10th Brant Dragoons

25th Brant Dragoons (1909-1921)
10th Brant Dragoons
25th Brant Dragoons (1909-1921); 10th Brant Dragoons
Active	1909–1936
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Militia
Type	Dragoons
Role	Cavalry
Size	One regiment
Part of	Non-Permanent Active Militia
Garrison/HQ	Brantford, Ontario
Motto(s)	Sagitari (from Latin sagittarii, literally "The Bowmen")
Engagements	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]

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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.^[2]

↑ "Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia (Infantry, Cavalry, Armored)" (PDF).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Defence, National (2019-02-15). "57th Field Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th Dragoons), RCA". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
↑ "10th Brant Dragoons". www.canadiansoldiers.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
↑ "25th Brant Dragoons". www.canadiansoldiers.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 "10th Brant Dragoons [Canada]". 2007-10-16. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 2022-03-21.

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) (ISBN 1-895528-04-6)