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41 Canadian Brigade Group

Brigade of the Canadian Army

Brigade of the Canadian Army

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unit_name41 Canadian Brigade Group
native_name
image41CanadianBrigadeGroup.jpg
caption41 CBG badge
dates1 April 1997 – present
countryCanada
branchCanadian Army
command_structure[3rd Canadian Division](3rd-canadian-division)
typeBrigade group
ceremonial_chief_labelColonel-in-Chief
nickname"Alberta's Brigade"
march"Alberta Bound"
mottoFortune Favours the Bold
garrisonLGen Stan Waters Building, Calgary
website
<!--Command Team-->commander1Colonel Kyle Clapperton, CD
commander1_labelCommander
commander2Lieutenant-Colonel Steven Flavel, CD
commander2_labelDeputy Commander
commander3Chief Warrant Officer Ted Coderre, CD
commander3_labelBrigade Sergeant Major
identification_symbol{{Mil Map Symbol
UNIT SHORT NAME41
PARENT SHORT NAME3
UNIT ICONMilitary Symbol - Friendly Unit (Solid Light 1.5x1 Frame)- Infantry (NATO APP-6).svg
UNIT SIZE ICONNATO Map Symbol - Unit Size - Brigade Group or Brigade Combat Team.svg
ICON SIZE65
identification_symbol_labelNATO Map Symbol

41 Canadian Brigade Group (41 CBG; ) is a Canadian Army formation of the 3rd Canadian Division. The formation is composed of Army Reserve units within the province of Alberta and the Northwest Territories. The headquarters of the brigade is in Calgary.

The brigade has an establishment of 2,500 all ranks. The role of the Army Reserve is to be "a professional part-time force that provides local engagement and a responsive integrated capability, at home or abroad, in sustainment of the Army mission." Most of the soldiers within the brigade serve part time in units or sub-units stationed in their communities. As the Canadian Army generates task-specific units for employment on expeditionary and domestic operations under the command of the Canadian Joint Operations Command, 41 CBG, as a force generator, is tasked with the following:

  1. On order provide general-purpose, combat-capable soldiers and specialist sub-subunits (troops or platoons) capable of augmenting the Regular Force on expeditionary operations; and
  2. On order provide a domestic response unit (Territorial Battalion Group), sub-units (Direct Response Companies), or sub-sub-units (Direct Response Platoons or Local Response Platoons) capable of augmenting the Regular Force on domestic operations.

Corporate identity

File:41 CBG Comd Pennant.jpg|Commander's pennant File:41 CBG Brigade Tie.jpg|Brigade necktie File:41 CBG Brand.jpg|Brigade brand

Brigade units

| label-posD = right | shape-colorD = green | shape-outlineD = black | mark-sizeD = 6

| mark-coord1 = | mark-title1 = Calgary, Alberta

| mark-coord2 = | mark-title2 = Edmonton, Alberta

| mark-coord3 = | mark-title3 = Lethbridge, Alberta

| mark-coord4 = | mark-title4 = Medicine Hat, Alberta

| mark-coord5 = | mark-title5 = Red Deer, Alberta

| mark-coord6 = | mark-title6 = Yellowknife

UnitRoleLocations
**41 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters**HeadquartersCalgary
**The South Alberta Light Horse**Armoured Reconnaissance
**The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)**Armoured Reconnaissance
**20th Field Regiment, RCA**Artillery
**20th Independent Field Battery, RCA**ArtilleryLethbridge
**[41 Combat Engineer Regiment](41-combat-engineer-regiment), RCE**Combat engineering
**[41 Signal Regiment](41-signal-regiment), RC Sigs**Communications
**The Loyal Edmonton Regiment**Light infantry
**The Calgary Highlanders (10th Canadians)**Light infantry
**[41 Service Battalion](41-service-battalion)**Service and support
**[15 (Edmonton) Field Ambulance](15-edmonton-field-ambulance)**Medical (attached to 41 Canadian Brigade Group under Operational Control from 1 Health Services Group)Edmonton and Calgary

History

There are two constants in the organization of the institution that is the Canadian Army, the "Army Headquarters" and the "Units". For effective and efficient intermediate command and control, formations such as corps, areas, divisions, districts, brigades and brigade groups were routinely organized, redesignated, reorganized, or disbanded as required. 41 Canadian Brigade Group is but the latest incarnation of the following fifteen Militia formations that have commanded the Alberta-based Army Reserve units since 1910:

