2nd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
| 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1828–present |
| Country | Canada |
| Branch | Primary Reserve |
| Type | Field artillery |
| Size | 2 batteries |
| Part of | 34 Canadian Brigade Group |
| Garrison/HQ |
Côte-des-Neiges Armoury Montreal, Quebec |
| Motto(s) | Latin: Quo fas et gloria ducunt |
| March | "The British Grenadiers" |
Côte-des-Neiges Armoury
The 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA (French: 2e Régiment d'artillerie de campagne, ARC) is a Royal Canadian Artillery reserve regiment. It is located in Montreal and shares its headquarters with The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) at the Côte-des-Neiges Armory.
Although there had been temporary volunteer artillery units formed in Montreal as early as 1828, the regiment has its origin in the 3rd Montreal Battery formed in 1855 as a result of the departure of British regular troops for the Crimean War and the passage of the Militia Act of 1855. Militia forces, including the five field batteries formed, would for the first time be maintained at public expense. In 1856 the Battalion of Montreal Artillery was formed and in 1895 it was renamed the 2nd "Montreal" Regiment, CA.
In the First World War several batteries of artillery were raised in Montreal and the 2nd Brigade included the 3rd Montreal Battery amongst its four batteries. During the war, the unit took part in ever action taken by the 1st Canadian Division and later on the Canadian Corps. In a series of reorganizations the battery was renamed the 7th Field Battery, the name it continues to hold. This battery was commanded at the outbreak of the war by Major Andrew McNaughton. Wounded at the 2nd Battle of Ypres, he went on to command the Canadian Corps Heavy Artillery and, in the Second World War, the First Canadian Army. The 2nd Brigade served in the divisional artillery of the 1st Canadian Division for the duration of the war.
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