Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

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The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps no longer exists. The Infantry is now a personnel branch of the Canadian Forces (CF), known as the "Infantry Branch".

History

Originally formed as the Canadian Infantry Corps in 1942 to encompass all existing infantry regiments, including regiments of foot guards, in the Canadian Army. The corps was granted its "royal" designation in 1947and was designated Royal Canadian Infantry Corps 30 Apr 1947 to be redesignated The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps 22 Mar 1948 and revert back to Royal Canadian Infantry Corps 18 Apr 1955. With integration of the Canadian Forces it became Infantry Branch, Canadian Forces 2 May 1969. Today, the administration and training and both the regular and reserve infantry that form part of Land Commandis the responsibility for the Infantry School, which runs courses in all aspects of infantry operation, and is stationed at CFB Gagetown.

Regular Force

Note: each regular force regiment retains a parachute company.
# The Royal Canadian Regiment
#*1st Battalion (CFB Petawawa) - Mechanized Infantry
#*2nd Battalion (CFB Gagetown) - Mechanized Infantry
#*3rd Battalion (CFB Petawawa) - Light Infantry + Parachute Company
# Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
#*1st Battalion (CFB Edmonton) - Mechanized Infantry
#*2nd Battalion (CFB Shilo) - Mechanized Infantry
#*3rd Battalion (CFB Edmonton) - Light Infantry + Parachute Company
# Royal 22^e Régiment
#*1er Bataillon (CFB Valcartier) - Mechanized Infantry
#*2e Bataillon (Quebec City) - Mechanized Infantry
#*3e Bataillon (CFB Valcartier) - Light Infantry + Parachute Company

Primary Reserve (Militia)

#Governor General's Foot Guards - Light Infantry
#The Canadian Grenadier Guards - Light Infantry
#The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada - Airborne Infantry
#The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada - Light Infantry
#Les Voltigeurs de Québec - Light Infantry
#The Royal Regiment of Canada - Light Infantry
#The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) - Light Infantry
#The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment - Light Infantry
#The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment - Light Infantry
#The Lincoln and Welland Regiment - Light Infantry
#The Royal Canadian Regiment — Reserve Force:
#*4th Battalion - Dismounted Infantry
#The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada - Light Infantry
#The Grey and Simcoe Foresters - Light Infantry
#The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) - Light Infantry
#The Brockville Rifles - Light Infantry
#Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders - Light Infantry
#Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent - Light Infantry
#Le Régiment de la Chaudière - Light Infantry
#Royal 22^e Régiment — Reserve Force:
#*4th Battalion - Dismounted Infantry
#*6th Battalion - Dismounted Infantry
#Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal - Light Infantry
#The Princess Louise Fusiliers - Light Infantry
#The Royal New Brunswick Regiment
#*1st Battalion - Dismounted Infantry
#*2nd Battalion - Dismounted Infantry
#The West Nova Scotia Regiment - Light Infantry
#The Nova Scotia Highlanders - Light Infantry
#Le Régiment de Maisonneuve - Light Infantry
#The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa - Light Infantry
#The Royal Winnipeg Rifles - Light Infantry
#The Essex and Kent Scottish - Light Infantry
#48th Highlanders of Canada - Light Infantry
#Le Régiment du Saguenay - Light Infantry
#The Algonquin Regiment - Light Infantry
#The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) - Light Infantry
#The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment - Light Infantry
#The North Saskatchewan Regiment - Light Infantry
#The Royal Regina Rifles - Light Infantry
#The Rocky Mountain Rangers - Light Infantry
#Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry - Reserve Force
#*The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) - Light Infantry
#The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada - Light Infantry
#The Royal Westminster Regiment - Light Infantry
#The Calgary Highlanders - Light Infantry
#Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke - Light Infantry
#The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada - Light Infantry
#The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) - Light Infantry
#The Royal Montreal Regiment - Light Infantry
#The Irish Regiment of Canada
#*2nd Battalion - Light Infantry [The 1st Battalion was disbanded and added to the Supplementary Order of Battle on 31 Mar 1965; the 2nd Battalion was formed the same year by the conversion of the 58th Field Regiment, RCA to infantry. The 1st Battalion has never been reformed.( [http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Unit_Listing_-_1965 canadiansoldiers.com 1965 Unit Listing] )]
#The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)
#The Royal Newfoundland Regiment
#*1st Battalion - Light Infantry
#*2nd Battalion - Light Infantry
#*3rd Battalion - Light Infantry

References

See Canadian Forces Website

Order of precedence

External links

* [http://www.recruiting.forces.gc.ca Canadian Forces Recruiting]
* [http://www.forces.gc.ca Canadian Forces and Department of National Defence]

References