The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)


The Prince Edward Island Regiment is a Primary Reserve armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Canadian Forces, 5th Canadian Division, 36 Canadian Brigade Group. The regiment is based in Charlottetown and Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Perpetuations

The PEIR perpetuates the following units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force:
In 1946 the amalgamation of The Prince Edward Island Light Horse and The Prince Edward Island Highlanders created The Prince Edward Island Regiment, 17th Reconnaissance Regiment.
The Prince Edward Island Regiment was amalgamated with the 28th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment in 1955.

Boy Robert Cyril Claude Brooks

The youngest Canadian soldier to die in the Second World War, 14-year-old Boy Robert Cyril Claude Brooks was a member of the 17th Armoured Regiment. He was killed in a training accident near Coleman, Prince Edward Island, at approximately 7:30 p.m. on 23 September 1944, when a Universal Carrier was driven through a guard rail on a bridge, overturning into the water below. He was trapped beneath the overturned vehicle and drowned, along with two fellow members of the regiment, Sergeant D.C. Ramsay and Trooper W.N. Dennis.

Alliances

The Prince Edward Island Regiment is organized into the following components:
Battle honours in small capitals are for large operations and campaigns and those in lowercase are for more specific battles. Bold type indicates honours emblazoned on the regimental guidon. In the Second World War the Prince Edward Island Light Horse was the 2nd Corps Defence Company.

Equipment

Order of precedence

The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC) Museum

The Prince Edward Island Regiment Museum collects, preserves, displays and studies the military history of the founding units of The Prince Edward Island Regiment, from the island's formation. The main concentration is on the period 1870 until the present. The RCAC museum is located at the Queen Charlotte Armouries in Charlottetown, PEI.