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The unit draws its history from the 19th century Halifax Volunteer Battalion which was active at the time of the Fenian Raids. It received its current name in May 1958. It received its current name in May 1958.
The Halifax Volunteer Battalion (1860–1868) included six companies that were raised in present-day Halifax Regional Municipality.The six companies included the Scottish Rifles, Chebucto Grays, Mayflower Rifles, Halifax Rifles, Irish Volunteers and Dartmouth Rifles which were all raised in the fall of 1859. [1]
These were the Exeter and South Devon Volunteers, formed in 1852, who became the 1st Devonshire Rifle Volunteers (and were often referred to as the 1st Rifle Volunteer Corps), and the Victoria Rifles (descended from the Duke of Cumberland's Sharpshooters, formed in 1803) who became the 1st Middlesex Rifle Volunteers. An order of precedence was ...
The battalion was under command of Lieutenant-Colonel James J. Bremner and consisted of 350 soldiers made up three companies from the Princess Louise Fusiliers, three companies of the 63rd Halifax Rifles (formerly the Halifax Volunteer Battalion), and two companies of the 1st "Halifax" Brigade of Garrison Artillery, with 32 officers. The ...
The regiment's headquarters (now an area headquarters of the Yorkshire Regiment) and archives are at Wellesley Park in Halifax. In 1860 Edward Akroyd paid for and recruited the 4th Yorkshire West Riding (Halifax) Rifle Volunteers, absorbing the 7th battalion formed in 1959. In 1883 the title of the regiment changed to the First Volunteer ...
The Volunteers were taking a full share of garrison duties in Halifax and several outposts. [5] Given the importance of Halifax to the overall British war effort, this was useful employment. In 1782 a detachment was sent to the Island of St. John. Not only the size, but the desirable reputation of the Loyal Nova Scotia Volunteers grew in later ...
As the month commenced, Halifax County Sheriff James R. West began organizing a company of infantry for future service in the CSA. Although they would not officially enlist until late October, West spent the month enrolling men throughout the county in the Halifax Rifles also known as the High Hill Rifles.
1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment; 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF; 36 Combat Engineer Regiment; 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot; 40th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF; 64th Battalion, CEF; 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot; 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) 112th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF