amiens (1918)|Amiens]
- Hindenburg Line
- Drocourt-Quéant Line|Drocourt-Quéant]
- Battle of [Canal du Nord|Canal du Nord]
- Cambrai, 1918
- Pursuit to Mons
- France and Flanders, 1915–18