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Dufferin Rifles of Canada
Military unit
The Dufferin Rifles of Canada was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Non-Permanent Active Militia (now the Canadian Army) 1866-1936.
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Active | 1866-1936 |
Country | Canada |
Branch | Canadian Militia |
Type | Rifle Regiment |
Part of | Non-Permanent Active Militia |
Garrison/HQ | Brantford, Ontario |
Engagements | First World War |
Battle honours | Somme, Arras, Vimy, and others |
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In 1936, the regiment was amalgamated with the Haldimand Rifles to form the Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada.[1][2][3] Later that unit was converted to artillery as the 56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA.
Notable members of the regiment included Sergeant William Merrifield, who won the Victoria Cross, and Lieutenant-General Ernest Charles Ashton.
- Originated on 28 September 1866, in Brantford, Ontario, as the 38th Brant Battalion of Infantry.
- Redesignated on 30 November 1866, as the 38th Brant Battalion of Infantry.
- Redesignated on 24 March 1871, as the 38th Brant Battalion of Rifles.
- Redesignated on 3 July 1874, as the 38th Brant Battalion or Dufferin Rifles.
- Redesignated on 28 September 1883, as the 38th Battalion Dufferin Rifles of Canada.
- Redesignated on 8 May 1900, as the 38th Regiment Dufferin Rifles of Canada.
- Redesignated on 1 May 1920, as The Dufferin Rifles of Canada.
- Amalgamated on 15 December 1936, with The Haldimand Rifles and C Company of the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC, and Redesignated as The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada.[2]
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38th Brant Battalion of Infantry (28 September 1866)
- No. 1 Company (1st Brantford Rifles) (Brantford, Ontario) (first raised on 13 December 1861 as the 1st Brantford Rifle Company)
- No. 2 Company (2nd Brantford Rifles) (Brantford, Ontario) (first raised on 3 July 1862 as the 2nd Brantford Highland Rifle Company)
- No. 3 Company (Paris Rifles) (Paris, Ontario) (first raised on 26 June 1856 as the Volunteer Militia Company of Paris)
- No. 4 Company (Mount Pleasant Infantry) (Mount Pleasant, Ontario) (first raised on 30 January 1863 as the Mount Pleasant Infantry Company; later disbanded 6 February 1869)
- No. 5 Company (3rd Brantford Rifles) (Brantford, Ontario) (first raised on 1 June 1866 as the 3rd Brantford Infantry Company)
- No. 6 Company (Burford Infantry) (Burford, Ontario) (first raised on 17 August 1866 as the Burford Infantry Company of Volunteer Militia)
- No. 7 Company (Newport Infantry) (Newport, Ontario) (first raised on 31 August 1866 as the Newport Infantry Company; later disbanded on 14 December 1866)[3]
The Dufferin Rifles of Canada (01 September, 1920)
- 1st Battalion (perpetuating the 4th Battalion, CEF)
- 2nd (Reserve) Battalion (perpetuating the 36th Battalion, CEF)
- 3rd (Reserve) Battalion (perpetuating the 125th Battalion, CEF)
- 4th (Reserve) Battalion (perpetuating the 215th Battalion, CEF)[3]
In 1929, the regiment was granted these honours for the Great War. The list is identical to the honours granted at the same time to the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion, CEF.[6][7]
- Ypres 1915, '17[lower-alpha 2]
- Gravenstafel
- St. Julien
- Festubert, 1915[lower-alpha 2]
- Mount Sorrel
- Somme, 1916[lower-alpha 2]
- Pozières
- Flers-Courcelette
- Ancre Heights
- Arras 1917, '18
- Vimy, 1917[lower-alpha 2]
- Arleux[lower-alpha 2]
- Scarpe, 1917, '18
- Hill 70[lower-alpha 2]
- Passchendaele[lower-alpha 2]
- Amiens[lower-alpha 2]
- Drocourt–Quéant
- Hindenburg Line
- Canal du Nord[lower-alpha 2]
- Pursuit to Mons[lower-alpha 2]
- France and Flanders, 1915–18
- Defence, National (2019-01-28). "56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- "The Dufferin Rifles of Canada". 2007-11-16. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- "56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA". www.canada.ca. 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- "4th Battalion, CEF". www.canadiansoldiers.com. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- Appendix to General Order No. 110 of 1929