The Canadian Army
Raised 1942
Units Mobilized January 1942 for Coast Defence
Les Fusiliers du St. Laurent - Mobilized 3 January 1942
Le Régiment de Joliette - Mobilized 3 January 1942
Le Régiment de St. Hyacinthe - Mobilized 3 January 1942
The Royal Rifles of Canada - Reconstituted 10 January 1942. Original battalion lost in Hong Kong 25 December 1941.
The Winnipeg Grenadiers - Reconstituted 10 January 1942. Original battalion lost in Hong Kong 25 December 1941.
The Canadian Fusilers - Mobilized 29 January 1942.
The King's Own Rifles of Canada - Mobilized 29 January 1942.
Units Reorganized 26 January 1942 - Canadian Armoured Corps
4th Canadian Armoured Division - Formed from 4th Canadian Infantry Division
18th Reconnaissance Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons) - Titled Armoured Car Regiment on 10 December 1942
8th, 9th Field Squadrons, RCE - Formed from 8th, 9th Field Companies, RCE
6th Field Park Squadron, RCE - Formed from 6th Field Park Company, RCE
3rd Canadian Armoured Brigade - Formed from 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade
25th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Elgin Regiment)
28th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment)
29th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment)
The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)
4th Canadian Armoured Brigade - Formed from 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade
21st Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards)
22nd Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards)
27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment)
The Princess Louise Fusiliers (Motor)
Support Group
15th Field Regiment, RCA (95th, 110th, 17th Field Batteries) - Reconstituted 27 January 1941
5th Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA (3rd, 96th,65th,18th Anti-Tank Batteries)
8th Light AA Regiment, RCA (70th, 102nd, 101st Light AA Batteries) - Formed from 16th Field Regiment, RCA
The Irish Regiment of Canada
2nd Canadian Army Tank Brigade - Formed from 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade
23rd Canadian Army Tank Battalion (The Halifax Rifles)
24th Canadian Army Tank Battalion (Les Voltigeurs de Québec)
26th Canadian Army Tank Battalion (The Grey and Simcoe Foresters)
20th Canadian Reconnaissance Battalion (The Battleford Light Infantry (16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse))
Surplus Units:
2nd Medium Regiment, RCA (25th, 18th Medium Batteries) - Formed from 18th Field Regiment, RCA
6th Light AA Regiment, RCA (6th, 30th, 1st, 112th LAA Batteries) - To Coast Defence in British Columbia
3rd Battalion, RCE - Raised from 19th Field Company, RCE
Units Raised 5 March 1942 for Internal Security and Coast Defence
The Prince Albert Volunteers
The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish
The Queen's York Rangers
The Scots Fusiliers of Canada
The Prince of Wales's Rangers
5th Fortress Company, RCE - Raised 1 March 1942 at St. John's, Newfoundland
Units Raised March-May 1942 to Complete 6th and 7th Canadian Infantry Division
(Infantry Battalions and Field Regiments of 6th Division already existed in 13th, 14th, and 15th Infantry Brigade Groups)
(Infantry Battalions of 7th Division formed from existing and newly-raised infantry battalions)
HQ 6th Canadian Infantry Division - Raised 18 March 1942
9th Light AA Regiment, RCA (48th, 46th, 25th, 79th Light AA Batteries) - Mobilized 18 March 1942
6th Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA (33rd, 74th, 56th, 103rd Anti-Tank Batteries) - Mobilized 18 March 1942
20th Field Company, RCE - Previously mobilized and attached to 13th Infantry Brigade
25th Field Company, RCE - Mobilized 20 April 1942
26th Field Company, RCE - Mobilized 20 June 1942
7th Field Park Company, RCE - Mobilized 17 April 1942
The Canadian Fusiliers M-G - Previously mobilized 29 January 1942. Added M-G 24 March 1942.
31st (Alberta) Reconnaissance Battalion - Mobilized 13 March 1942
HQ 13th Infantry Brigade - Reraised 18 March 1942
2nd Battalion, The Canadian Scottish - Mobilized 1 January 1941
The Brockville Rifles - Mobilized 18 March 1942
1st Battalion, The Edmonton Fusiliers - Mobilized 24 May 1940
HQ 14th Infantry Brigade - Raised 29 July 1941
The Kent Regiment - Mobilzied 24 May 1940 and under command of the brigade since 29 July 1941
The King's Own Rifles of Canada - Mobilized 29 January 1942 and under command since February 1942
The Midland Regiment - Mobilized 24 May 1940 and under command of the brigade since 29 July 1941. Left Brigade in February 1942.
HQ 15th Infantry Brigade - Raised 29 July 1941
Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke - Mobilized 18 March 1942
Le Regiment de Montmagny - Mobilized 15 March 1942
Le Regiment de Quebec - Mobilized 18 March 1942
HQ 7th Canadian Infantry Division - Raised 12 May 1942
HQ 16th, 17th, 18th Canadian Infantry Brigades - Mobilized 18 March 1942
22nd Field Regiment, RCA (3rd, 6th, 80th Field Batteries) - Mobilized 18 March 1942. Attached to 16th Brigade
23rd Field Regiment, RCA (31st, 36th, 83rd Field Batteries) - Mobilized 18 March 1942. Attached to 17th Brigade
24th Field Regiment, RCA (49th, 84th, 85th Field Batteries) - Mobilized 18 March 1942. Attached to 18th Brigade
10th Light AA Regiment, RCA (6th, 7th, 8th, 9th Light AA Batteries) - Mobilized 12 May 1942
8th Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA (10th, 11th, 12th, 13th Anti-Tank Batteries) - Mobilized 12 May 1942
15th Field Company, RCE - Previously mobilized
23rd Field Company, RCE - Mobilized 25 April 1942
27th Field Company, RCE - Mobilized 21 May 1942
5th Field Park Company, RCE - Mobilized 29 June 1942
30th (The Essex Regiment) Reconnaissance Battalion - Mobilized 12 May 1942. 20th Recce Battalion attached until then.
