21st Alberta Hussars explained

Unit Name:	21st Alberta Hussars
Dates:	1908-1920
Country:	Canada
Branch:	Canadian Militia
Type:	Hussars
Role:	Light Cavalry
Size:	One Regiment
Command Structure:	Non-Permanent Active Militia
Garrison:	Medicine Hat, Alberta
Battles:	First World War

The 21st Alberta Hussars were a light cavalry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). In 1920, the regiment was reorganized as The Alberta Mounted Rifles.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Lineage

21st Alberta Hussars

• Originated on 1 April 1908, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, as the 21st Alberta Hussars.
• Redesignated on 15 March 1920, as The Alberta Mounted Rifles.

Organization

21st Alberta Hussars (1 April 1908)

• Regimental Headquarters (Medicine Hat, Alberta)
• A Squadron (first raised on 1 June 1901, as D Squadron, Canadian Mounted Rifles)
• B Squadron

Notable Members

• • • Colonel James Frederick Scott Lieutenant Colonel Nelson Spencer Captain Charles Pingle

See also

• List of regiments of cavalry of the Canadian Militia (1900–1920)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia (Infantry, Cavalry, Armored) . Library and Archives Canada.
2. Web site: Defence . National . 2018-11-29 . 19th Alberta Dragoons . 2022-10-30 . www.canada.ca.
3. Web site: 2007-11-28 . The Alberta Mounted Rifles [Canada] ]. https://web.archive.org/web/20071128005349/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/volmil/ab-cav/21alta.htm . 2007-11-28 . 2022-10-30 .
4. Web site: The Cavalry Regiments of the Canadian Forces: The Volunteer Militia from 1872 -1920 .