30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA

Lineage

This Reserve Force regiment originated in Ottawa, Ontario on 9 May 1905, when the '8th Brigade of Field Artillery, CA' was authorized to be formed.^{Footnote 1} It was redesignated: '1st Brigade, CFA' on 2 February 1920;^{Footnote 2} '1st Field Brigade, CA' on 1 July 1925;^{Footnote 3} '1st Field Brigade, RCA' on 3 June 1935;^{Footnote 4} '1st (Reserve) Field Brigade, RCA' on 7 November 1940;^{Footnote 5} '1st (Reserve) Field Regiment, RCA' on 1 March 1943;^{Footnote 6} '30th Field Regiment, RCA' on 1 April 1946;^{Footnote 7} and '30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA' on 12 April 1960.^{Footnote 8}

Perpetuation

'1st Field Artillery Brigade, CFA, CEF'

Headquarters Location

Brandon, Manitoba

Allocated Batteries

• 1^st Field Battery, RCA
• 2^nd Field Battery, RCA

Operational History

The First World War

The 1st Brigade, which was authorized on 6 August 1914 as the '1st Field Artillery Brigade, CFA, CEF',^{Footnote 12} embarked for Britain on 27 September 1914.^{Footnote 13} It disembarked in France on 12 February 1915,^{Footnote 14} where it provided field artillery support as part of the 1st Canadian Divisional Artillery in France and Flanders until the end of the war.^{Footnote 15} The brigade was disbanded on 23 October 1920.^{Footnote 16}

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