5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA

5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
Active 12 October 1883-present
Country Canada
Branch Army
Type Field Artillery
Size One Regiment
Part of Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
Garrison/HQ Victoria, British Columbia
Nickname(s) 5 Tribe
Motto(s) Ubique. Quo fas et gloria ducunt. (Everywhere. Whither right and glory lead)
March Quick: British Grenadiers

The 5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA is a Canadian Army Reserve artillery regiment based at the Bay Street Armoury in Victoria, British Columbia. It is part of the 3rd Canadian Division's 39 Canadian Brigade Group. Although having served for nearly sixty years as a field artillery unit, the early history of the regiment is inextricably intertwined with the defences of the naval base at Esquimalt. The regiment is currently equipped with C3 towed 105mm gun-howitzers.

The regiment's museum is located in the Bay Street Armoury and is open to the public on Tuesday evenings.[1]

Allocated Batteries

55 and 56 Batteries were redesignated as 155 and 156 Batteries on 21 May 2016.

Lineage

75th (British Columbia) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA

5th (British Columbia) Coast Regiment, RCA

8th Anti-Aircraft Operations Room, RCA

Perpetuations

The Great War

Order of precedence

Preceded by
3th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA Succeeded by
6th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA of Royal Canadian Artillery

See also

References

  1. "Official site". 5th (BC) Artillery Regiment Museum. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  2. Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
  3. Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
  4. Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
  5. Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
  6. Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
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