10th Armoured Regiment
(The Fort Garry Horse)

5th Canadian Armoured Division and later,
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade,Northwest Europe, 1944 – 1945

Battle Honours: Second World War

Normandy Landing, Caen, Carpiquet, Falaise, Falaise Road, The Laison, Boulogne, 1944, Antwerp-Turnhout Canal, The Scheldt, Woensdrecht, The Rhineland, Goch-Calcar Road, The Hochwald, Groningen, Oldenburg, North-West Europe, 1944-1945.

Unit Serial and
Arm of Service Sign, 1943 – 1945

Formation Sign
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade

Historical Sketch

The Regiment mobilized The Fort Garry Horse, C.A.S.F. on 01 September 1939. Upon the establishment of the Canadian Armoured Corps, The Fort Garry Horse was assigned as one of the three armoured regiments of the newly created 1st Armoured Brigade on 13 August 1940. On 11 February 1941 the Regiment was redesignated the 10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse). It embarked for the United Kingdom on 10 November 1941 as part of 1st Armoured Brigade of 5th Canadian Armoured Division. As a result of the reorganization of Canadian armoured formations in early 1943, the Regiment became a part of 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade. It landed in Normandy on 06 June 1944 in support of 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, and fought throughout the entire North-West European campaign.