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The Fortissimo Sunset Ceremony is an annual Canadian military music event held on the grounds of Parliament Hill in the Canadian capital of Ottawa. The ceremony is a combination of the historical Beating Retreat event which originated in the United Kingdom , a regular military tattoo , and the lowering of the Canadian flag. [ 1 ]
2nd Bombay Grenadiers of the Indian Army in Hampton Court Camp on the occasion of the Coronation of King Edward VII, August 1902. The Grenadiers is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army, formerly part of the Bombay Army and later the pre-independence British Indian Army, when the regiment was known as the 4th Bombay Grenadiers.
The British Grenadiers was introduced in Britain as a Dutch military march during the reign of William III. The march and the lyrics that accompany it refers not to the Grenadier Guards Regiment but all Grenadiers and Fusilier units. The march is used by the band to indicate a marchpast by the CGG.
The regimental casualties were 97 killed, and 230 wounded. It was reconfigured as the 22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards), RCAC, CASF on 2 August 1945. The overseas regiment was disbanded on 15 February 1946. [2] Their uniform was similar to that of the British Grenadiers except for the regimental buttons and a red and white ...
The regiment was unique in its history as it was only one of two regiments in the Canadian Army to be designated as a grenadier regiment (the other unit being The Winnipeg Grenadiers). In 1936, the regiment was amalgamated with The Toronto Regiment to form The Royal Regiment of Toronto Grenadiers (now The Royal Regiment of Canada). [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Royals suffered severe casualties: of the 556 men in the regiment 200 were killed and 264 captured. [4] The regiment evolved from the 10th Royal Grenadiers and thus inherited British traditions. The regiment was authorized to wear the distinctive scarlet uniform of the "Guards" on all ceremonial occasions by decree of Queen Victoria.
A flank company was a former military designation for two elite companies of a regiment.In regimental formation, the grenadier company constituted the right flank of the regiment and the light infantry constituted the left flank, with the other companies of the regiment referred as "battalion companies" or "centre companies".
The cathedral is the regimental church of the Canadian Grenadier Guards and houses The Guards' retired regimental colours. 87th Battalion Vimy Cross CGG Armoury, Montreal Canada - Unveiled on 16 September 1917 by Major general Sir David Watson. The memorial was constructed by Pioneer Sgt C.G. Durrant and bears the names of 217 of the 87th ...