{{Infobox military unit | unit_name = Irish Canadian Rangers | dates = 1914–1936 | country = Canada | branch = [[Canadian Militia]] | type = Line infantry | role = Infantry | size = One regiment | command_structure = [[Non-Permanent Active Militia]] | garrison = [[Montreal]], Quebec | battles = [[First World War]] | battle_honours = See [[#Battle Honours]] }}
'''The Irish Canadian Rangers''' were an infantry regiment of the [[Non-Permanent Active Militia]] of the [[Canadian Militia]] (now the [[Canadian Army]]). In 1936, the regiment was disbanded as a result of a country-wide reorganization of the Canadian Militia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia (Infantry, Cavalry, Armored)|website=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/Documents/RG9-58_EN-final.pdf}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2007-11-14 |title=The Irish Canadian Rangers [Canada] |url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/volmil/qc-inf/055irish.htm |access-date=2022-01-10 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114202732/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/volmil/qc-inf/055irish.htm |archive-date=14 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== History == [[File:ALL IN ONE with the Irish Canadian Rangers 199th Overseas Battalion 91 Stanley Street Montreal Lt.-Col. H. J. Trihey, O.C. - LCCN2005696920 (cropped).tif|thumb|First World War recruiting poster for the Irish Canadian Rangers]] First authorized on 29 August 1914 as the '''55th Regiment''' in [[Montreal, Quebec]].<ref name=":0" /> It recruited primarily from Montreal's [[Irish Quebecers|Irish community]] where along with the rest of the [[Non-Permanent Active Militia|local militia]] provided home defence in the Montreal area. In the summer of 1915, the regiment recruited an entire company for service with the newly raised [[60th Battalion (Victoria Rifles of Canada), CEF]]. Later that same year, the regiment was the prime recruiter for the newly raised 199th Battalion of the [[Canadian Expeditionary Force]], of which most of the men recruited primarily came from the 55th Regiment.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=CEF Infantry Battalions |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/Documents/infantry%20battalions.pdf |website=[[Library and Archives Canada]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=1914 |title=All in one with the Irish Canadian Rangers 199th Overseas Battalion |url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3g12390 |access-date=2021-12-12 |website=www.loc.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Montreal Irish and the Great War |url=https://www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_pauls/ccha/Back%20Issues/CCHA1985/Burns.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812125419/https://www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_pauls/ccha/Back%20Issues/CCHA1985/Burns.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-12 |website=University of Manitoba / St. Paul's College}}</ref>
On 1 April 1920, it was redesignated as '''The Irish Canadian Rangers''' as part of the 1920 militia reorganization following the [[Otter Commission]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Otter Committee |url=http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/organization/ottercommittee.htm |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=www.canadiansoldiers.com}}</ref>
On 1 February 1936, the Irish Canadian Rangers were disbanded along with 13 other regiments as part of the 1936 militia reorganization.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=1936 Reorganization of the Militia |url=http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/organization/1936modernization.htm |access-date=2021-12-12 |website=www.canadiansoldiers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Minute Book|url=http://www.regimentalrogue.com/blog/index.blog/2342721/the-1936-reorganization-of-the-militia/|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.regimentalrogue.com|archive-date=2023-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312103711/http://www.regimentalrogue.com/blog/index.blog/2342721/the-1936-reorganization-of-the-militia/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Perpetuations ==
* [[199th Battalion Duchess of Connaught's Own Irish Rangers, CEF|199th Battalion (Duchess of Connaught's Own Irish Rangers), CEF]]<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Defence|first=National|date=2018-02-16|title=Perpetuations|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages/regiments-perpetuations.html|access-date=2021-12-12|website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>
== Organization ==
=== 55th Regiment (29 August 1914) ===
* Regimental Headquarters (Montreal, Quebec) * A Company * B Company * C Company * D Company * E Company * F Company * G Company * H Company<ref name=":3" />
=== 55th Regiment, The Irish Canadian Rangers (15 December 1914) ===
* Regimental Headquarters (Montreal, Quebec) * A Company * B Company * C Company * D Company<ref name=":3" />
=== The Irish Canadian Rangers (1 April, 1920) ===
* 1st Battalion (perpetuating the 199th Battalion, CEF) * 2nd (Reserve) Battalion<ref name=":3" />
== Battle honours == * [[Hill 70]]{{efn|name=selected|Selected to be borne on colours and appointments}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-22 |title=WWI - Hill 70 |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/battle-honours-honorary-distinctions/hill-70.html |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref> * [[Ypres, 1917]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-23|title=WWI - Ypres, 1917|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/battle-honours-honorary-distinctions/ypres-1917.html|access-date=2021-12-26|website=www.canada.ca}}</ref> *[[Battle of Amiens (1918)|Amiens]]{{efn|name=selected}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-22|title=WWI - Amiens|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/battle-honours-honorary-distinctions/ww1-amiens.html|access-date=2021-12-26|website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>
== Notable members ==
* Lieutenant-Colonel [[Harry Trihey]]
== Notes and references == {{notelist}} {{Reflist}}
[[Category:Ranger regiments of Canada]] [[Category:Irish regiments in Canada]] [[Category:Military units and formations of Quebec]] [[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1936]] [[Category:1936 disestablishments in Canada]]