6th Field Regiment, RCA, CASFLeon Jensen2023-10-20T12:48:26-04:00

6th Field Regiment, RCA, CASF

This Active Service Force regiment was mobilized with 2nd Division, CASF on 1 September 1939. It arrived overseas in September 1940 with 13th (Winnipeg) Field Battery, RCA, 21st Field Battery, RCA and 91st Field Battery, RCA. The Regiment landed at Normandy on 8 July 1944. The Regiment served in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. It was disbanded effective 23r September 1945.

Sub-units: 13th (Winnipeg) Field Battery, 21st Field Battery, and 91st Field Battery.
Birthday: 1 September 1939

Past Appointments
Former Commanding Officers
Lt. Col. P.C. ( Pete) Tees, MM, ED – May 1940 – Nov. 1941
Lt. Col. H.E.( Harold) Wright – Nov. 1941 – Feb. 1942
Lt. Col. G.E. Beaumont, OBE, ED – Feb 1942 – Aug. 1942
Lt. Col. S.H. (Choppy) Dobell, DSO – Aug. 1942 – Jan. 1945

Former Regimental Sergeants Major

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