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36th
Regiment Prince Edward Island Light Horse was a regiment
of cavalry formed in the Canadian Army in 1908 as part of
the Militia.
Lineage
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1 Jun
1901: "L" Squadron, Prince Edward Island Mounted Rifles
raised.
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1 Oct
1901: Redesignated as "L" Squadron, Canadian Mounted
Rifles
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1 Apr
1903: Redesignated as Prince Edward Island Light Horse
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1 Apr
1914: Redesignated as 36th Prince Edward Island Light
Horse
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15 Mar
1920: Redesignated as The Prince Edward Island Light
Horse as part of the
Otter
Committee recommendations for the reorganization of the
Militia.1
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36th
Regiment Prince Edward Island
Light Horse |
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Headquarters:
Charlottetown, PEI
Predecessor: None
Perpetuates: None
Raised: 1 June 1901
Redesignated: as The Prince Edward Island
Light Horse 15 March 1920 |
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Districts
Served in Military District No. 6,
Divisional Area No. 6.2
Sub-Units
"A" Squadron in Charlottetown, "B"
Squadron in Summerside.3
Notable
Members
The Honourable John George MacKay, thirty-third Lieutenant Governor
of Prince Edward Island since the creation of the Colony in 1763,
who served from 6 Oct 1969 to 24 Oct 1974. Served as a Sergeant in
the Prince Edward Island Light Horse after service in the First
World War with the 10th Siege Battery.
Notes
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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 p.31
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Ibid
