From:
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-...li/BCD-eng.asp
This Reserve Force regiment originated in Vernon, British Columbia on
1 April 1911, when two four-squadron regiments designated the 'British Columbia Horse' were authorized to be formed.1 It was redesignated: '1st Regiment, "British Columbia Horse"' on 1 December 1911;2 '30th Regiment, British Columbia Horse' on 15 April 1912;3 'The British Columbia Mounted Rifles' on 15 March 1920;4 'The British Columbia Dragoons' on 15 March 1929;5 '2nd (Reserve) Regiment, The British Columbia Dragoons' on 11 February 1941;6 '9th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment, (The British Columbia Dragoons)' on 1 April 1941;7 '9th Reconnaissance Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons), RCAC' on 1 April 1946;8 'The British Columbia Dragoons (9th Reconnaissance Regiment)' on 4 February 1949;9 and 'The British Columbia Dragoons' on 19 May 1958.10