8th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA

8th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
Active	1912-1970
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Militia (1912-1940) Canadian Army (1940-1970)
Type	Artillery
Role	Field Artillery
Size	One Regiment
Part of	Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
Garrison/HQ	Hamilton, Ontario
Motto(s)	Latin: Ubique., lit. 'Everywhere' Latin: Quo fas et gloria ducunt, lit. 'Whither right and glory lead'
March	Quick: British Grenadiers
Engagements	First World War

The 8th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery was a Canadian Army Reserve Artillery Regiment based in Hamilton, Ontario. The regiment was reduced to nil strength in 1970 and placed on the Supplementary Order of Battle.^{[1] [2]}

Lineage[]

8th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA[]

• Originated on 1 April, 1912, in Hamilton, Ontario, as the 13th Brigade, CFA.
• Redesignated on 2 February, 1920, as the 8th Brigade, CFA.
• Redesignated on 1 July, 1925, as the 8th Field Brigade, CA.
• Redesignated on 3 June, 1935, as the 8th Field Brigade, RCA.
• Redesignated on 7 November, 1940, as the 8th (Reserve) Field Brigade, RCA.
• Redesignated on 1 October, 1942, as the 8th (Reserve) Field Regiment, RCA.
• Redesignated on 1 April, 1946, as the 8th Medium Regiment, RCA.
• Redesignated on 28 November, 1946, as the 8th Field Regiment, RCA.
• Amalgamated on 1 October, 1954, with the 133rd Locating Battery, RCA.
• Redesignated on 12 April, 1960, as the 8th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA.
• Reduced to Nil Strength on 1 April, 1970, and Transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle.^[1]

133rd Locating Battery, RCA[]

• Originated on 23 August, 1949, in Hamilton, Ontario, as the 133rd Locating Battery, RCA.
• Amalgamated on 12 April, 1960, with 8th Field Regiment, RCA.^[1]

Allocated Batteries[]

8th Brigade, CFA (2 February, 1920)[]

• 11th (Hamilton) Field Battery
• 10th (St. Catharines) Field Battery
• 40th Field Battery
• 49th Field Battery^[2]

8th Medium Regiment, RCA (1 April, 1946)[]

• 11th (Hamilton) Medium Battery
• 102nd (Wentworth) Medium Battery^[2]

8th Field Regiment, RCA (28 November, 1946)[]

• 11th (Hamilton) Field Battery
• 33rd Field Battery
• 40th Field Battery^[2]

8th Field Regiment, RCA (1 October 1954)[]

• 11th (Hamilton) Field Battery
• 40th Field Battery
• 102nd (Wentworth) Field Battery^[2]

Perpetuations[]

• 8th Brigade, CFA, CEF^[1]

History[]

First World War[]

On 4 January, 1916, the 8th Brigade, CFA, CEF was authorized for service and on 5 February, 1916, the battery embarked for Great Britain. On 14 July, 1916, the battery disembarked in France and later on 8 July, 1917, was Redesignated as the 8th Army Brigade, CFA, CEF. The battery provided field artillery support as part of the 3rd and 4th Canadian Divisional Artilleries in France and Flanders until the end of the war on 11 November, 1918. On 23 October, 1920, the 8th Brigade, CFA was disbanded.^[1]

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