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The Royal Canadian Dragoons
Regimental badge
Active
1883–present
Country
Canada
Branch
Canadian Army
Type
Armoured
Role
Armoured cavalry
Size
One regiment (4 squadrons and headquarters squadrons)
Part of
2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
Garrison/HQ
CFB Petawawa
Motto(s)
Audax et celer
March
"Monsieur Beaucaire" "Light of Foot" (Dismounted)
Mascot(s)
Springbok
Anniversaries
Leeuwarden Leliefontein
Equipment
See § Equipment
Engagements
North-West Rebellion
Second Boer War
World War I
Battle of Festubert
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Bazentin Ridge
Battle of Pozières
Battle of Flers-Courcelette
Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Battle of St. Quentin (1918)
Battle of Amiens (1918)
Hindenburg Line
Battle of the St. Quentin Canal
Pursuit to Mons
World War II
Italy, 1944–1945
Gothic Line
Battle of San Marino
Battle of Rimini (1944)
Winter Line
Battle of Groningen
Operation Diadem
Canada in the War in Afghanistan
Battle honours
See § Battle honours
Commanders
Colonel-in-chief
The King
Colonel of the regiment
Major-General Dean Milner, CMM, MSC, CD (Retired)
Commanding officer
Lieutenant-Colonel N. Forsyth, CD
Insignia
NATO Map Symbol
Abbreviation
RCD
Military unit
The Royal Canadian Dragoons (RCD) is the senior armoured regiment of the Canadian Army by precedence. It is one of three armoured regiments in the Regular Force and forms part of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.
The colonel-in-chief of The RCD is Charles III, King of Canada. The colonel of the regiment is Major-General Dean Milner, CMM, MSC, CD (Retired).
The commanding officer is Lieutenant-Colonel N. Forsyth, and the regimental sergeant major is Chief Warrant Officer C. Leblanc.
The regiment is composed of Regimental Headquarters, "A", "B", "C", "D" and Headquarters Squadrons. "A", "B" and "D" Squadrons, based at CFB Petawawa, are light cavalry squadrons. "C" Squadron is based at CFB Gagetown, and the squadron consists of both Dragoons and members of 12e Régiment blindé du Canada. Headquarters Squadron, based in Petawawa, provides first-line combat service support to the regiment.
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