Commanding Officers
Commanding Officers,
Regimental Sergeants-Major & Honoraries
October 1920 - September 1939
The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
Non-Permanent Active Milita
Commanding Officers
LCol AE Bywater, VD
01 Oct. 1920 - 26 March 1925
LCol D Green
27 March 1925 - 22 July 1928
LCol HL Smith
23 July 1928 - 22 July 1932
LCol AV Yates, MC
23 July 1932 - 14 March 1935
LCol EA Adams
15 March 1935 - 27 March 1937
LCol BC Donnan
28 March 1937 - 27 March 1939
LCol S Young, ED
28 March 1939 – 01 Sep 1939
Regimental Sergeants-Majors
WO1 Almey
1921-1935
WO1 F Hutcheon
1935
WO1 C Burkitt
1936-1939
September 1939 - October 1945
1st Battalion (The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment)
Canadian Active Service Force
Commanding Officers
LCol S Young, ED
02 Sept 1939 – 04 Feb 1940
LCol HLN Salmon, MC
05 Feb 1940 - 05 Aug 1940
LCol JH Edgar, MC
06 Aug 1940 - 01 Sept 1940
LCol HD Graham
02 Sept 1940 - 09 Sept 1942
LCol BA Sutcliffe, DSO
10 Sept 1942 - 19 July 1943
LCol Lord Tweedsmuir
20 July 1943 - 25 July 1943
LCol AA Kennedy, DSO
26 July 1943 - 29 Sept 1943
LCol Lord Tweedsmiur
30 Sept 1943 - 03 Nov 1943
LCol AA Kennedy
09 Nov 1943 - 08 April 1944
LCol DC Cameron, DSO
09 Apr. 1944 - 15 Feb. 1945
Major GA Ross, DSO, ED
16 Feb 1945 - 07 April 1945
LCol GEB Renison, ED
08 April 1945 - 05 June 1945
Major GA Ross, DSO, ED
06 June 1945 - 15 Oct. 1945
Regimental Sergeants-Majors
WO1 AB Duffy
1939-1944
WO1 H Fox
1944-1945
2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment)
1st Canadian Infantry Regiment, Canadian Army Pacific Force
Commanding Officers
LCol JA Dextraze
01 June - 01 November 1945
Regimental Sergeants-Majors
WO1 M May
1945
2nd Battalion (The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment)
Canadian Army Reserve
Commanding Officers
LCol B.C. Donnan, ED
20 June 1940 - 07 March 1943
LCol AV Yates MC, ED
08 March 1943 - 31 May 1945
LCol WA Davern, VD
01 June 1945 - 31 Oct. 1945
Regimental Sergeants-Majors
WO1 Tanner
1940-1945
January 1970 - Present
The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
Canadian Forces Primary Reserve
Commanding Officers
LCol JA Richardson, CD
01 Jan 1970 - 30 June 1974
LCol JD Inrig, CD
01 July 1974 - 30 June 1978
LCol DM Campbell, CD
01 July 1978 - 30 June 1981
LCol JB Milroy, CD
01 July 1981 - 05 May 1984
LCol JF Sherry, CD
06 May 1984 - 06 June 1987
LCol DJ Kernaghan, CD
07 June 1987 - 06 Oct 1990
LCol RL Neal, CD
06 Oct 1990 - 08 May 1993
LCol HGB Clarke, CD
08 May 1993 - 24 May 1997
LCol AL McLeod, CD
24 May 1997 - 30 Sep 2000
LCol HL Simpson, CD
30 Sep 2000 - 03 May 2003
LCol RG McGill, CD
03 May 2003 - 05 May 2007
LCol JJ Parkinson, CD
