12th Manitoba Dragoons

12th Manitoba Dragoons

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name = 12th Manitoba Dragoons


caption =
dates = 1903 - 1964

12th Manitoba Dragoons was an armoured regiment of the Canadian Army and Canadian Forces.

The 12th Manitoba Dragoons was formed in 1893, but disbanded and re-ogranized several times:

* 1901 disbanded and redesignated as D Squadron, Canadian Mounted Rifles
* 1903 12th Manitoba Dragoons formed
* 1912 elements separated to form 32nd Light Horse
* 1921 reorganised as 6th Battalion CEF and 32nd Battalion CEF
* 1935 absorbed The Border Horse
* 1941 reorganised for war
* 1942 redesignated as 18th (Manitoba) Armoured Car Regiment
* 1946 disbanded and became 12th (Reserve) Manitoba Dragoons in Reserve Army
* 1946 reconstituted as 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Dragoons)
* 1949 renamed 12th Manitoba Dragoons (18th Armoured Car Regiment)
* 1954 renamed 12th Manitoba Dragoons (18th Armoured Regiment)
* 1958 renamed 12th Manitoba Dragoons
* 1964 disbanded The Dragoons served mostly during World War II from 1941 to 1946.

External links

* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/volmil/mb-cav/12manitD.htm Regiments.org — 12 Manitoba Dragoons]


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