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13th Scottish Light
Dragoons
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13th
Scottish Light Dragoons was a regiment of cavalry
formed in the Canadian Army on 19 Feb 1904 as part of the
Militia.
Lineage
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19 Feb 1904: 13th
Scottish Light Dragoons created at Waterloo, PQ, as
an amalgamation of the 79th Shefford and Brome Regiment
and "C" and "D" Squadrons of the 6th Hussars.
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15 Dec 1936: Disbanded
during the modernization of the Militia.
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13th
Scottish Light Dragoons |
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Headquarters:
Waterloo, PQ
Predecessor: Amalgamation of 79th Shefford
and Brome Regiment and "C" and "D" Squadrons of the
6th Hussars
Perpetuates: None
Created: 19 Feb 1904
Disbanded: 15 Dec 1936 |
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Insignia
Helmet Plate
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A helmet
plate with the cap badge superimposed on a large star with a
wreath of maple leaves. The badge was approved by General
Order 24/1906. The star measured 4-3/8" across at its widest
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Cap Badge
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Cap badges of
the design shown in the infobox above were worn in white
metal. The badges measured 2" across the scroll and 1-5/8"
from the top of the badge to the bottom of the scroll,
measured down the centre of the badge.2
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Collar Badges
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Left and
right collar badges were identical to the cap badge (were
not mirrored), of the same size, and worn in white metal.3
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Metal Shoulder Badges
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Brass
shoulder badges were worn, measuring 1" across at the
widest point.4 |
Buttons
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Smylie
shows a button with the cap badge superimposed on the
button. He gives a year of adoption of 1906.5
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References
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The Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army (Queen's
Printer, Ottawa, ON, 1964)
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Hampson, William C. A Catalogue of Twentieth-Century Canadian
Military and Metal Shoulder Titles 1900 to 1999 Part II: Royal
Canadian Armoured Corps (William C. Hampson Publishing, Calgary,
AB, 1999) ISBN 0-9685714-1-7
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Mazeas, Daniel Insignes de la Milice Canadienne - Canadian
Militia Badges Pre 1914
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Mazeas, Daniel Insignes Canadiens 1920-1950 - Canadian
Badges Revised Edition
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Smylie, Eric Buttons of the Canadian Militia, Army and Air
Force, 1900-1990
Notes
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Mazeas Reference
Number: HP.60
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Mazeas Reference
Number: MC.22
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Mazeas Reference
Number: C.24
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Mazeas Reference
Number: C.24
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Mazeas Reference
Number: M-13
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