Active 9 May 1905-present Branch Army Size One Regiment | Country Canada | |
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Part of Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery | ||
The 30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA is a Canadian Army (Primary Reserve) artillery regiment located in Ottawa, Ontario, and is allocated to 33 Canadian Brigade Group, 4th Canadian Division. The unit parades at a new complex at the former CFB Ottawa (South) Uplands following the collapse of their former location at CFRB Dows Lake under the weight of snow in 2009. The unit performs ceremonial gun salute duties when required in the National Capital area, and is an operational field unit equipped with C3 105mm gun-howitzers.
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Originated by/from the 2nd Ottawa Field Battery on 27 Sept, 1855
30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
There is no lineal connection to previous artillery units in Ottawa. (British North American Act, 27 Sept 1855) basis for Artillery units continuously located in Ottawa since 1855, officially. Artillery unit established by British government prior to 1855.
The Great War
1st Field Artillery Brigade, CFA, CEF was authorized on 6 August 1914 and embarked for Britain on 27 September 1914. It disembarked in France on 12 February 1915, where it provided artillery support as part of the 1st Canadian Division's Divisional Artillery in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The brigade disbanded on 23 October 1920.
War In Afghanistan
The regiment contributed individual augmentees to the various Task Forces which served in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2014.