The Fort Garry Horse The Fort Garry Horse is a Canadian Army Reserve armoured regiment based in Winnipeg , Manitoba . It is part of 3rd Canadian Division ' s 38 Canadian Brigade Group . Lineage . The Fort Garry Horse originated in Winnipeg , Manitoba on 15 April 1912 , as the 34th Regiment of Cavalry . The following year it was re - designated the 34th Fort Garry Horse on 2 January 1913 and the Fort Garry Horse following the Great War on 15 March 1920 . On 15 December 1936 , it was amalgamated with the Manitoba Horse . During the Second World War it was re - designated the 2nd Regiment , the Fort Garry Horse on 13 August 1940 and the 10th ( Reserve ) Armoured Regiment , ( The Fort Garry Horse ) , on 1 April 1941 . After the Second World War it was re - designated as the 10th Armoured Regiment ( The Fort Garry Horse ) , on 31 January 1946 , as the Fort Garry Horse ( 10th Armoured Regiment ) , on 4 February 1949 ; the Fort Garry Horse on 19 May 1958 , the 2nd Fort Garry Horse on 11 October 1958 , the Fort Garry Horse ( Militia ) on 1 January 1960 and finally the Fort Garry Horse on 16 June 1970 , following the reduction to nil strength of the Regular Force regiment . The Manitoba Horse originated in Roblin , Manitoba on 1 April 1912 , as the 32nd Light Horse . It was re - designated the 32nd Manitoba Horse on 2 November 1912 and , following the Great War as The Manitoba Horse on 15 March 1920 . On 15 December 1936 , it was amalgamated with The Fort Garry Horse . On 11 October 1958 , a Regular Force component was authorized as the 1st Fort Garry Horse . On 1 January 1960 , it was re - designated the Fort Garry Horse . The regiment served in Canada , on NATO duty in West Germany and on United Nations duty in the Sinai and Cyprus . The Regular Force regiment was reduced to nil strength and placed on the Supplementary Order of battle on 16 June 1970 . In 2003 , the regiment began hosting personnel to help create a new unit of the Canadian Military Engineers . On 14 April 2012 , during the 100th anniversary celebrations of the FGH , the Engineer Squadron was stood up as 31 Engineer Squadron , part of 38 Combat Engineer Regiment . During their time as a sub - unit of the FGH , the engineers had the distinction of being the only reservists in Canada to wear the black beret of the Armoured Corps with the cap badge of the Canadian Military Engineers . They now wear the green beret in common with other engineer units . The unit uses Mercedes Benz G - Wagon LUVW scout cars for reconnaissance vehicles . Lineage of the Fort Garry Horse : Perpetuations . The Fort Garry Horse perpetuates Boulton ' s Mounted Infantry of the 1885 North - West Rebellion , the 226th Battalion ( Men of the North ) , CEF . Operational history . The North West Rebellion . Boulton ' s Mounted Infantry was mobilized for active service on 10 April 1885 , and served with Middleton ' s Column of the North West Field Force until it was disbanded on 18 September 1885 . The Great War . Details from the 32nd Manitoba Horse and the 34th Fort Garry Horse were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection duties . The 6th Battalion , Canadian Expeditionary Force , was organized in Winnipeg in August 1914 . 10 officers and 224 men of the 34th FGH joined the battalion as well as members of the 20th Border Horse , 18th Mounted Rifles , 32nd Manitoba Horse , 15th Canadian Light Horse , and 22nd Saskatchewan Light Horse . The 6th battalion proceeded to England with the First Contingent in October 1914 and was part of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division , CEF . In March 1915 , the 6th Battalion was removed from the 1st Canadian Division and re - roled to form the Canadian Cavalry Depot , to support the Canadian Cavalry Brigade in France . The Canadian Cavalry Depot would provide the officers and men for the Fort Garry Horse CEF . Despite its connection with the 34th FGH , and FGH ( CEF ) , the 6th Battalion was not perpetuated by the unit after the war . The perpetuation went to the Border Horse and is held by the XII Manitoba Dragoons , now on the Supplementary Order of Battle . The Fort Garry Horse , CEF , was organized in England on 21 January 1916 . It disembarked in France on 25 February 1916 , where it fought in France and Flanders as part of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade until the end of the war . The regiment was disbanded on 6 November 1920 . Harcus Strachan of the regiment was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at the battle of Cambrai on November 20 , 1917 , in France . The regiment also mobilized the 34th Fort Garry Horse Overseas Training Depot , CEF , on 15 June 1917 . It was re - designated the 34th Fort Garry Horse , Depot Squadron , CEF , on 1 January 1917 and embarked for Britain on 21 May 1917 , where it provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field . The squadron was disbanded on 6 November 1920 . The 226th Battalion ( Men of the North ) , CEF , was authorized on 15 July 1916 and embarked for Britain on 16 December 1916 , where its personnel were absorbed by the 14th Reserve Battalion , CEF on 7 April 1917 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field . The battalion was disbanded on 27 July 1917 . The Second World War . The regiment mobilized The Fort Garry Horse , CASF , on 1 September 1939 . It was redesignated as the 10th Armoured Regiment ( The Fort Garry Horse ) , CASF , on 11 February 1941 , the 10th Armoured Regiment ( The Fort Garry Horse ) , CAC , CASF , on 15 October 1943 and the 10th Armoured Regiment ( The Fort Garry Horse ) , RCAC , CASF , on 2 August 1945 . The regiment embarked for Britain in November 1941 . The regiment landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944 , as a part of the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade , in support of the 8th Infantry Brigade , 3rd Canadian Infantry Division , and fought in North - West Europe until the end of the war . The overseas regiment was disbanded on 31 January 1946 . Battle honours . Those battle honours in bold type are emblazoned on the regiment ' s guidon . Armoury . The Fort Garry Horse and the regimental museum are located in McGregor Armoury at 551 Machray Avenue , Winnipeg , Manitoba . Designed by David Ewart it is drill hall with Scottish baronial style façades built in 1914 – 5 The building was recognized in the Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings in 1994 . Memorial Wall . Dedicated on 12 November 1995 to members of the Fort Garry Horse who have died on active service , a memorial wall incorporates the battle honours , the names of the deceased members ( with the date of their death ) , an inscription , the regimental guidon ( Fort Garry gate and the regimental motto ) , and the cap badges used in 1914 and 1939 . A wall hanging incorporates two lances ; the regimental cap badge ; the regimental motto and the battle honours won during the North West Rebellion and the First and Second World Wars . Plaques . Donated in May 1970 , a plaque is dedicated to the members of the Fort Garry Horse who participated in the liberation of The Netherlands in 1944 - 45 . A plaque was dedicated to the members of the regiment who participated in the Normandy landings and the liberation of Bernières - sur - Mer in France . A replica of a cairn at Saint Aubin - sur - Mer , dedicated to members of the Fort Garry Horse who landed on the beaches of Normandy on 6 June 1944 was constructed for the regiment in 1965 . Windows . Stained glass windows were removed from the Regimental Church in Hemer , West Germany and transported to Winnipeg as a memorial to the regiment ' s service in Europe from 1962 to 1966 . Vehicles . A Lynx reconnaissance vehicle , which was used in the Canadian military as an armoured reconnaissance and command vehicle , is on the grounds . A Sherman M4A2 , which was used by Fort Garry Horse from the Second weapon ( Sherman tank ) is on the grounds