1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery

January 2023 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery Royal Canadian Artillery FCA formation patch.png Formation patch used by RCA troops attached to the First Canadian Army ?–1945 Canada 1921 Canada 1939 Artillery No. 1 Army Group, RCA First Canadian Army World War II Italian campaign North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–1945 The 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery was one of six Canadian medium artillery regiments that served in the European Theatre of World War II. Medium regiments were armed with 5.5-inch and 4.5-inch guns.The Second World War 1939–45 https://rca-arc.org/part0140-the-second-world-war-1939-45/ Royal Canadian Artillery Association 6 December 2021 History The adjutant of the 1st Medium Regiment, RCA, was Captain Horace Trites; Trites was mentioned in dispatches in Italy. Trites and gun position officer (GPO) Lieutenant 'Buck' Buchanan later became pilots at 43 Operational Training Unit, RAF Andover, and fought in northwest Europe with No. 665 Squadron RCAF. References Sources Fromow, Lt-Col. D.L. Canada's Flying Gunners. (Ottawa: Air Observation Post Pilot's Association, 2002). 0-9730055-0-5. Category:Artillery regiments of Canada Category:Medium artillery regiments Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945