12th Manitoba Dragoons 12th Manitoba Dragoons was an armoured regiment of the Canadian Army . The 12th Manitoba Dragoons perpetuated the following units : History . The 12th Manitoba Dragoons were formed in Brandon , Manitoba on 1 July 1903 , when the 12th " Manitoba Dragoons " were authorized to be formed . On 31 January 1935 , the Regiment was amalgamated with The Border Horse , retaining its designation as the 12th Manitoba Dragoons . It was redesignated : 12th ( Reserve ) Manitoba Dragoons on 7 November 1940 ; 18th Armoured Car Regiment ( 12th Dragoons ) , RCAC on 1 April 1946 ; 12th Manitoba Dragoons , ( 18th Armoured Car Regiment ) on 4 February 1949 ; 12th Manitoba Dragoons ( 18th Armoured Regiment ) on 1 October 1954 ; and ' 12th Manitoba Dragoons ' on 19 May 1958 . It was reduced to nil strength and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle on 31 December 1964 as part of reductions of the Army Reserve . The Regiment and the units it perpetuates were involved in several of Canada ' s wars . One of the units the Regimen perpetuates , the 95th battalion , Manitoba Grenadiers , servied in the North - West Rebellion of 1885 . The Regiment ' s predecessors also contributed individual troops for the Canadian contingents that served in Siouth Africa during the Boer War , 1899 - 1902 . During the Great War , the Regiment raised two battalions for the Canadian Expeditionary Force . The 6th Battalion , CEF , which was authorized on 10 August 1914 , embarked for Britain on 29 September 1914 . It formed the nucleus of the Remount Depot on 20 January 1915 , and the remaining personnel were absorbed by the Canadian Cavalry Depot , CEF , on 6 March 1915 to provide reinforcements for Canadian Corps units in the field . The 32nd Battalion , CEF , was authorized on 3 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 23 February 1915 . It was redesignated the 32nd Reserve Battalion , CEF , on 18 April 1915 and on 4 January 1917 its personnel were absorbed by the 15th Reserve Battalion , CEF , to provide reinforcements for Canadian Corps units in the field . During the Second World War the Regiment mobilized the 18th ( Manitoba ) Reconnaissance Battalion , CAC , CASF , for active service on 10 May 1941 . It was redesignated the 18th ( Manitoba ) Armoured Car Regiment , CAC , CASF , on 26 January 1942 ; the 18th Armoured Car Regiment ( 12th Manitoba Dragoons ) , CAC , CASF , on 16 December 1942 ; and 18th Armoured Car Regiment ( 12th Manitoba Dragoons ) , RCAC , CASF on 2 August 1945 . It embarked for the Great Britain on 19 August 1942 . On 8 and 9 July 1944 it landed in Normandy , France as a unit attached directly to II Canadian Corps , where it fought in North - West Europe until the end of the war . Lineage of the 12th Manitoba Dragoons : Cadet Corps . 2528 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps is the only organization that perpetuates the name and insignia of the regiment . The cadet corps formed October 19 , 1954 as the Virden Collegiate Cadet Corps affiliated to and using the insignia of the 12th Manitoba Dragoons . When the regiment disbanded the corps affiliation changed to that of the 71st Field Battery and shortly after the 26th Field Regiment , Royal Canadian Artillery . Branch Number 8 of Royal Canadian Legion became sponsor of the corps May 26 , 1975 and housed the unit on its premises . October 3 , 1994 the corps resumed its original affiliation and was renamed the XII Manitoba Dragoons Cadet Corps . The corps continues to parade in the Virden Legion Hall and is composed of youth from many surrounding communities .