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7th/11th
Hussars was a regiment of cavalry that served in the Canadian
Army as part of the Militia.
Lineage
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1 Apr
1936: the 7th Hussars amalgamated with the 11th Hussars, to form
the 7th/11th
Hussars.
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Converted
to armour and redesignated 16th (Reserve) Armoured
Regiment (7th/11th Hussars) 1 April 1941
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Redesignated 16th Reconnaissance Regiment (7th/11th
Hussars) 1 April 1946
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Redesignated 7th/11 Hussars (16th Reconnaissance
Regiment) 4 February 1949
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Redesignated 7th/11th Hussars (16th Armoured
Regiment) 1 September 1954
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Redesignated 7th/11 Hussars 18 May 1958
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Amalgamated with The Sherbrooke Regiment to form The
Sherbrooke Hussars 15 Feb 1965.
History
The 58th Compton Regiment dates back to 11 October 1867 when
it was raised as the 58th Battalion of Infantry from eight
independent companies, and renamed as the 58th Compton
Regiment on 8 May 1900. The regiment was redesignated as the
7th Hussars and converted to cavalry on 1 May 1903. |
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7th/11th
Hussars |
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Headquarters:
Bury, PQ
Predecessor: Amalgamation of 7th Hussars and
11th Hussars
Perpetuates: 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles
Created: 1
April 1936
Amalgamated with: The Sherbrooke Regiment to
form The Sherbrooke Hussars 15 Feb 1965. |
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History
In 1914,
both the 7th Hussars and the 11th Hussars had contributed volunteers to the 5th Canadian Mounted
Rifles, CEF. On 1 April 1936, the regiment amalgamated with
the 11th Hussars to create the 7th/11th Hussars.
In the Second World War, the unit mobilized the 2nd Canadian
Armoured Brigade Headquarters Squadron (7th/11th Hussars) on 27
February 1941. This unit embarked for the U.K. on 9 October 1941,
and disbanded on 1 January 1943 without seeing action. The personnel
from this unit were absorbed by Headquarters, 5th Canadian Armoured
Brigade. A 16th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment (7th/11th Hussars)
served in the Reserve Army in Canada.1
After the Second World War, the
regiment was re-roled as a reconnaissance unit, in 1946, then as an
armoured unit again in 1954. In 1965 the regiment amalgamated with
The Sherbrooke Regiment to form The Sherbrooke Hussars.
Battle Honours
Charles Stewart's Lineages of the CEF states no Battle Honours were
granted to the 5th CMR; Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army
cites the following for the 7th/11th Hussars (both the 7th Hussars
and the 11th Hussars had contributed men to the 5th CMR during the
First World War):
Mount Sorrel
Flers-Courcelette
Arras, 1917, '18
Hill 70
Passchendaele
Scarpe, 1918
Canal du Nord
Valenciennes |
Somme, 1916
Ancre Heights
Vimy, 1917
Ypres, 1917
Amiens
Hindenburg Line
Cambrai, 1918
Sambre |
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France and
Flanders 1915-18 |
Insignia
The regimental badge is described as
follows:
Within a wreath of maple leaves
bound with a bow know, a shield, quarterly, in the 1st, the
Arabic numeral "7"; in the 2nd, a chough; in the 3rd, a sinister
arm with the hand grasping a kukri; in the 4th, the Roman
numeral "XI"; above the shield, a scroll bearing the motto
"STEADY"; below the shield and across the wreath, a scroll
inscribed "HUSSARS"; the whole surmounted by the Crown.2
Notes
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The Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army (Queen's
Printer, Ottawa, ON, 1964), pp.69-70
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Ibid,
p.69
