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After the war the regiment was granted the perpetuation of the 193rd Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders), CEF. [1] [5] On 1 April 1920, as a result of the reorganization of the Canadian Militia following the Otter Commission, the 93rd Cumberland Regiment was redesignated as The Cumberland Regiment. [1] [6]
He was involved in lumbering and coal mining operations and was a Captain in the Nova Scotia Highlanders 93rd Regiment. He was a highly successful marksman and was a member of the Canadian National Rifle Team when it visited England in 1897 to compete in the King's Prize. In that competition he came second and was only one point behind the ...
The regiment was composed of two separate units, officially designated as the 1st Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (North), and 2nd Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (Cape Breton), both of which were part of 5th Canadian Division's 36 Canadian Brigade Group.
112th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF: 22 December 1915 15 August 1918 The West Nova Scotia Regiment: 113th Battalion (Lethbridge Highlanders), CEF: 22 December 1915 1 September 1917 The South Alberta Light Horse: 114th Battalion (Haldimand), CEF: 22 December 1915 21 May 1917 56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA: 115th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF
92nd Regiment of Foot (1779) 93rd Regiment of Foot (1780) 94th Regiment of Foot (1780) ... Rowan County Regiment; Royal Nova Scotia Volunteer Regiment; S.
Originated in Amherst, Nova Scotia, 6 April 1871 as the Cumberland Provisional Battalion of Infantry. Redesignated as the 93rd Cumberland Battalion of Infantry, 12 June 1885. Redesignated as the 93rd Cumberland Regiment, on 8 May 1900. Redesignated as The Cumberland Regiment, 29 March 1920. Redesignated as The Cumberland Highlanders, 15 June 1927.
Nicholas Nepean (1757 – 18 December 1823) was a British Army officer and colonial official in Nova Scotia in the early 19th century.. Born in Saltash, Cornwall, in 1757, he joined the Royal Marines in 1776 [1] Nepean served with the British Army after 1789 with the New South Wales Corps and then with the 93rd Regiment in 1794 where he was deployed to Ireland (1795–96), Gibraltar (1802–03 ...
The 93rd Regiment of Foot was regarded as the most religious regiment in the British Army. It formed its own parish, with ministers and elders chosen from the ranks by the ranks. Two sergeants, two corporals, and two privates were elected to serve as elders. The regiment was also said to be the only regiment with its own regular communion plate ...