2nd Field Artillery Regiment (Canada)
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The 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA (French: 2e Régiment d'artillerie de campagne, ARC) is a Royal Canadian Artillery reserve regiment. It is located in Montreal and shares its headquarters with The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) at the Côte-des-Neiges Armory.
2nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA | |
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Active | 1966–present as Fd Arty Regt |
Country | Canada |
Branch | Royal Canadian Artillery Primary Reserve |
Type | Field artillery |
Size | 2 batteries |
Part of | 2nd Canadian Division 34 Canadian Brigade Group |
Garrison/HQ | Côte-des-Neiges Armoury[1] Montreal, Quebec |
Motto(s) | Latin: Quo fas et gloria ducunt |
March | "The British Grenadiers" |
Although there had been temporary volunteer artillery units formed in Montreal as early as 1828, the regiment has its origin in the 3rd Montreal Battery formed in 1855[2] as a result of the departure of British regular troops for the Crimean War and the passage of the Militia Act of 1855. Militia forces, including the five field batteries formed, would for the first time be maintained at public expense. In 1856 the Battalion of Montreal Artillery was formed and in 1895 it was renamed the 2nd "Montreal" Regiment, CA.[3][4]