  1. 5th Cavalry Brigade (1910–12)
  • Headquartered in Calgary
  • Units under command:
    • 15th Light Horse
    • 19th Alberta Mounted Rifles (redesignated to 19th Alberta Dragoons in 1911)
    • 21st Alberta Hussars, and (left the brigade in 1911)
    • 23rd Alberta Rangers
    • 25th Battery, C.F.A. (joined the brigade in 1911)
    • 4th Field Troop, C.E. (joined the brigade in 1911)
    • No. 14 Company, C.A.S.C. (joined the brigade in 1911)
    • No. 17 Cavalry Field Ambulance (joined the brigade in 1911)
  1. 5th Mounted Brigade (1912–36)
  • Headquartered in Calgary (1912–19, 1928–30), Edmonton (1920–27, 1931–34), Pincher Creek (1935–36)
  • Units under command:
    • 15th Light Horse (redesignated 15th Canadian Light Horse in 1922)
    • South Alberta Horse (joined brigade in 1931 - left the brigade in 1932)
    • 19th Alberta Dragoons
    • 23rd Alberta Rangers (left the brigade in 1922)
    • 25th Battery, C.F.A. (left the brigade in 1922)
    • 5th Cavalry Brigade Ammunition Column (redesignated 5th Mounted Brigade Ammunition Column – Between 1919 and 1922)
    • 4th Field Troop, C.E. (left the brigade 1922)
    • Wireless Telegraph Detachment, C.E. (left the brigade 1922)
    • No. 14 Company, C.A.S.C. (left the brigade 1922)
    • No. 17 Cavalry Field Ambulance (left the brigade 1922)
    • The Alberta Mounted Rifles (joined the brigade in 1922)
  1. 24th Infantry Brigade (1922–36)
  • Headquartered in Calgary
  • Units under command:
    • 1st Battalion, The Edmonton Regiment (left the brigade in 1923 to join 29th Infantry Brigade)
    • 2nd Battalion, The Edmonton Regiment (left the brigade in 1923 to join 29th Infantry Brigade)
    • 1st Battalion, The Calgary Regiment (redesignated to 1st Battalion, Calgary Highlanders, The Calgary Regiment in 1921 and expanded to regimental status 1924)
    • 2nd Battalion, The Calgary Regiment (expanded to regimental status in 1924)
    • 1st Battalion, The Alberta Regiment (redesignated to The South Alberta Regiment in 1924)
    • 2nd Battalion, The Alberta Regiment (left the brigade in 1923 to join 29th Infantry Brigade)
  • Disbanded effective 14 December 1936 under General Order 73/1937 dated 29 April 1937#
  1. 29th Infantry Brigade (1923–36)
  • Headquartered in Edmonton
  • Units under command:
    • 1st Battalion, The Edmonton Regiment (redesignated as the Edmonton Regiment in 1924)
    • 2nd Battalion, The Edmonton Regiment (redesignated as the Edmonton Fusiliers in 1924)
    • 2nd Battalion, The Alberta Regiment (redesignated as the North Alberta Regiment in 1924)
  • Disbanded effective 14 December 1936 under General Order 73/1937 dated 29 April 1937
  1. 2nd (Reserve) Cavalry Brigade (1936–46)
  • Organized effective 15 December 1936 under General Order 71/1937 dated 29 April 1937
  • Headquartered in Pincher Creek (1936–38) Chauvin, Alberta (1939-42)
  • Units under command:
    • 15th Alberta Light Horse
    • 19th Alberta Dragoons
  • Disbanded on 31 March 1946 under General Order 113/46 dated 13 May 1946
  1. 3rd (Reserve) Infantry Brigade (1936–46)
  • Headquartered in Calgary
  • Units under command:
    • The South Alberta Regiment
    • The Edmonton Fusiliers
    • The Edmonton Regiment
    • The Calgary Highlanders
    • The Calgary Regiment (attached)
  • Reorganized and redesignated to 18th Infantry Brigade effective 1 April 1946 under General Order 116/46 dated 13 May 1946
  1. 41st (Reserve) Brigade Group (1942–46)
  • Formed on 1 April 1942
  • Headquartered in Edmonton until 1 April 1943 then Calgary
  • Units under command:
    • 14th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment, RCAC (Calgary Regiment)
    • 29th (Reserve) Reconnaissance Regiment, RCAC (South Alberta Regiment)
    • 41st (Reserve) Field Regiment, R.C.A.
    • 13th (Reserve) Field Company, R.C.E.
    • E and J sections, No.13 (Reserve) District Signals, R.C.C.S.
    • 4th (Reserve) Armoured Divisional Signals, R.C.C.S.
    • 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Edmonton Fusiliers
    • 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Calgary Highlanders
    • 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Edmonton Regiment
    • No.2 Group, No.10 (Reserve) Divisional Workshop, R.C.O.C.
    • No.41 (Reserve) Light Aid Detachment (Type A), R.C.O.C.
    • No.42 (Reserve) Light Aid Detachment (Type B), R.C.O.C.
    • No.43 (Reserve) Light Aid Detachment (Type B), R.C.O.C.
    • No.44 (Reserve) Light Aid Detachment (Type B), R.C.O.C.
    • No.8 (Reserve) Field Ambulance, R.C.A.M.C.
  • Disbanded on 30 January 1946 under General Order 86/1946 dated 2 April 1946
  1. 18th Infantry Brigade (1946–54)
  • Organized effective 15 December 1936 under General Order 73/1937 dated 29 April 1937
  • Headquartered in Edmonton
  • Reorganized and redesignated from 3rd (Reserve) Infantry Brigade to 18th Infantry Brigade effective 1 April 1946 under General Order 116/46 dated 13 May 1946#
  1. 22 Militia Group (1954–65)
  • Headquartered in Calgary
  • Units under command:
    • The South Alberta Light Horse
    • The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)
    • 18th Field Regiment, RCA
    • 19th Medium Regiment, RCA
    • 8th Field Engineer Regiment, RCE
    • 7th Independent Signals Squadron, RCCS
    • The Calgary Highlanders
    • 7th Column, R.C.A.S.C.
    • 21st Medical Company, R.C.A.M.C.
    • 59th Dental Unit, R.C.D.C.
    • 6th Ordnance Company, R.C.O.C.
    • 9th Technical Regiment, R.C.E.M.E.
  1. 23 Militia Group (1954–65)
  • Headquartered in Wainwright
  1. Alberta Militia District (1965–68)
  2. Northern Alberta Militia District (1968–91)
  1. Southern Alberta Militia District (1968–91)
  1. Alberta District (1991–97)
  1. 41 Canadian Brigade Group (1997–Present)

