39th Field Artillery Regiment, (Self-propelled), RCA

Lineage

This Reserve Force regiment originated on 15 June 1914 and incorporates the following regiments and operations room.

The 39th Field Artillery Regiment (Self-Propelled), RCA originated in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 15 June 1914, when the '14th Brigade, CFA' was authorized to be formed.^{Footnote 1} It was redesignated: '5th Brigade, CFA' on 2 February 1920;^{Footnote 2} '5th Field Brigade, CA' on 1 July 1925;^{Footnote 3} '5th Field Brigade, RCA' on 3 June 1935;^{Footnote 4} '5th (Reserve) Field Brigade, RCA' on 7 November 1940;^{Footnote 5} '5th (Reserve) Field Regiment, RCA' on 1 April 1943;^{Footnote 6} '39th Field Regiment, RCA' on 1 April 1946;^{Footnote 7} and '39th Field Regiment (Self Propelled), RCA' on 19 June 1947.^{Footnote 8} On 31 December 1954, it was amalgamated with the '52nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA' (see below) and the '6th Anti- Aircraft Operations Room, (Mobile), RCA' (see below), retaining the same designation.^{Footnote 9} It was redesignated the '39th Field Artillery Regiment (Self-Propelled), RCA' on 12 April 1960.^{Footnote 10} It was reduced to nil strength and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle on 31 January 1965.^{Footnote 11}

The 52nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA originated in Flin Flon, Manitoba on 1 April 1946, when the '52nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA' was authorized to be formed.^{Footnote 12} On 31 December 1954, it was amalgamated with the '39th Field Regiment (Self Propelled), RCA' and the '6th Anti-Aircraft Operations Room, (Mobile), RCA', as above.

The 6th Anti-Aircraft Operations Room, (Mobile), RCA originated in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 1 April 1946, when the 'No. 6 Anti-Aircraft Gun Operations Room, RCA' was authorized to be formed.^{Footnote 13} It was redesignated the '6th Anti-Aircraft Operations Room, (Mobile), RCA' on 30 June 1951.^{Footnote 14} On 31 December 1954, it was amalgamated with the '39th Field Regiment (Self Propelled), RCA' and the '52nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA', as above.

Perpetuation

'5th Brigade, CFA, CEF'

Headquarters location

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Operational history

The First World War

The 5th Brigade, which was authorized on 7 November 1914 as the '5th Field Artillery Brigade, CFA, CEF',^{Footnote 15} embarked for Britain on 9 August 1915.^{Footnote 16} It disembarked in France on 19 January 1916,^{Footnote 17} where it provided field artillery support as part of the 2nd Canadian Divisional Artillery in France and Flanders until the end of the war.^{Footnote 18} The brigade was disbanded on 23 October 1920.^{Footnote 19}

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