Rocky Mountain Rangers

Rocky Mountain Rangers
The badge of the Rocky Mountain Rangers.
Active	1908-Present
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Army Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Type	Light Infantry
Role	To close with and destroy the enemy
Size	One battalion
Part of	39 Canadian Brigade Group 3rd Canadian Division
Garrison/HQ	JR Vicars Armoury 1221 McGill Rd Kamloops BC 250-851-4896 Kamloops, British Columbia
Nickname(s)	"Rangers"
Motto(s)	Kloshe nanitch (Keep A Good Lookout, Ever Watchful)
March	The Meeting of the Waters
Abbreviation	RM Rang

JR Vicars Armoury 1221 McGill Rd Kamloops BC 250-851-4896

The Rocky Mountain Rangers is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. The regimental headquarters are located at JR Vicars Armoury in Kamloops, British Columbia. The Rocky Mountain Rangers are part of the 3rd Canadian Division's 39 Canadian Brigade Group.

There is no lineal connection to the Rocky Mountain Rangers of the North West Rebellion of 1885.

Lineage of the Rocky Mountain Rangers:

The 102nd Regiment, Rocky Mountain Rangers was called-out on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection duties.

The 172nd Battalion (Rocky Mountain Rangers), CEF was authorized on 15 July 1916 and embarked for Great Britain on 25 October 1916. There, its personnel were absorbed by the 24th Reserve Battalion, CEF on 1 January 1917 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. The battalion disbanded on 17 July 1917.

The regiment was called out on service on 26 August 1939. Details of the regiment were subsequently placed on active service on 1 September 1939, as The Rocky Mountain Rangers, CASF (Details), for local protection duties. The details called out on active service were disbanded on 31 December 1940.

The regiment subsequently mobilized the 1st Battalion, The Rocky Mountain Rangers, CASF for active service on 1 January 1941. It served in Canada in a home defence role as part of the 18th Infantry Brigade, 6th Canadian Division and took part in the expedition to Kiska, Alaska as part of the 13th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group, serving there from 16 August 1943 to 12 January 1944. It embarked for Great Britain on 25 May 1944. It was redesignated as the 1st Canadian Infantry Training Battalion, Type A (Rocky Mountain Rangers), CASF on 1 November 1944. Following VE-Day it was redesignated as the No. 9 Canadian Repatriation Depot, Type "T"' on 5 July 1945. The overseas battalion disbanded on 28 January 1946.