50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA

The 50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), Royal Canadian Artillery was a Canadian Army Reserve artillery regiment based in Peterborough, Ontario. The regiment currently exists on the Supplementary Order of Battle.^[1]

Lineage

Lineage of the 50th Field Artillery Regiment:^[2]

Lineage
1856 Independent cav. troops independent infy and rifle coys 1857 Independent infy and rifle coys 1862 Independent infy and rifle coys 1866 45th "West Durham" Bn of Infy 1867 57th Peterborough Bn of Infy 56th "Prescott" Bn of Infy 1867 56th "Grenville" Bn of Infy 1871 56th Grenville Bn of Rifles 1871 56th Grenville Bn "Lisgar Rifles" 1872 14th Field Bty, CA 1875 3rd Provisional Regt of Cav. 1880 57th Bn of Infy "Peterborough Rangers" 1881 3rd Provisional Regt of Cav., The Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons 1892 3rd Regt of Cav., The Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons 1893 3rd The Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons 1898 45th "Victoria" Bn of Infy 1900 57th Regt "Peterborough Rangers" 45th Victoria Regt 56th Grenville Regt "Lisgar Rifles" 1905 10th Bde of Field Arty, CA 1914 2nd Bn, CEF 4th Field Arty Bde, CFA, CEF 1916 45th "Overseas" Depot Bty, CFA, CEF 1917 45th Victoria and Haliburton Regt 1918 4th Bn, CMGC, CEF 1919 4th MG Bde, CMGC 1920 Disbanded The Peterborough Rangers Disbanded Disbanded The Victoria and Haliburton Regt Disbanded 4th Bde, CFA The Grenville Regt (Lisgar Rifles) 1924 4th MG Bn, CMGC 1925 4th Field Bde, CA 1935 4th Field Bde, RCA 1936 The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regt) (MG) 45th Field Bty (Howitzer), RCA 56th (Grenville) Field Bty, (Howitzer), RCA 1940 4th (Reserve) Field Bde, RCA 1942 1st Bn, The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regt), CASF 2nd (Reserve) Bn, The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regt) 43rd (Reserve) Field Regt, RCA 1945 Disbanded The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regt) 1946 50th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regt (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA 4th Field Regt, RCA 1947 4th Field Regt (Self-propelled), RCA 1954 45th Medium Bty, RCA 1955 50th Medium Anti-Aircraft Regt (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA 1960 50th Medium Anti-Aircraft Arty Regt (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA 1960 50th Field Arty Regt (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA 1970 Supplementary Order of Battle 2015
class="wikitable" Abbreviations used in the chart Abbreviation Phrase Arty | Artillery Bde | Brigade Bn | Battalion Bty | Battery CA | Canadian Artillery CASF | Canadian Active Service Force Cav. | Cavalry CEF | Canadian Expeditionary Force CFA | Canadian Field Artillery CMGC | Canadian Machine Gun Corps Coys | Companies Infy | Infantry MG | Machine Gun RCA | Royal Canadian Artillery Regt | Regiment | Notes: References ↑ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments. ↑ "50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA". Official Lineages Volume 3, Part 1: Armour, Artillery and Field Engineer Regiments – Artillery Regiments and Batteries. Directorate of History and Heritage. Retrieved 19 November 2012.  Wikimedia Commons has media related to 50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA. See also Military history of Canada History of the Canadian Army Canadian Forces List of armouries in Canada Royal Canadian Artillery Regiments in order of precedence 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 5e Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada 4th Air Defence Regiment, RCA 1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 6th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 7th Toronto Regiment, RCA 10th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 11th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 20th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 26th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA 49th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 62nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA