19th Alberta Dragoons

19th Alberta Dragoons
The cap badge of the 19th Alberta Dragoons
Active	1908–1965
Country	Canada
Branch	Primary Reserve (Militia)
Part of	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQ	Edmonton, Alberta
Motto(s)	None
March	"Lili Marlene"

The 19th Alberta Dragoons originated in Edmonton, Alberta on 1 February 1908, when the 19th The Alberta Mounted Rifles were authorized to be formed and was redesignated as the 19th Alberta Dragoons on 3 January 1911. On 16 February 1936, it was amalgamated with The Alberta Mounted Rifles. It was redesignated the 19th (Reserve) Alberta Dragoons on 7 November 1940. On 1 April 1946, it was amalgamated with the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Edmonton Fusiliers and redesignated as the 19th (Alberta) Armoured Car Regiment, RCAC. It was redesignated the 19th Alberta Armoured Car Regiment on 4 February 1949, the 19th Alberta Dragoons (19th Armoured Car Regiment) on 1 November 1954 and the 19th Alberta Dragoons on 19 May 1958. It was reduced to nil strength and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle on 28 February 1965.

In 2006, the 19th Alberta Dragoons were amalgamated with the South Alberta Light Horse, which retained that designation.

The regiment perpetuated the 3rd Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force; the 9th Battalion, CEF; 66th Battalion (Edmonton Guards), CEF; 138th (Edmonton, Alberta) Battalion, CEF; and 202nd (Sportsman's) Battalion, CEF.

William Antrobus Griesbach joined the 19th Alberta Dragoons in 1906 as a Lieutenant, just prior to World War I.

Details of the 19th Alberta Dragoons, the 21st Alberta Hussars and 23rd Alberta Rangers were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protective duty. The 19th Alberta Dragoons recruited the 1st Divisional Cavalry Squadron, CEF, authorized on 10 August 1914, which embarked for Great Britain on 1 October 1914. The squadron was redesignated as A Squadron, Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment, CEF, on 12 February 1916 and as A Squadron, Canadian Light Horse, CEF, on 21 February 1917. It fought in France from 12 February 1915 until the end of the war and was disbanded on 6 November 1920.

The 3rd Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF, was authorized on 7 November 1914, embarked for England on 12 June 1915 and fought in France as from 22 September 1915 as part of the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Brigade until its personnel were absorbed by the 1st Battalion and 2nd Battlion, Canadian Mounted Rifles on 31 December 1915. The regiment was subsequently disbanded on 12 August 1917.