18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons), First Canadian Army, II Corps, 1944-1945

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18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons)

During the Second World War the Regiment mobilized the 18th (Manitoba) Reconnaissance Battalion, CAC, CASF, for active service on 10 May 1941. It was redesignated the 18th (Manitoba) Armoured Car Regiment, CAC, CASF, on 26 January 1942; the 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons), CAC, CASF, on 16 December 1942; and 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons), RCAC, CASF on 2 August 1945. It embarked for Great Britain on 19 August 1942. On 8 and 9 July 1944 it landed in Normandy, France as a unit attached directly to II Canadian Corps, where it fought in North West Europe until the end of the war.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3202099)

General Motors T17E1 Staghound armoured cars of "A" Squadron, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, in the Hochwald, Germany, 2 March 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3224497)

General Motors T17E1 Staghound armoured car of "A" Squadron, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, 30 December 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3224496)

General Motors T17E1 Staghound armoured cars of "A" Squadron, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, 30 December 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3208090)

Armoured car operator of the 12th Manitoba Dragoons seen through vehicle window, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, 24 March 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3225543)

Troopers of the 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons) with a T-17E1 Staghound 4X4 near Caen, France, 19 July 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3524437)

A General Motors Staghound T-17E1 armoured car of the 12th Manitoba Dragoons crossing a Bailey bridge, Elbeuf, France, 28 August 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3191574)

General Motors T17E1 Staghound armoured cars of "A" Squadron, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, crossing the Seine River, 28 August 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3224495)

2 Canadian Infantry Division parade in front of Queen Wilhelmina. Scout cars of the12th Manitoba Dragoons pass the base, 28 June 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3224499)

General Motors T17E1 Staghound armoured car, 18 March 1944.

(York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo)

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2nd Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons)