Les Chasseurs Canadiens

[Gorgo]

Quick history question for all those out there:

Does anyone have any idea where les Chasseurs Canadiens were based at?  According to The Canadian Militia, said unit was first formed in 1862 and disbanded in the major Army shake-up of 1936.  No place I can find on the Internet has any information on a home station for this unit.  ???

All help is appreciated.  Thanks.

 

[Michael OLeary]

From the (defunct) website regiments.org:

1862.01.22 4th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada, or Chasseurs Canadiens
formed with HQ at Montreal, PQ, by regimentation of independent companies:
 

    * No. 1 Company at Montreal, raised 17 Jan. 1862
    * No. 2 Company at Montreal, raised 17 Jan. 1862; disbanded 28 Mar. 1862
    * No. 3 Company at Montreal, raised 17 Jan. 1862; disbanded 28 Mar. 1862
    * No. 4 Company at Montreal, raised 17 Jan. 1862; redesignated 28 Mar. 1862 as No. 2 Coy
    * No. 5 Company at Montreal, raised 17 Jan. 1862; redesignated 28 Mar. 1862 as No. 3 Coy
    * No. 6 Company at Montreal, raised 17 Jan. 1862; redesignated 28 Mar. 1862 as No. 4 Coy
    * No. 7 Company at Montreal, raised 17 Jan. 1862; redesignated 28 Mar. 1862 as No. 5 Coy
    * No. 8 Company at Montreal, raised 17 Jan. 1862; redesignated 28 Mar. 1862 as No. 6 Coy
    * No. 9 Company at Montreal, raised 17 Jan. 1862; redesignated 28 Mar. 1862 as No. 7 Coy; disbanded Sep.(?) 1866
    * [new] No. 9 Company at Montreal, raised 28 Mar. 1862; disbanded; re-formed 27 Feb. 1863; redesignated Sep.(?) 1866 as No. 7 Coy
    * No. 10 Company at Montreal, raised 17 Jan. 1862; redesignated 28 Mar. 1862 as No. 8 Coy; disbanded 28 Sep. 1866
    * [new] No. 10 Company at Montreal, raised 28 Mar. 1862; disbanded; re-formed 27 Feb. 1863; redesignated 28 Sep. 1866 as No. 8 Coy

186u 4th Battalion "Chasseurs Canadiens"
1868.11.14 disbanded (CO resigned, but unit not formally disbanded)
1869.05.14 The Chasseurs Canadiens re-formed at Montreal

    * No. 1 Company at Montreal
    * No. 2 Company at Montreal
    * No. 3 Company at Montreal
    * No. 4 Company at Montreal
    * No. 5 Company at Montreal
    * No. 6 Company at Montreal

1869.11.05 4th Battalion Chasseurs Canadiens
1872.05.23 disbanded

1901.05.01 4th Regiment (Chasseurs Canadiens) re-formed at Ste. Anne de la Perade, PQ, absorbing 81st Battalion
 

    * No. 1 Company at Ste. Anne de la Perade
    * No. 2 Company at Ste. Geneviève
    * No. 3 Company at St. Prospère
    * No. 4 Company at St. Narcisse
    * No. 5 Company at Lachevrotière; moved 1 Dec. 1903 to St. Basile
    * No. 6 Company at St. Raymond, redesignation of No. 2 Coy, 81st Bn
    * No. 7 Company at Cap Santé, redesignation of No. 5 Coy, 81st Bn
    * No. 8 Company at Pont Rouge, redesignation of No. 1 Coy, 81st Bn; moved 15 July 1912 to St. Tite

1917.06.01 reorganised in four coys
1920.04.01 Les Chasseurs Canadiens
1920.10.15 reorganised to perpetuate CEF:
 
    * 1st Battalion, perpetuating 167th Battalion CEF
    * 2nd (Reserve) Battalion

1936.12.15 disbanded

 

[Infanteer]

From the (defunct) website regiments.org:

That was a great website; whatever happened to it?

 

[WLSC]

From Michael O'Leary

1862.01.22    4th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada, or Chasseurs Canadiens
formed with HQ at Montreal, PQ, by regimentation of independent companies:

(...)   
 

  186u    4th Battalion "Chasseurs Canadiens"
  1868.11.14    disbanded (CO resigned, but unit not formally disbanded)
  1869.05.14    The Chasseurs Canadiens re-formed at Montreal

My unit, before beiing Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, was at first The 65th Mont-royal Rifles.  The name was change in french very soon    But even today, we've been told that the Regiment had a certain link with les ''4e Chasseur'' because some of their officers help form the unit after their own has been disband.

Interseting to see that they were re-formed couples of month before (november) we were formed.

 

[Michael OLeary]

That was a great website; whatever happened to it?

It went offline in 2008, there doesn't seem to be any specific reason given in the various forum discussions on it. For a short time after its demise it was possible to find a CHM (Microsoft Consolidated Help) file containing the entire site in its last days. That file doesn't seem to be available from its original download points any more.

One interesting comment here (http://www.arrse.co.uk/military-history-militaria/89469-%5Burl%5Dwww-regiments-org-%5B-url%5D-what-s-going-2.html)

The webmaster now resides here;

http://groups.google.com/group/becforces?hl=en&pli=1

He's not a fan of people mirroring/backing up his site, or even accessing it via archive.org IIRC. Shame.

Perhaps the plan was to have the site disappear in order to republish as a paid site or hard copy publication. There certainly seems to have been a strong fan base that would buy such a volume. But there doesn't appear to be any real information on a possible return.

 

[kkwd]

Here is a snapshot of regiments.org taken from web.archives.org. A quick look through by me found plenty of info available. The snapshots after January 2008 say the site in not available.

 

[Gorgo]

From the (defunct) website regiments.org:

Again, my thanks, Michael.  It is appreciated.