Past commanders of Alberta's Militia formations

  • 5th Cavalry Brigade
    • Colonel J. Walker (1910–11)
    • Colonel R. Belcher, C.M.G. (1911–12)
  • 5th Mounted Brigade
    • Colonel R. Belcher, C.M.G. (1912–19)
    • Colonel (later Brigadier-General) W.A. Griesbach, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. (1919–23)
    • Colonel C.Y. Weaver, D.S.O. (1923–26)
    • Colonel H.C.A. Hervey, V.D. (1926–30)
    • Colonel W.G. MacFarlane, V.D. (1930–31)
    • Colonel H. de. N. Watson, C.B.E. (1931–34)
    • Lieutenant-Colonel W.W. Henderson, V.D. (1934–36)
  • 24th Infantry Brigade
    • Vacant (1922–23)
    • Colonel G. MacDonald, V.D. (1923–26)
    • Colonel D.L. Redman (1926–30)
    • Colonel D.G.L. Cunnington, O.B.E., M.C., V.D. (1930–35)
    • Colonel E.R. Knight, V.D. (1935–36)
  • 29th Infantry Brigade
    • Colonel F.C. Jamieson (1923–27)
    • Lieutenant-Colonel T.C. Sims (1927–29)
    • Colonel A.C. Gillespie, V.D. (1929–33)
    • Colonel A.W. Bannard, M.M. (1933–36)
  • 2nd (Reserve) Cavalry Brigade
    • Colonel W.W. Henderson, V.D. (1936–39)
    • Colonel A.E. Pittman (1938–42)
    • Headquarters Dormant (1942–46)
  • 3rd (Reserve) Infantry Brigade
    • Colonel E.R. Knight, V.D. (1936–38)
    • Colonel N.D. Dingle (1938–42)
    • Headquarters Dormant (1942–46)
  • 41st (Reserve) Brigade Group
    • Colonel E.R. Knight, V.D. (1942–45)
    • Brigadier G.R. Bradbrooke, M.C. (1945–46)
  • 18th Infantry Brigade
    • Brigadier J.C. Jefferson, C.B.E., D.S.O. and Bar, E.D. (1946–48)
    • Brigadier R.C. Coleman, D.S.O., M.C. (1948–50)
    • Brigadier J.W. Proctor, O.B.E., E.D. (1950–54)
  • 22 Militia Group
    • Brigadier F.T. Jenner, M.B.E., E.D. (1954)
    • Colonel (later Brigadier) T.B. Nash, D.S.O., C.D. (1954–56)
    • Colonel H.W. MacEwing, C.D. (1956–57)
    • Colonel (later Brigadier) H.T.R. Gregg, C.D. (1957–61)
    • Brigadier (later Major-General) W.A. Howard, C.M., C.M.M., C.D. (1961–65)
  • 23 Militia Group
    • Vacant (1954–58)
    • Brigadier R.A. Bradburn, E.D. (1958–61)
    • Colonel G.J. Armstrong, C.D. (1963–65)
  • Alberta Militia District
    • Colonel G.J. Armstrong, C.D. (1965–66)
    • Colonel M.F. MacLauchlan, O.B.E., M.C., C.D. (1966–68)
  • Northern Alberta Militia District
    • Colonel G.J. Armstrong, C.D. (1968–69)
    • Colonel A.T. Hutton, C.D. (1969–72)
    • Colonel D.D. Kuchinski, C.D. (1972–73)
    • Colonel W.G. Ames, O.M.M., C.D. (1973–76)
    • Colonel A.B. Mottershead, C.D. (1976–79)
