Unit Name: | The Manitoba Regiment |
Dates: | 1920-1936 |
Country: | Canada |
Branch: | Canadian Militia |
Type: | Line Infantry |
Role: | Infantry |
Size: | One Regiment |
Command Structure: | Non-Permanent Active Militia |
Garrison: | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Battles: | First World War |
The Manitoba Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). In 1936, the regiment was disbanded as a result of a country wide reorganization of the Canadian Militia.[1] [2]
As a result of the Otter Commission, The Manitoba Regiment was created on 15 March 1920, by incorporating the 27th Battalion, CEF, into the post-WWI Canadian Militia.
The regiment was headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[3]
On 1 February 1936, The Manitoba Regiment was disbanded along with 13 other regiments as part of the 1936 Canadian Militia reorganization.[4] [5] [6]