1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery

The 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery was one of six Canadian medium artillery regiments that served in the European Theatre of World War II.

1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
Formation patch used by RCA troops attached to the First Canadian Army
Active?–1945
Country Canada
Branch Canadian Army
RoleArtillery
EngagementsWorld War II
  • Italian campaign
  • North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–1945

History

The adjutant of the 1st Medium Regiment, RCA, was Captain Horace Trites; Trites was mentioned in dispatches in Italy. Trites and G.P.O. (Gun Position Officer) Lieutenant 'Buck' Buchanan later became pilots at 43 Operational Training Unit, RAF Andover, and fought in northwest Europe with No. 665 Squadron RCAF.

Sources
  • Fromow, Lt-Col. D.L. Canada's Flying Gunners. (Ottawa: Air Observation Post Pilot's Association, 2002). ISBN 0-9730055-0-5.
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