1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
- 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name = 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
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dates = to 1945
country = Canada
country = flag|Canada|1921
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branch = Royal Canadian Artillery
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role = artillery
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battles = Italy
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disbanded = 1945
notable_commanders =The 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery was one of six medium regiments which served in England, Italy, and northwest Europe during World War Two.
History
The Adjutant of the 1st Medium Regiment, RCA, was Captain Horace Trites; Trites was awarded a "Mention in Dispatches" in Italy. Trites and G.P.O. (Gun Position Officer) Lieutenant 'Buck' Buchanan later became pilots at 43 OTU, RAF Andover, and fought in northwest Europe with No. 665 Squadron RCAF.
ources
* Fromow, Lt-Col. D.L. "Canada's Flying Gunners". (Ottawa: Air Observation Post Pilot's Association, 2002). ISBN 0973005505.
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