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Prince Edward Island Regiment

The Prince Edward Island Regiment (Royal Canadian Armoured Corps) is a Primary Reserve armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Canadian Forces, 5th Canadian Division, 36 Canadian Brigade Group. The regiment is based in Charlottetown and Summerside, Prince Edward Island.[1][2][3]

The Prince Edward Island Regiment

1946–present

Canada

Canadian Army

Cavalry

Armoured reconnaissance

One regiment (140 soldiers)

36 Canadian Brigade Group

J. David Stewart Armoury, Charlottetown

Latin: Parva sub ingenti, lit. 'The small under the protection of the great'

Gold and black

"Old Solomon Levi"

Second Boer War
First World War
Second World War
War in Afghanistan

See #Battle honours

army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/5-canadian-division/the-prince-edward-island-regiment/index.page

LCol J.P. (Jean-Paul) Pendergast, CD

The Duke of Edinburgh

PEIR


Regimental Headquarters

Recce Squadron

Headquarters Squadron

Band

The Prince Edward Island Regiment is organized into the following components:

Originated on 25 June 1875, in , Prince Edward Island, as the Queen's County Provisional Battalion of Infantry.

Charlottetown

Amalgamated on 30 June 1876, with the Charlottetown Provisional Battalion of Infantry and redesignated as the Queen's County Battalion of Infantry.

Redesignated on 4 October 1878, as the 82nd Queen's County Battalion of Infantry.

Redesignated on 8 May 1900, as the 82nd Queen's County Regiment.

Redesignated on 5 June 1906, as the 82nd Abegweit Light Infantry.

Redesignated on 29 March 1920, as The Prince Edward Island Regiment.

Redesignated on 15 June 1927, as .

The Prince Edward Island Highlanders

Redesignated on 1 January 1941, as the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Prince Edward Island Highlanders.

Redesignated on 1 June 1945, as The Prince Edward Island Highlanders.

Converted to armour and amalgamated on 1 April 1946, with the 17th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment (Prince Edward Island Light Horse), RCAC and redesignated as the 17th (Prince Edward Island) Reconnaissance Regiment

Redesignated on 4 February 1949, as The Prince Edward Island Regiment (17th Reconnaissance Regiment).

Amalgamated 28 February 1955, with the 28th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA.

Redesignated on 19 May 1958, as The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC).

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1st Brigade, Canadian Garrison Artillery, CEF

No. 2 Canadian Siege Battery, CEF

No. 8 Canadian Siege Battery, CEF

[1][5]

105th Battalion (Prince Edward Island Highlanders), CEF

The PEIR perpetuates the following units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force:

  – 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)

United Kingdom

  – The Black Watch[1]

United Kingdom

Location

J. David Stewart Armoury,
3 Haviland Street, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N1

Regimental Museum

Official website

PEIR Association

36 Canadian Brigade

regiments.org