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unusual facts about Canadian Militia



2nd/10th Dragoons

The 2nd/10th Dragoons (short-form: 2/10 D) (in its last incarnation, the 57th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd/10th Dragoons, Royal Canadian Artillery or 57 FD REGT RCA) was a militia regiment of the Canadian Army, based in the Niagara, Wentworth and Brant regions of southern Ontario.

David Tisdale

He served in the Canadian Militia at the time of the Trent Affair in 1861, was promoted Captain in 1862 and at Niagara in 1865.


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Battle of Longwoods

On 4 March 1814, a mounted American raiding party defeated an attempt by British regulars, volunteers from the Canadian militia and Native Americans to intercept them near Wardsville, in present-day Southwest Middlesex, Ontario.

Les Voltigeurs de Québec

The name of the regiment commemorates another older French-speaking Canadian militia light infantry unit, the Canadian Voltigeurs (raised in 1812 and disbanded in 1815).

William Mahlon Davis

In 1908, he organized a Canadian Militia cavalry regiment the 24th Regiment (Grey's Horse) with headquarters at Ingersoll, Ontario and squadrons at Princeton, Ontario, Ingersoll and Berlin with Davis as the first commanding officer.