Gorgo
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Hello, everyone,
I was dancing around a few sites and I came upon a very interesting webpage concerning people in Nova Scotia lobbying DND to have the Halifax Rifles brought back to the active order of battle.
Thus, I pose a question to all of you who read the War Diary:
What regiments (regardless of type) would you like to see brought back to active service (Regular Force or Militia)? Where were they traditionally based? And where would you like them to be based if reactivated?
And finally, WHY would you want to see them restored to active serivce?
To start it off, here‘s my suggestion:
UNIT:
The 2nd/10th Dragoons (RCAC) (2/10 D)
BASE:
Niagara Region, Ontario (put RHQ in Niagara Falls with detached squadrons/troops at Fort Erie and Welland). The Niagara Region was where 2/10 D, as the 57th Field Regiment RCA, was based before it was put on the supplimentary list.
REASON:
One of the big things that took me by surprise in reading the article on the Halifax Rifles (though I hope the webmaster would be kind enough to fix the site up so it could be read a LOT better) was that, beyond the deep historical significance of the Regiment in question, the brigade based in Nova Scotia has no armoured capability IN THE PROVINCE whatsoever!
The only armoured unit assigned to that brigade is in PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, for heaven‘s sake!
And the only other armoured regiment in all of LFAA, the 8th Canadian Hussars, is based in NEW BRUNSWICK!
And given how much of a coastline Nova Scotia has, that there‘s no on-site recce capabilities available in case ANYTHING might happen that DND would want investigated...?
Why can‘t we apply the same logic to the Niagara frontier between Ontario and New York?
If I remember unit deployments correctly, there is no recce or armoured unit anywhere within close range of the Niagara Region. The Windsor Regiment and 1st Hussars are better poised to cover the Detroit/Saint Clair River area. The Governor-General‘s Horse Guards and the Ontario Regiment are based in the Toronto area.
And given how much trade is done over the Niagara river crossings...?
Cheers!
Fred
I was dancing around a few sites and I came upon a very interesting webpage concerning people in Nova Scotia lobbying DND to have the Halifax Rifles brought back to the active order of battle.
Thus, I pose a question to all of you who read the War Diary:
What regiments (regardless of type) would you like to see brought back to active service (Regular Force or Militia)? Where were they traditionally based? And where would you like them to be based if reactivated?
And finally, WHY would you want to see them restored to active serivce?
To start it off, here‘s my suggestion:
UNIT:
The 2nd/10th Dragoons (RCAC) (2/10 D)
BASE:
Niagara Region, Ontario (put RHQ in Niagara Falls with detached squadrons/troops at Fort Erie and Welland). The Niagara Region was where 2/10 D, as the 57th Field Regiment RCA, was based before it was put on the supplimentary list.
REASON:
One of the big things that took me by surprise in reading the article on the Halifax Rifles (though I hope the webmaster would be kind enough to fix the site up so it could be read a LOT better) was that, beyond the deep historical significance of the Regiment in question, the brigade based in Nova Scotia has no armoured capability IN THE PROVINCE whatsoever!
The only armoured unit assigned to that brigade is in PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, for heaven‘s sake!
And the only other armoured regiment in all of LFAA, the 8th Canadian Hussars, is based in NEW BRUNSWICK!
And given how much of a coastline Nova Scotia has, that there‘s no on-site recce capabilities available in case ANYTHING might happen that DND would want investigated...?
Why can‘t we apply the same logic to the Niagara frontier between Ontario and New York?
If I remember unit deployments correctly, there is no recce or armoured unit anywhere within close range of the Niagara Region. The Windsor Regiment and 1st Hussars are better poised to cover the Detroit/Saint Clair River area. The Governor-General‘s Horse Guards and the Ontario Regiment are based in the Toronto area.
And given how much trade is done over the Niagara river crossings...?
Cheers!
Fred