The Alberta Regiment was a short-lived infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). The regiment was formed by the reorganization of the 103rd Calgary Rifles into two separate regiments and the incorporation of a number of Canadian Expeditionary Force battalions into the peacetime militia. In 1924, the regiment was split into two separate regiments: The South Alberta Regiment (now part of The South Alberta Light Horse) and The North Alberta Regiment (disbanded in 1936).
Lineage
The Alberta Regiment
Originated on 1 April 1910, in Calgary, Alberta, as the 103rd Regiment (Calgary Rifles). Reorganized on 15 March 1920, as two separate regiments: The Calgary Regiment (now The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) and The Calgary Highlanders) and The Alberta Regiment. Reorganized on 15 May 1924, into two separate regiments: The South Alberta Regiment and The North Alberta Regiment.
Perpetuations
31st Battalion (Alberta), CEF
113th Battalion (Lethbridge Highlanders), CEF
151st (Central Alberta) Battalion, CEF
175th (Medicine Hat) Battalion, CEF
187th (Central Alberta) Battalion, CEF
191st (Southern Alberta) Battalion, CEF
History
On 15 March 1920, as a result of the Otter Commission, The Alberta Regiment was formed by amalgamation of a number of CEF Battalions raised during the First World War as well as the reorganization of the 103rd Regiment Calgary Rifles into two separate regiments: The Calgary Regiment and The Alberta Regiment. Among the CEF battalions the new regiment perpetuated was the 113th Battalion (Lethbridge Highlanders), CEF which had been previously disbanded in 1917. After the disbandment of the 31st Battalion CEF in either August or September 1920, the perpetuation of that unit was also taken up by the Alberta Regiment.
This regiment would be short lived however as on 15 May 1924, The Alberta Regiment was split up into two separate regiments: The North Alberta Regiment (disbanded in 1936) and The South Alberta Regiment (now part of The South Alberta Light Horse).
Organization
1st Battalion, The Alberta Regiment (15 March 1920)
Regimental Headquarters (Medicine Hat) A Company (Medicine Hat, AB) B Company (Lethbridge) C Company (Calgary; later moved October 1922 to Redcliff) D Company (Red Deer)
2nd Battalion, The Alberta Regiment (15 March 1920)
Regimental / Battalion Headquarters (Killam) A Company (Killam) B Company (Camrose) C Company (Hardisty) D Company (Sedgewick)
Reserve battalions
The 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Battalions only existed on paper.
Battle Honours
Mount Sorrel
Somme, 1916, '18
Flers–Courcelette
Thiepval
Ancre Heights
Ancre, 1916
Arras, 1917, '18
Vimy, 1917
Arleux
Scarpe, 1917, '18
Hill 70
Ypres, 1917
Passchendaele
Amiens
Drocourt–Quéant
Hindenburg Line
Canal du Nord
Cambrai, 1918
Pursuit to Mons
France and Flanders, 1915–18
Notable Members
Lieutenant-Colonel Nelson Spencer,