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building (today known as the Rundle Ruins) before being ordered to vacate in September 1910. The unit then moved into the former drill hall of the Canadian Mounted Rifles on Centre Street and 12th Avenue SE. In 1911 a new armoury was found, in a former German-Canadian club a block south of their
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103rd Calgary Rifles cross-belt badge. Two part, sterling silver badge consisting of a cast front badge and a rear plate with maker's mark, "JR Gaunt Montreal". Badge was affixed to the cross-belt with four screw-down
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The 103rd Regiment was raised in Calgary as a militia unit. The first commanding officer was Lieutenant-Colonel W.C.G. Armstrong. The regiment was approved to train six
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the regiment was not mobilized but served as a recruiting depot to raise battalions for the
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was completed during the First World War, the regiment moved its offices to that location.
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The 103rd Regiment was reorganized into two regiments in 1920 (the Calgary Regiment and
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by Michael A. Dorosh (Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation, 2024) 440 pages
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Calgary's Infantry Regiment: A Pictorial History of The Calgary Highlanders
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The regiment also supplied soldiers to man internment camps near
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Field dress uniform for members of the 103rd Regiment, 1912.
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of 50 men each, and later expanded to eight companies.
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Index

103rd Calgary Rifles

Canada
Non-Permanent Active Militia
Military District No. 13
R.B. Bennett
Ross rifle
William Charles Gordon Armstrong
infantry
regiment
Non-Permanent Active Militia
Calgary

companies
Calgary General Hospital
Mewata Armouries
World War I
Canadian Expeditionary Force
10th Battalion, CEF
William Charles Gordon Armstrong
56th Battalion (Calgary), CEF
137th (Calgary) Battalion, CEF
Castle Mountain
Cave & Basin
Banff National Park
The Alberta Regiment
North Alberta Regiment
South Alberta Light Horse
King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)
Calgary Highlanders

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