19th Alberta Dragoons

19th Alberta Dragoons

19th Alberta Dragoons was a Canadian Militia cavalry regiment with headquarters at Edmonton and squadrons at Edmonton and Vegreville, organized in 1908 from four rifle squadrons.

B Squadron was based out of Connaught Armoury in Edmonton.

William Antrobus Griesbach joined the 19th Alberta Dragoons in World War I.

External links

* [http://cefresearch.com/matrix/Army%20Troops/1st%20Echelon/Cavalry/lighthorse.htm Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group]


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