Editing Calgary Highlanders (section)

==Operational history==
===Great War===
[[File:Capbadgeof10thbattalionCEF.gif|250px|right|Cap badge of the 10th Battalion, C.E.F.]]
Details of the 103rd Regiment "Calgary Rifles" were called out on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection duties.
[[File:Men of the CEF 10th Alberta Battalion pass Stonehenge 1914.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Men of the 10th Battalion pass Stonehenge]]
The [[10th Battalion (Canadians), CEF]] was authorized on 10 August 1914 and embarked for Britain on 29 September 1914. It disembarked in France on 14 February 1915, where it fought as part of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, [[1st Canadian Division]] in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion disbanded on 30 August 1920.

The [[56th Battalion (Calgary), CEF]] was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 20 March 1916. There it provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field until 6 July 1916, when its personnel were absorbed by the 9th Reserve Battalion, CEF. The battalion disbanded on 15 September 1917.

The [[82nd Battalion, CEF]] was authorized on 10 July 1915 and embarked for Britain on 20 May 1916. There it provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field until 18 July 1916, when its personnel were absorbed by the 9th Reserve Battalion, CEF. The battalion disbanded on 21 May 1917.

The Calgary Highlanders perpetuate all three battalions.

===Second World War===
The regiment mobilized for active service as The Calgary Highlanders, Canadian Active Service Force (CASF) on 1 September 1939. The regiment trained in Calgary until the summer of 1940 when it departed for [[CFB Shilo]], Manitoba. It was re-designated as the 1st Battalion, The Calgary Highlanders, CASF, on 7 November 1940. On 27 August 1940, it embarked for Britain. In September 1940, the 1st Battalion arrived in [[England]]. The Calgary Highlanders, CASF (Canadian Active Service Force) joined the [[Second Canadian Division]] there, and the 2nd Battalion was raised in Calgary for part-time service. The battalion's mortar platoon took part in the [[Dieppe Raid]] on 19 August 1942. On 6 July 1944, the battalion landed in France as part of the [[5th Canadian Infantry Brigade]], [[2nd Canadian Infantry Division]], and it continued to fight in North-West Europe until the end of the war.

During the [[Dieppe Raid]] of August 1942, the mortar platoon<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/history/dieppe.htm |title=Dieppe |access-date=2005-12-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215212650/http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/history/dieppe.htm |archive-date=2005-12-15 }}</ref> commanded by Lieutenant FJ Reynolds was attached to the [[5th Canadian Infantry Brigade]] but stayed offshore during the raid. Sergeants Lyster and Pittaway<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.istar.ca/~lyster/diepperaid/main.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021005112554/http://home.istar.ca/~lyster/diepperaid/main.html |archive-date=2002-10-05 |title=Dieppe Raid August 19 1942}}</ref> were decorated with a Mention in Despatches for their part in shooting down two German aircraft during the raid, and one officer of the regiment was killed while ashore with a brigade headquarters.

Sergeant Clarence "Ken" Crockett, DCM, of the 1st Battalion, Calgary Highlanders, was nominated for the [[Victoria Cross]] for actions in September 1944 and instead received the [[Distinguished Conduct Medal]].

The regiment selected the [[Battle of Walcheren Causeway]] for annual commemoration after the war. The overseas battalion disbanded on 15 December 1945.

=== Post War ===
The Calgary Highlanders continued to train infantry soldiers in the late 1940s and into the 1950s. In the 1960s, as nuclear tensions mounted between the United States and the Soviet Union, Militia units in Canada moved away from warfighting roles into national disaster training, a role not very well liked. By the 1970s, the Militia had once again focussed its training activities on war fighting.

In the 1980s, the regiment trained as mechanized infantry using the Grizzly Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Militiamen and even army cadets were routinely flown to NATO exercises in Germany, Norway and Alaska to participate in realistic training, as the perceived threat of [[Warsaw Pact]] military aggression was felt to be high. After the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] and the end of the [[Cold War]], the emphasis on training throughout Force Mobile Command moved away from large-scale armoured formations fighting Soviet tank formations in central Europe. The Grizzlies were withdrawn by the mid-1990s and the regiment resumed training in a light infantry role.

Most significantly, The Calgary Highlanders have contributed hundreds of soldiers to peacekeeping missions in the years since 1945, including peacekeeping, peace enforcing, and observation missions in Cambodia, the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, the former Yugoslavia, and Sudan.  Recently, they have contributed soldiers to the Canadian mission in Afghanistan, including the deployment in early 2008 of 55 soldiers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2008/transitions2008.htm |title=regimental website news item |publisher=Calgaryhighlanders.com |access-date=2013-04-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531142617/http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/2008/transitions2008.htm |archive-date=2013-05-31 }}</ref>

===Presentation of colours 1990===
On 30 June 1990, Queen Elizabeth II presented the unit with a new queen's colour at a [[Trooping the Colour]] ceremony held at [[McMahon Stadium]] in Calgary. [[The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)]], who shared the queen with the Calgary Highlanders as colonel-in-chief, was also on parade and performed a mounted march-past with their vehicles. The combined bands of the Calgary Highlanders, the King's Own Calgary Regiment and [[Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]] were also on parade.

The largest peacetime deployment of the regiment occurred during the [[2013 Alberta floods]] when over 100 Calgary Highlanders were mobilized to assist the Calgary Emergency Management Agency with flood relief efforts.

===Afghanistan===
To qualify for a battle honour, CF units were required to contribute an aggregate of more than 20% of authorized strength to the various task forces which served in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2014/05/09/south-west-asia-theatre-honours |title=South-West Asia Theatre Honours &#124; Prime Minister of Canada |access-date=2014-05-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512231549/http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2014/05/09/south-west-asia-theatre-honours |archive-date=2014-05-12 }}</ref> The regiment contributed over 100% of its strength, and was awarded the [[Canadian Forces' Unit Commendation]] for this achievement.<ref>[http://army.gc.ca/en/news-publications/national-news-details-no-menu.page?doc=news-release-the-calgary-highlanders-receive-canadian-forces-unit-commendation/i3yarg2d DND News Release]</ref><ref name="DND Backgrounder">[http://army.forces.gc.ca/en/news-publications/national-news-details-no-menu.page?doc=the-calgary-highlanders-receive-canadian-forces-unit-commendation/i3yarg2f DND Backgrounder]</ref>