14th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA

Lineage

This Reserve Force regiment originated in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 1 February 1912, when the '11th Brigade, CFA' was authorized to be formed.^{Footnote 1} It was redesignated: '14th Brigade, CFA' on 2 February 1920;^{Footnote 2} '14th Field Brigade, CA' on 1 July 1925;^{Footnote 3} '14th Field Brigade, RCA' on 3 June 1935;^{Footnote 4} '14th (Reserve) Field Brigade, RCA' on 7 November 1940;^{Footnote 5} '14th (Reserve) Field Regiment, RCA' on 1 January 1943;^{Footnote 6} '14th Field Regiment, RCA' on 1 April 1946;^{Footnote 7} and '14th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA' on 12 April 1960.^{Footnote 8} It was reduced to nil strength and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle on 30 June 1968.^{Footnote 9}

Perpetuation

'14th Brigade, CFA, CEF'

Headquarters Location

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Operational History

The First World War

The 14th Brigade, which was authorized in June 1916 as the '14th Brigade, CFA, CEF',^{Footnote 10} embarked for Britain on 12 September 1916.^{Footnote 11} It disembarked in France on 22 August 1917,^{Footnote 12} where it provided field artillery support as part of the 5th Canadian Divisional Artillery in France and Flanders until the end of the war.^{Footnote 13} The brigade was disbanded on 23 October 1920.^{Footnote 14}

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