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1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
Formation patch used by RCA troops attached to the First Canadian Army
Active	?–1945
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Army
Role	Artillery
Part of	No. 1 Army Group, RCA First Canadian Army
Engagements	World War II Italian campaign North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–1945

The 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery was one of six Canadian medium artillery regiments that served in the European Theatre of World War II. Medium regiments were armed with 5.5-inch and 4.5-inch guns.

History

The adjutant of the 1st Medium Regiment, RCA, was Captain Horace Trites; Trites was mentioned in dispatches in Italy. Trites and gun position officer (GPO) Lieutenant 'Buck' Buchanan later became pilots at 43 Operational Training Unit, RAF Andover, and fought in northwest Europe with No. 665 Squadron RCAF.

References

1. "The Second World War 1939–45". Royal Canadian Artillery Association. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

Sources

• Fromow, Lt-Col. D.L. Canada's Flying Gunners. (Ottawa: Air Observation Post Pilot's Association, 2002). ISBN 0-9730055-0-5.

• Artillery regiments of Canada
• Medium artillery regiments
• Military units and formations disestablished in the 1940s