A bit of clarification. The Canadian permanent army artillery had been designated the Royal Canadian Artillery, with three components, Horse Artillery, garrison artillery and field artillery. There were no permanent field batteries at the outbreak of the FWW. The Garrison and RCHA were mobilized, and the militia mobilized batteries for the Canadian Field Artillery. The militia components were not granted the Royal designation. Post war, the regular component of the RCA were granted the UBIQUE honour and had the new cap badges, almost identical to the British Royal Artillery badge authorized. It was taken into wear circa 1927 for ONLY the permanent elements of the artillery. The militia batteries continued to wear the Canada banner badges until they were granted the Royal designation in 1935. At that time they were also granted the right to wear the UBIQUE badge. Prior to that they had continued to wear the CANADA banner badge.
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