Standing Orders - Annex A to Chapter 7
Artillery Unit Birthdays

All dates have been validated and are in accordance with new lineage charts produced by the Directorate of History and Heritage. The dates represent the earliest date of formation or conversion of the unit as an artillery ‘regiment’, and not the dates of formation of any of its subunits. Once a unit is disbanded, it ceases to exist afterwards. A new unit with the same designation which is raised at a later date, takes its birthday as that date. Note that some revisions have taken place. Copies of the lineage documents are available through the Regimental Major RCA. Should a unit possess hard documentation which clearly disputes these dates, the unit is to forward such documentation to RHQ RCA for furtherance to DHH.

1. Regular Force Unit Regimental Birthdays

1 RCHA 2 RCHA 5 RALC 4 AD Regt RCA RCAS CFB Shilo

20 October 1871* 7 August 1950 6 May 1968 27 November 1987** 16 September 1946*** 25 June 1934

2. Reserve Force Unit Regimental Birthdays

1 Fd Regt RCA 2 Fd Regt RCA (7 Fd Bty - 27 September 1855) 3 Fd Regt RCA (The Loyal Company - 4 May 1793) 5 (BC) Fd Regt RCA 6 RAC ARC 7 Tor Regt RCA (9 Fd Bty - 9 Mar 1866) 10 Fd Regt RCA (18 Fd bty - 1 April 1910) 11 Fd Regt RCA (11 Fd Bty - 6 Dec 1855) 15 Fd Regt RCA 20 Fd Regt RCA (78 Fd Bty - 2 February 1920) 26 Fd Regt RCA 30 Fd Regt RCA ( 1 Fd Bty - 22 March 1861) 49 Fd Regt RCA

10 September 1869**** 27 November 1856**** 10 September 1869**** 17 October 1954**** 1 August 1899 1 April 1942**** 2 February 1920**** 24 March 1880**** 2 February 1920 17 October 1961**** 15 December 1936 9 May 1905**** 1 April 1946

(converted from 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment - 15 November 1913)

56 Fd Regt RCA

1 April 1946

(converted from The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada - 28 September 1866)

62 RAC ARC 1 AD Regt RCA

1 April 1946 10 November 1992****

(converted from Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regt – 5 October 1866)

18 AD Regt RCA 84 Indep Fd Bty RCA 116 Indep Fd Bty RCA

1 February 1908 4 October 1878**** 1 April 1946****

(16th Medium Battery (How.), RCA - 15 December 1936), RCA)

* 1 RCHA was originally authorized on 1 December 1898 as the ‘Royal Canadian Artillery (Field Division)’ of The Royal Canadian Artillery. Prior to that, A, B and C Batteries operated as independent units. 1 RCHA holds birthday celebrations each year on 20 October to mark the formation of A and B Batteries.

** 4 AD Regt was authorized within the Regular Force on 27 November 1987 as the ‘4th Air Defence Regiment, RCA’. It was reduced to nil strength in July 1992 and was subsequently authorized to reorganize on 15 March 1995.

*** The Artillery school was authorized on 16 September 1946 as the ‘The Royal Canadian School of Artillery’. It was redesignated ‘Canadian Forces School of Artillery’ on 15 February 1969. The school was amalgamated with the Combat Arms School in 1970 under the latter title. The school was authorized on 19 May 1987 as ‘the ‘Field Artillery School’. It was redesignated ‘Field Artillery School, RCA’ on 23 November 1993. The school was amalgamated with the Air Defence Artillery School, RCA, on 15 February 1996 to form the ‘Royal Canadian Artillery Battle School’.

**** Denotes modified date IAW DHH Lineage Documents. (Dates in brackets indicate formation of earliest subunit, or date of origin of the unit from which the artillery unit was converted).

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