8th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA

Lineage

This Reserve Force regiment originated on 1 April 1912 and incorporates the following regiment and artillery battery.

The 8th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA originated in Hamilton, Ontario on 1 April 1912, when the '13th Brigade, CFA' was authorized to be formed.^{Footnote 1} It was redesignated: '8th Brigade, CFA' on 2 February 1920;^{Footnote 2} '8th Field Brigade, CA' on 1 July 1925;^{Footnote 3} '8th Field Brigade, RCA' on 3 June 1935;^{Footnote 4} '8th (Reserve) Field Brigade, RCA' on 7 November 1940;^{Footnote 5} '8th (Reserve) Field Regiment, RCA' on 1 October 1942;^{Footnote 6} '8th Medium Regiment, RCA' on 1 April 1946;^{Footnote 7} and '8th Field Regiment, RCA' on 28 November 1946.^{Footnote 8} On 1 October 1954, it was amalgamated with the '133rd Locating Battery, RCA' (see below), retaining the same designation.^{Footnote 9} It was redesignated the '8th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA' on 12 April 1960.^{Footnote 10} It was reduced to nil strength and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle on 1 April 1970.^{Footnote 11}

The 133rd Locating Battery, RCA originated in Hamilton, Ontario on 23 August 1949, when the '133rd Locating Battery, RCA' was authorized to be formed.^{Footnote 12} On 12 April 1960, it was amalgamated with the '8th Field Regiment, RCA', as above.

Perpetuation

'8th Brigade, CFA, CEF'

Headquarters Location

Hamilton, Ontario

Operational History

The First World War

The 8th Brigade, which was authorized on 4 January 1916 as the '8th Brigade, CFA, CEF',^{Footnote 13} embarked for Britain on 5 February 1916.^{Footnote 14} It disembarked in France on 14 July 1916^{Footnote 15} where it provided field artillery support as part of the 3rd and 4th Canadian Divisional Artilleries in France and Flanders until the end of the war.^{Footnote 16} It was redesignated the '8th Army Brigade, CFA, CEF' on 8 July 1917.^{Footnote 17} The brigade was disbanded on 23 October 1920.^{Footnote 18}

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