Many of the officers, NCOs and men had served with Butler’s Rangers during the Revolution and had received land grants in Niagara for this service.

[1] By 1808, there were five regiments of Lincoln Militia: At the outbreak of the War of 1812, flank companies (limited to three officers and 38 men), of the five regiments took the field in all major engagements from Niagara to Detroit including the Battles of Queenston Heights, Lundy's Lane, Stoney Creek and Fort Detroit.

The 19th Battalion Volunteer Militia (Infantry), Canada was called out on active service on 1 June 1866 and served on the Niagara frontier.

[1] By the end of the war the 44th Lincoln and Welland Regiment had gained the battle honors Ypres, 1915, '17; Festubert, 1915;[2][3] Somme, 1916;[4] Arras, 1917;[5] and Hill 70.

The details were formed as an active service battalion and designated The Lincoln and Welland Regiment, CASF on 15 August 1940.

The highest and most distinguished award for valour, the Order of the Bronze Lion was bestowed upon the regiment's Sergeant Wallace Edmond Firlotte.

In late December 1945, the regiment requested authority to ship to Canada its M5A1 Stuart VI recce tank Serial No.

WD CT271427, manufacturer's number 10778, nicknamed "Press-On", to assist in forming a regimental museum collection.

This tank was salvaged and repaired by the unit's Pioneer Platoon after being blown up on a mine in the battalion area.

The turret was removed, and it served as the COs command and recce vehicle through action in Holland and Germany.

[8] It is a late production M5A1, with periscope guards on the crew hatches, a large rear storage box, and a not uncommon mix of road wheel types.

It now stands in front of the armoury in St. Catharines.In the years since the Second World War, the regiment has busied itself with the many tasks traditionally entrusted to the Canadian Militia during peace time.

The regiment provided volunteers to assist during the 1997 Red River flood and the 1998 Ice Storm in Eastern Ontario and Quebec.

Due to an administrative oversight, two battle honours earned in north-western Germany during the final weeks of the Second World War were not awarded to the regiment until 1995.

The regiment contributed an aggregate of more than 20% of its authorized strength to the various task forces which served in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2014.

[10] On 3 March 2009, Warrant Officer Dennis R "Browny" Brown, of St Catharines, deployed on operations, was killed by an improvised explosive device, along with two other Canadian soldiers.

[1] The Lincoln and Welland Regiment originated in St. Catharines on 18 March 1863 as The 19th Battalion Volunteer Militia (Infantry), Canada.

[13] Old Niagara waltzes by Maud Schooley was "dedicated to the 44th Lincoln and Welland Regiment, Canadian Infantry by special permission of Lt.

However, though affiliated with Virtual Museum of Canada, there is unfortunately no online exhibit for the Lincoln and Welland Regiment.