The 27th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery was a Canadian Army Reserve artillery regiment based in Farnham, Quebec. The regiment was reduced to nil strength in 1970 and placed on the Supplementary Order of Battle.^[1][2]

Origin

The regiment was originally the Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles, a militia/reserve cavalry regiment which was first authorized in 1910. In 1936, as part of the 1936 Canadian Militia reorganization, the regiment was converted from cavalry to artillery.^[1][2]

Lineage

• Originated on 1 April 1910, in Coaticook, Quebec, as the 26th Canadian Horse (Stanstead Dragoons).
• Redesignated on 3 September 1912, as the 26th Stanstead Dragoons.
• Redesignated on 15 March 1920, as The Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles.
• Converted from cavalry to artillery regiment on 15 December 1936,and redesignated as the 27th Field Brigade, RCA.
• Redesignated on 7 November 1940, as the 27th (Reserve) Field Brigade, RCA.
• Redesignated on 1 March 1943, as the 27th (Reserve) Field Regiment.
• Redesignated on 15 October 1943, as the 27th Field Regiment, RCA.
• Redesignated on 12 April 1960, as the 27th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA.
• Reduced to nil strength 1 April 1970, and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle.^[1][2]

Allocated batteries

27th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA (15 December 1936)

• Regimental Headquarters (Coaticook, Quebec)
• 72nd Field Battery, RCA (Coaticook)
• 73rd Field Battery (Howitzer), RCA (Magog)
• 74th Field Battery, RCA (Stanstead)
• 75th Field Battery, RCA (Cowansville)^[1]