10th Brant Dragoons explained

Unit Name:	25th Brant Dragoons (1909-1921) 10th Brant Dragoons
Dates:	1909–1936
Country:	Canada
Branch:	Canadian Militia
Type:	Dragoons
Role:	Cavalry
Size:	One regiment
Command Structure:	Non-Permanent Active Militia
Garrison:	Brantford, Ontario
Motto:	Sagitari (from Latin Latin: sagittarii, literally "The Bowmen")
Battles:	First World War

The 10th Brant Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). First raised in 1909 as the 25th Brant Dragoons, the regiment was redesignated in 1921 as the 10th Brant Dragoons. In 1936, the regiment was amalgamated with the 2nd Dragoons to form the 2nd/10th Dragoons now part of the 57th Field Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th Dragoons), RCA (currently on the Supplementary Order of Battle).^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Lineage

10th Brant Dragoons

• Originated on 1 April 1909, in Brantford, Ontario, as the 25th Brant Dragoons.
• Redesignated on 15 March 1920, as the 10th Brant Dragoons.
• Amalgamated on 15 December 1936, with the 2nd Dragoons and redesignated as the 2nd/10th Dragoons.

Alliances

• - 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons (Until 1922)
• - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (1922–1936)

Notable members

• Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Cockshutt
• Colonel John Henry Fisher

Notes

1. Web site: Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia (Infantry, Cavalry, Armored) .
2. Web site: Defence . National . 2019-02-15 . 57th Field Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th Dragoons), RCA . 2022-03-21 . www.canada.ca.
3. Web site: 10th Brant Dragoons . 2022-03-21 . www.canadiansoldiers.com.
4. Web site: 25th Brant Dragoons . 2022-03-21 . www.canadiansoldiers.com.
5. Web site: 2007-10-16 . 10th Brant Dragoons [Canada] ]. 2022-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071016120416/http://regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/volmil/on-cav/10brant.htm . 16 October 2007 . dead.

References

• G. Michael Kirby, Rounds Complete, A History of the 57th Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th Dragoons) RCA, published by The Haunted Press, Niagara Falls, Ontario (1997)