Le Regiment de Chateauguay M-G - Moblized 18 March 1942
HQ 16th Infantry Brigade
The Prince of Wales's Own Rangers - Mobilized 5 March 1942
The Oxford Rifles - Mobilized 18 March 1942
The Winnipeg Light Infantry??? - Mobilized 18 March 1942. Replaced by 3rd Battalion, The Edmonton Fusiliers - Mobilized 12 May 1942
HQ 17th Infantry Brigade
The Victoria Rifles of Canada - Mobilized 24 May 1940
2nd Battalion, The Black Watch of Canada - Mobilized 18 March 1942
The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada - Mobilized 24 May 1940
HQ 18th Infantry Brigade
The Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment - Mobilized 29 July 1941
The Rocky Mountain Rangers - Mobilized 1 January 1941
1st Battalion, Irish Fusiliers of Canada (Vancouver Regiment) - Mobilized 1 January 1941
Units Raised 12 May 1942 as part of 8th Canadian Infantry Division
HQ 8th Canadian Infantry Division - Raised 15 June 1942
HQ 19th, 20th, 21st Infantry Brigades - Raised 12 May 1942
25th Field Regiment, RCA (114th, 115th, 116th Field Batteries) - Raised 12 May 1942. Attached to 19th Brigade
26th Field Regiment, RCA (117th, 118th, 119th Field Batteries) - Raised 12 May 1942. Attached to 20th Brigade
27th Field Regiment, RCA (120th, 121st, 122nd Field Batteries) - Raised 12 May 1942. Attached to 21st Brigade
21st Field Company, RCE - Raised 15 April 1942
24th Field Company, RCE - Raised 4 May 1942
19th Canadian Infantry Brigade
3rd Battalion, Irish Fusiliers of Canada - Raised 12 May 1942
The Winnipeg Light Infantry - Replaced ??? 3rd Battalion, The Edmonton Fusiliers Raised 12 May 1942.
The Prince Albert Volunteers - Replaced ??? 3rd Battalion, The Regina Rifles - Raised 12 May 1942
20th Canadian Infantry Brigade
3rd Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles - Raised 12 May 1942
3rd Battalion, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles - Raised 12 May 1942
2nd/10th Dragoons - Mobilized 12 May 1942
21st Canadian Infantry Brigade
3rd Battalion, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal - Raised 12 May 1942
3rd Battalion, Le Régiment de Maisonneuve - Raised 12 May 1942
Le Régiment do Lévis - Mobilized 12 May 1942
Coast Units Mobilized 1 June 1942
17th (North British Columbia) Coast Regiment, RCA (102nd, 9th Coast Batteries) - Mobilized 1 May 1942 at Prince Rupert, BC
21st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA (1st, 4th, 18th, 19th, 49th AA Batteries) - Mobilized 1 June 1942 at Halifax, NS
22nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA (8th, 25th, 52nd, 53rd AA Batteries) - Mobilized 1 June 1942 at Saint John, NB
23rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA (6th, 50th, 51st, 24th AA Batteries) - Mobilized 1 June 1942 at Sydney, NS
24th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA (17th, 41st, 12th, 3rd AA Batteries) - Mobilized 1 June 1942 at Arvida, PQ
25th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA (14th, 27th, 48th, 54th, 55th, 16th AA Batteries) - Mobilized 1 June 1942 at St. John's, Newfoundland
26th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA (2nd, 5th, 105th, 7th, 28th, 29th, 56th, 57th AA Batteries) - Mobilized 1 June 1942 at St. John's, Newfoundland
27th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA (2nd, 9th, 10th, 13th, 22nd, 23rd, 42nd, 43rd AA Batteries) - Mobilized 1 June 1942 at Victoria-Esquimalt, BC
28th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA (11th, 21st, 31st, 43rd, 23rd AA Batteries) - Mobilized 1 June 1942 at Vancouver, BC
Other Raisings - 1942
The Canadian Garrison Battalion - Raised 15 August 1942
1st Battalion - Niagara-on-the-Lakes, Ontario
2nd Battalion - Kingston, Ontario
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion - Raised 1 July 1942
2nd Canadian Parachute Battalion - Raised 16 July 1942.
Retitled 1st Canadian Special Service Battalion on 25 May 1943
The Prince Rupert Regiment M-G - Raised 19 October 1942 at Prince Rupert, BC
28th Field Company, RCE - Raised 21 May 1942 to replace 23rd Field Company, RCE
which went with 5th, 20th, and 23rd Field Companies and
2nd Corps Field Park Company as part of II Corps Troops for United
Kingdom on 16 July 1943
22nd Field Company, RCE - Raised 21 September 1942 to replace 20th Field Company.
2nd Corps Field Park Company, RCE - Raised June 1942
1st, 2nd Chemical Warfare Companies, RCE - Raised September 1942