05 May 2007 - 01 May 2010
LCol RF Cossar, CD
01 May 2010 - 01 Jan 2013
LCol SD McKinstry, OMM, CD
01 Jan 2013 - 03 Mar 2016
LCol C Comeau, CD
03 Mar 2016 – 19 Mar 2019
Maj R van den Berg, CD
20 Mar 2019 – 11 Mar 2020
LCol R van den Berg, CD
12 Mar 2020 – 01 Sep 2021
LCol M Gallant, CD
02 Sep 2021 - 11 May 2023
LCol A Manzara, CD
11 May 2023-Present
Regimental Sergeants-Major
WO1 HS Adamson, CD
1971-1974
CWO WR Vallance, CD
1974-1979
CWO WP Morris, CD
1979-1990
CWO DN Reid, CD
1991-1993
CWO RD Buchanan, CD
1993-2002
CWO JR Fancy, CD
2002-2007
MWO C Radway, CD
2005-2007
CWO AI Found, CD
2007-2010
CWO D Hulan, CD
2010-2016
CWO B Piche, CD
2016-2018
CWO D Stokes, CD
2018-2021
CWO RP McNeil, CD
2021-2024
CWO VSP Redmond, CD
2024- Present
Honorary Colonels of the Regiment
Hon Col A.E. Bywater, VD
1935 – 1940
****POSITION VACANT***
1941 - 1954
Hon Col The Lord Tweedsmuir, CBE, CD
1955 – 1960
Hon Col H.D. Graham, CBE, DSO, ED, CD
1960 – 1965
Hon Col D.C. Cameron, DSO, ED, CD
1965 – 1970
Hon Col M.E. Clarke, ED, CD
1970 – 1976
Hon Col A.B. Duffy, OC, CD
1976 – 1982
Hon Col G.E.B. Renison, DSO, ED
1982 – 1988
Hon Col K.D.H. Willcocks, CD
1988 – 1996
Hon Colonel P.F. Black
1996 – 1999
Hon Colonel T.J. Bata, CC, CD
1999 – 2007
Hon Colonel M.D. Scott, CM, CD
2007 – 2012
Hon Colonel R.K. Armstrong, OMC
2012 – 2018
Hon Col His Honour Robert Graydon
2018 - 2022
Honorary Lieutenant-Colonels
Hon LCol D. Green, VD
1928 – 1933
Hon LCol E.H. Mclean
1933 – 1939
Hon LCol A.V. Yates, MC, VD
1939 – 1943
***POSITION VACANT***
1944 - 1962
Hon LCol G.A. Ross, DSO, ED
1963 – 1968
Hon LCol A.A. Kennedy, DSO
1968 – 1976
Hon LCol W. Graydon, MC, CD
1976 – 1982
Hon LCol G. Way, CD
1982 – 1988
Hon LCol T. McClung
1988 - 1995
Hon LCol F. Burtt
1995 – 2000
Hon LCol J.F. Sherry, CD
2000 – 2004
Hon LCol M.D. Scott, CM, CD
2004 – 2007
Hon LCol R.K. Wigmore, CD
2007 – 2010
Hon LCol R.L. De Groot
2010 – 2013
Hon LCol R.F. Scott
2013 – 2018
Hon LCol LA Quinn, CD
2018 - 2022
November 1945 - December 1970
The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
Canadian Army Reserves
Commanding Officers
LCol WK Stockloser, ED
01 Nov 1945 - 05 March 1948
LCol RWK Abraham, ED
01 Oct 1948 - 14 Sept 1949
LCol JM Porritt, MC, ED
15 Sept 1949 - 14 Sept 1952
LCol RH Widdifield, ED
01 Sept 1952 - 31 Aug 1954
LCol ES Fairman, ED
01 Sept 1954 - 01 Feb 1958
LCol AB Duffy, CD
02 Feb 1958 - 31 Dec 1963
LCol JB Black, CD
01 Jan 1963 - 30 June 1964
LCol KDH Willcocks, CD
01 July 1964 - 31 Dec 1967
LCol FR Allan, CD
01 Jan 1968 - 31 Dec 1970
Regimental Sergeants-Majors
WO1 AB Duffy
1945-1949
WO1 JS Down
1949-1959
WO1 LVA Simpson, CD
1959-1963
WO1 HL Kokesh, CD
1963-1968
WO1 LR Hamilton, CD
1968-1971