Lineage
Several independent troops of cavalry in the Province of Canada's volunteer militia were formed in the Kingston area starting in 1855. Four of these troops (in Kingston, Napanee, Loughborough and Picton) were united under a regimental headquarters in 1875, becoming the 4th Provisional Regiment of Cavalry. This regiment adopted hussar uniforms (with buff facings) and hussar customs in 1893.
Meanwhile in Ottawa, the city's independent cavalry troop (formed in 1872) came under the patronage of the Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, during her time there as vice-regal consort (1878–80), and the troop was expanded to an independent squadron named the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards. During the Second Boer War, volunteers from the squadron fought with the Imperial forces in South Africa. The squadron was again expanded into a regiment in 1903 as the 5th "Princess Louise Dragoon Guards".
The 4th Hussars and the 5th PLDG were not mobilized in the First World War, but they both contributed volunteers to and aided in the recruiting of the 8th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles. The 8th CMR did not enter combat as a unit, its personnel being absorbed by the reserves in England and the 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, in France, but enough of its former members fought at the Battle of Mount Sorrel that the regiment qualified for a battle honour, which the PLDG perpetuates.
In the 1936 reorganization of the Militia, the PLDG and the 4th Hussars were amalgamated as the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards.
1855 | Independent troops of cav. | ||||||||||||||||||||
1872 | Ottawa Troop of Cav. | ||||||||||||||||||||
1875 | 4th Provisional Regt of Cav. | ||||||||||||||||||||
1879 | Princess Louise Dragoon Guards | ||||||||||||||||||||
1886 | 4th Regt of Cav. | ||||||||||||||||||||
1893 | 4th Hussars | ||||||||||||||||||||
1903 | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||
1915 | 8th Regt, Canadian Mounted Rifles, | ||||||||||||||||||||
1917 | Disbanded | ||||||||||||||||||||
1920 | The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards | ||||||||||||||||||||
1926 | Perpetuates 8th Regt | ||||||||||||||||||||
1932 | 4th Hussars of Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
1936 | 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards | ||||||||||||||||||||
1941 | 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, | 2nd Regt, 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards | |||||||||||||||||||
1941 | 4th Recce Bn | 4th Recce Bn, | |||||||||||||||||||
1942 | 4th Recce Regt | 4th Recce Regt | |||||||||||||||||||
1944 | 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, | ||||||||||||||||||||
1945 | 4th Recce Regt | ||||||||||||||||||||
1945 | 4th Recce Regt | 4th Recce Regt | |||||||||||||||||||
1945 | Disbanded | ||||||||||||||||||||
1947 | 4th Armd Car Regt | ||||||||||||||||||||
1949 | 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards | ||||||||||||||||||||
1958 | 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards | ||||||||||||||||||||
1965 | Supplementary Order of Battle | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Abbreviation | Phrase |
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Armd | Armoured |
Bn | Battalion |
CAC | Canadian Armoured Corps |
CASF | Canadian Active Service Force |
Cav. | Cavalry |
CEF | Canadian Expeditionary Force |
CIC | Canadian Infantry Corps |
RCAC | Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Recce | Reconnaissance |
Regt | Regiment |
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