    • Colonel A.R. Gebauer, C.D. (1979–83)
    • Colonel W.F. Joyce, C.D. (1983–87)
    • Colonel C.G. Marshall, O.M.M., C.D. (1987–90)
    • Colonel D.D. Miller, C.D. (1991)
  • Southern Alberta Militia District
    • Vacant (1968–70)
    • Colonel L.S. Thompson C.D. (1970–73)
    • Colonel (later Brigadier-General) H.O Wagg, K.St.J., C.D. (1973–75)
    • Colonel G.D. Stewart, C.D. (1975–77)
    • Colonel R.O. Jacobson, C.D. (1977–80)
    • Colonel S.E. Blakely, C.D. (1980–83)
    • Colonel P.F. Hughes, C.D. (1983–87)
    • Colonel (later Brigadier-General) R.S. Millar, O.M.M., C.D. (1987–90)
    • Colonel J. Fletcher, C.D. (1990–91)
  • Alberta District
    • Colonel J. Fletcher, C.D. (1991—94)
    • Colonel (later Brigadier-General) R.S. Millar, O.M.M., C.D. (1994-1996)
    • Colonel T. Wolf, C.D. (1996–97)
  • 41 Canadian Brigade Group
    • Colonel M. Quinn, C.D. (1997-2000)
    • Colonel C. Hamel, C.D. (2000–02)
    • Colonel (later Major-General) J.G. Milne, M.S.M., C.D. (2003)
    • Colonel J.D. Gludo, C.D. (2003–06)
    • Colonel A. Wreidt, C.D. (2006–09)
    • Colonel (later Brigadier-General) T. Putt, M.S.M., C.D. (2009–10)
    • Colonel (later Major-General) P. Bury, O.M.M., C.D. (2010–11)
    • Lieutenant-Colonel M.J. Delaney, C.D. (2011)
    • Colonel R.C. Boehli, C.D. (2011–13)
    • Colonel J.D. Conrad, M.S.M., C.D. (2013–16)
    • Colonel E. van Weelderen, C.D. (2016–19)
    • Colonel M.C. Vernon, C.D. (2019–22)
    • Colonel C.W. Hunt, C.D. (2022–25)

Past sergeants-major of 41 Canadian Brigade Group

  • Chief Warrant Officer (later Lieutenant-Colonel) R.F. Cruickshank, M.M.M., C.D. (1997)
  • Chief Warrant Officer P. Tamblyn, M.M.M., C.D. (1997-2000)
  • Chief Warrant Officer P.J. Wonderham, M.M.M., C.D. (2000–03)
  • Chief Warrant Officer R.L. Page, M.M.M., C.D. (2003–04)
  • Chief Warrant Officer (later Major) K.J. Griffiths, M.M.M., C.D. (2004–07)
  • Chief Warrant Officer (later Captain) A.M.R. Brunelle, C.D. (2007–10)
  • Chief Warrant Officer A.M. Thomas, C.D. (2010–12)
  • Chief Warrant Officer E.G. Kelly, M.S.M., C.D. (2012–15)
  • Chief Warrant Officer (later Captain) M.B. Talty, M.M.M., C.D. (2015–19)
  • Chief Warrant Officer (later Major) R.S. Doyle, C.D. (2019–22)
  • Chief Warrant Officer (later Major) S. Stamp, C.D. (2022–25)

References

References

  1. (15 May 2000). "B-GL-331-003/FP-001 Military Symbols for Land Operations". Department of National Defence.
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