Unit Histories

From	To	Type	Notes
15-Dec-1936	15-Dec-1936	Amalgamated From	1 The York Rangers
15-Dec-1936	15-Dec-1936	Amalgamated From	1 The Queen's Rangers
26-Aug-1939	26-Aug-1939	Detached	1 The Queen's York Rangers (Details) as 1 The Queen's York Rangers (Details) to guard vulnerable points
07-Nov-1940	07-Nov-1940	Event	Designated a Reserve unit
09-Mar-1942 ?	09-Mar-1942	Converted to	2 The Queen's York Rangers
09-Mar-1942	09-Mar-1942	Reformed	CO visited by DOC MD 2 to inform him that Bn was to be mobilised
15-Apr-1942	15-Apr-1942	Event	Bn departed Fort York for Camp Borden
09-Jun-1942	09-Jun-1942	Event	Bn relieved 26 Army Tank Regt (1 Grey and Simcoe Foresters) at Camp Chippawa in the guard of vulnerable points in the Niagara area
20-Jul-1942	20-Jul-1942	Event	CO informed that Bn was to join 8 Canadian Infantry Division along with 2 Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and 2/10 Dragoons. This did not happen
11-Sep-1942	11-Sep-1942	Event	2 officers and 63 men of 2/10 Dragoons attached to Bn
26-Sep-1942	26-Sep-1942	Event	2 officers and 80 men of Special Duty Coy departed for overseas
28-Sep-1942	28-Sep-1942	Event	Detachment from 2/10 Dragoons returned to their Bn, replaced by 65 men from the Veterans Guard of Canada
03-Oct-1942	03-Oct-1942	Event	Detachment from Veterans Guard of Canada replaced by two platoons from 1 Garrison Bn
16-Nov-1942	16-Nov-1942	Event	Detachment from 1 Garrison Bn returned to their own unit
06-Dec-1942	06-Dec-1942	Event	CO departed on course overseas
18-Apr-1943	18-Apr-1943	Event	CO returned from overseas where he had been attached to 1 Royal Regt of Canada
10-May-1943	10-May-1943	Event	E Coy formed to hold men for overseas service
18-May-1943	18-May-1943	Event	E Coy departed for Camp Borden
19-May-1943	19-May-1943	Event	Draft of 141 partially trained men arrived from 23 and 24 Basic Training Centres. Draft held at Niagara on the Lake as 1 Training Coy while they completed basic training.
27-Jun-1943	27-Jun-1943	Event	Bn relieved at Chippawa by 1 Scots Fusiliers of Canada
06-Aug-1943	06-Aug-1943	Event	Special Duty Coy departed for overseas
09-Aug-1943	09-Aug-1943	Event	Bn departed Niagara on the Lake for Sussex, NB
23-Aug-1943	23-Aug-1943	Event	B Coy broken up to keep the other coys up to strength
20-Sep-1943	20-Sep-1943	Event	Bn ordered by Bde HQ to form Z Force from C Coy
15-Oct-1943	15-Oct-1943	Disbanded	at Sussex, NB
15-Sep-1944	15-Sep-1944	Converted from	2 The Queen's York Rangers
31-Aug-1945	31-Aug-1945	Inactive	in Toronto

Number of Records Returned: 27
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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Theatres	Theatres of Operations which Unit served in

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