The Fort Garry Horse

Badge

Description

On a maple leaf Or the portal gate of Fort Garry proper above a scroll Azure edged and inscribed FORT GARRY HORSE in letters Argent.

Symbolism

The maple leaf represents service to Canada. The Fort Garry Gate of the former Hudson Bay's Company fort represents the City of Winnipeg. "FORT GARRY HORSE" is a form of the regimental title.

Motto

FACTA NON VERBA (Deeds not words)

Marches

Quick Marches

El Abanico; and St. Patrick's Day

Slow March

Red River Valley

Alliance

British Army

The Royal Dragoon Guards

Guidon

Camp flag

Battle honours

North West Rebellion

FISH CREEK; BATOCHE; NORTH WEST CANADA, 1885.

The First World War

SOMME, 1916, '18; Bazentin; Pozières; Flers-Courcelette; HILL 70; YPRES 1917; CAMBRAI, 1917, '18; St. Quentin; AMIENS; ARRAS, 1918; HINDENBURG LINE; St. Quentin Canal; Beaurevoir; PURSUIT TO MONS; FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1916-18.

The Second World War

NORMANDY LANDING; CAEN; Carpiquet; FALAISE; Falaise Road; The Laison; Boulogne, 1944; Antwerp-Turnhout Canal; THE SCHELDT; Woensdrecht; THE RHINELAND; Goch-Calcar Road; The Hochwald; Groningen; Oldenburg, NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-1945.

South-West Asia

AFGHANISTAN

Lineage

This Reserve Force regiment originated on 15 April 1912 and incorporates the following regiments.

The Fort Garry Horse originated in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 15 April 1912, when the '34th Regiment of Cavalry' was authorized to be formed.^{Footnote 1} It was redesignated: '34th "Fort Garry Horse"' on 2 January 1913;^{Footnote 2} and 'The Fort Garry Horse' on 15 March 1920.^{Footnote 3} On 15 December 1936, it was amalgamated with 'The Manitoba Horse' (see below) retaining its designation.^{Footnote 4} It was redesignated: '2nd Regiment, The Fort Garry Horse' on 13 August 1940;^{Footnote 5}'2nd (Reserve), The Fort Garry Horse’ on 7 November 1940; ^{Footnote 6} '10th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment, (The Fort Garry Horse)' on 1 April 1941;^{Footnote 7} '10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse)' on 31 January 1946;^{Footnote 8} 'The Fort Garry Horse (10th Armoured Regiment)' on 4 February 1949;^{Footnote 9} 'The Fort Garry Horse' on 19 May 1958;^{Footnote 10} 'The 2nd Fort Garry Horse' on 11 October 1958;^{Footnote 11} 'The Fort Garry Horse (Militia)' on 1 January 1960;^{Footnote 12} and 'The Fort Garry Horse' on 16 June 1970.^{Footnote 13}

Perpetuations

'Boulton's Mounted Corps' of 1885; and '226th "Overseas" Battalion, CEF'

Headquarters Location

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Operational history

North West Rebellion

Boulton's Mounted Corps was mobilized for active service on 10 April 1885.^{Footnote 17} It served with Middleton's Column of the North West Field Force.^{Footnote 18} The corps was disbanded on 18 September 1885.^{Footnote 19}

The First World War

Details from the 32nd Manitoba Horse were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection duties.^{Footnote 20}

Details from the 34th Fort Garry Horse were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection duties.^{Footnote 21}

'The Fort Garry Horse, CEF' were organized in England on 21 January 1916.^{Footnote 22} It disembarked in France on 25 February 1916, where it fought in France and Flanders as part of the 1st Canadian Cavalry Brigade until the end of the war.^{Footnote 23} The regiment was disbanded on 6 November 1920.^{Footnote 24} The regiment also mobilized the '34th Fort Garry Horse Overseas Training Depot, CEF', which was authorized on 15 June 1917.^{Footnote 25} It was redesignated the '34th Fort Garry Horse, Depot Squadron, CEF' on 1 September 1917.^{Footnote 26} It embarked for Britain on 21 May 1917, where it provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field.^{Footnote 27} The squadron was disbanded on 6 November 1920.^{Footnote 28}

The 226th Battalion, which was authorized on 15 July 1916 as the '226th "Overseas" Battalion, CEF',^{Footnote 29} embarked for Britain on 16 December 1916.^{Footnote 30} Its personnel were absorbed by the '14th Reserve Battalion, CEF' on 7 April 1917 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field.^{Footnote 31} The battalion was disbanded on 27 July 1917.^{Footnote 32}

The Second World War

The regiment mobilized 'The Fort Garry Horse, CASF' for active service on 1 September 1939.^{Footnote 33} It was allocated to the Canadian Armoured Corps on 13 August 1940.^{Footnote 34}It was redesignated: '10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse), CASF' on 11 February 1941;^{Footnote 35} '10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse), CAC, CASF' on 15 October 1943;^{Footnote 36} and '10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse), RCAC, CASF' on 2 August 1945.^{Footnote 37} The regiment embarked for Britain in November 1941.^{Footnote 38} The regiment landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944, as a part of the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade, in support of the 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, and fought in North-West Europe until the end of the war.^{Footnote 39} The overseas regiment was disbanded on 31 January 1946.^{Footnote 40}

South-West Asia

From 2002 to 2014, The Fort Garry Horse reinforced various CAF units deployed to Afghanistan.^{Footnote 41}