Manitoba Dragoons

18th Armoured Car Regiment
(12th Manitoba Dragoons)

4th Canadian Armoured Division and later,
2 Canadian Corps, Northwest Europe, 1944 – 1945

Unit Serial and Arm of Service Flash, 1942

Formation Sign, 4th Canadian Armoured Division

Battle Honours: Second World War

Falaise, Falaise Road, The Laison, Chambois, The Rhineland, Bad Zwischenahn, North-West Europe, 1944-1945.

Unit Serial and Arm
of Service Flash, 1943 – 1945

Formation Sign,
2 Canadian Corps

Historical Sketch

The Regiment mobilized the 18th (Manitoba) Reconnaissance Battalion on 10 May 1941. It was redesignated 18th (Manitoba) Armoured Car Regiment on 26 January 1942 and it embarked for the United Kingdom in September 1942 as the armoured car regiment of 4th Canadian Armoured Division. It was redesignated 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons) on 16 December 1942, and became the armoured car regiment of 2nd Canadian Corps. It landed in Normandy and fought throughout the North-West European campaign as a unit of 2nd Canadian Corps Troops.

Second World War Gallantry Awards

Service #	Rank	Surname	Names	Decoration	I or P	Date
	Lieutenant Colonel	ROBERTS	James Alan	DSO	I	Aug-Sep44
	Lieutenant	BATTEN	William Richard	MC	I	10Apr45
	Lieutenant	FARR	Maurice Gordon	MC	I	06Apr45
	Lieutenant	GOODDAY	Bayard Reginald Leonard	MC	I	11Aug44
	Lieutenant	HAIG	Graeme Thomson	MC	I	07Apr45
	Lieutenant	MEGAW	Allan Baker	MC	P	10Aug44
	Lieutenant	ROSE	William David	MC	I	11Apr45
	Lieutenant	WILSON	Harry Phillips	MC	P	05Mar45
H77534	Acting Sergeant	BELL	Ross James	MM	I	30Aug44
H77022	Sergeant	KEELE	Donald McCheyne	MM	I	11Aug44
M52030	Sergeant	LAMBERT	John Ernest	MM	I	07Apr45
G733	Lance Corporal	MacMULLIN	Clarence Archibald	MM	I	07Apr45
H77550	Trooper	NICHOLSON	Herbert	MM	I	30Aug44
H77620	Corporal	SPENCE	John Robert	MM	I	30Aug44

"I" – Immediate award for a specific act of gallantry.
"P" – Periodic Award. Not for a specific act, but can encompass gallant behavior over a period of time or noteworthy service.