12th Manitoba Dragoons

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12th Manitoba Dragoons was an armoured regiment of the Canadian Army and Canadian Forces.

The 12th Manitoba Dragoons was formed in 1893, but disbanded and re-ogranized several times:

• 1901 disbanded and redesignated as D Squadron, Canadian Mounted Rifles
• 1903 12th Manitoba Dragoons formed
• 1912 elements separated to form 32nd Light Horse
• 1921 reorganised as 6th Battalion CEF and 32nd Battalion CEF
• 1935 absorbed The Border Horse
• 1941 reorganised for war
• 1942 redesignated as 18th (Manitoba) Armoured Car Regiment
• 1946 disbanded and became 12th (Reserve) Manitoba Dragoons in Reserve Army
• 1946 reconstituted as 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Dragoons)
• 1949 renamed 12th Manitoba Dragoons (18th Armoured Car Regiment)
• 1954 renamed 12th Manitoba Dragoons (18th Armoured Regiment)
• 1958 renamed 12th Manitoba Dragoons
• 1964 disbanded

The Dragoons served mostly during World War II from 1941 to 1946.

[edit] External links

• Regiments.org — 12 Manitoba Dragoons