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.
History 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.
On 1 February 1936, The Manitoba Regiment was disbanded along with 13 other regiments as part of the 1936 Canadian Militia reorganization.
Perpetuations
27th Battalion (City of Winnipeg), CEF
Battle honours
Mount Sorrel Somme, 1916, '18 Flers-Courcelette Thiepval Ancre Heights Arras, 1917, '18 Vimy, 1917 Arleux Scarpe, 1917, '18 Hill 70 Ypres, 1917 Passchendaele Amiens Hindenburg Line Drocourt-Quéant Canal du Nord Cambrai, 1918 Pursuit to Mons France and Flanders, 1915–18
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