Tag: 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Organized in December 1914 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel C. L. Bott. Authorization published in General Order 36 of 15 March 1915. Mobilized at Willows Camp, Victoria.
Recruited from 30th British Columbia Horse (Vernon) and Victoria Squadron of Horse. Left Montreal 12 June 1915 aboard MEGANTIC. Arrived in England 21 June 1915. Strength: 28 officers, 605 other ranks.
Arrived in France 22 September 1915. 1st Brigade Canadian Mounted Rifles. Designation changed from regiment to battalion on formation of 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 1 January 1916.

Soldiers from the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles are aboard the coastal ferry S.S. Princess Alice (Canadian Pacific lines), leaving Victoria, B.C. for the mainland.

Returned to Canada 24 March 1919. Demobilized on 2 April 1919. Disbanded by General Order 207 of 15 November 1920. Brass and bugle bands. Colours donated by Mrs. G.C. Johnston and presented at Bramshott in March 1919 by Brigadier-General D. C. Draper. Perpetuated by The British Columbia Dragoons. “A bear named Winnipeg?” See Ottawa Citizen, 13 June 1987.

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