20th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA

Lineage

This Reserve Force regiment originated in Edmonton, Alberta on 2 February 1920, when the '20th Brigade, CFA' was authorized to be formed.^{Footnote 1} It was redesignated: '20th Field Brigade, CA' on 1 July 1925;^{Footnote 2} '20th Field Brigade, RCA' on 3 June 1935;^{Footnote 3} '20th (Reserve) Field Brigade, RCA' on 7 November 1940;^{Footnote 4} '20th (Reserve) Field Regiment, RCA' on 1 March 1943;^{Footnote 5} '20th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA' on 1 April 1946;^{Footnote 6} '96th Independent Medium Battery, RCA' on 21 September 1954;^{Footnote 7} '96th Independent Medium Artillery Battery, RCA' on 12 April 1960;^{Footnote 8} '20th Medium Artillery Regiment, RCA' on 17 October 1961;^{Footnote 9} and '20th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA' on 4 December 1964.^{Footnote 10}

Headquarters Location

Edmonton, Alberta

Allocated Batteries

• 61^st Field Battery, RCA
• 78^th Field Battery, RCA

Operational History

None

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