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The regiment was originally raised to be similar to the five regiments of the British Foot Guards: the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards and Welsh Guards. [10] The Canadian Guards wore a white-over-red plume on the left side of their bearskins .
Regiment Nickname(s) 1st Hussars: 1st Hosers [1] 5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA: Five Tribe [1] 7th Toronto Regiment: 7 Guns [1] 7 Tor; The Black Hand; 8th Canadian Hussars: Crazy 8s: [2] after the card game. [1] The Hussies: a general military slang for Hussar Regiments; Eight C.H. Channel 8 12 e Régiment blindé du ...
The regiment mobilised The Canadian Grenadier Guards, CASF on 24 May 1940. It was re-designated as the 1st Battalion, The Canadian Grenadier Guards, CASF on 7 November 1940. It was converted to armour and re-designated as the 22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards), CAC, CASF on 26 January 1942. It embarked for Britain on 25 ...
Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) Lake Superior Scottish Regiment; Régiment de Maisonneuve; Régiment du Saguenay; Voltigeurs de Québec; Lincoln and Welland Regiment; Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) Loyal Edmonton Regiment
The 87th Battalion departed Canada after boarding R.M.S. Empress of Britain on April 23, 1916, and arrived in Liverpool, England on May 5, 1916. The battalion arrived and billeted on May 27 at Bramshott Military Camp as part of the 12th Infantry Brigade (until June 1916) and then designated as part of the 11th Infantry Brigade of the 4th Canadian Infantry Division in August of the same year.
The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps (French: Corps d'infanterie royal canadien) is the infantry corps of the Canadian Army and includes regular and reserve force regiments. Originally formed as the Canadian Infantry Corps on 2 September 1942 to encompass all existing infantry regiments, including regiments of foot guards, in the Canadian Army ...
20th Army Tank Regiment (16/22 Saskatchewan Horse) 21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards) 22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards) 23rd Army Tank Battalion (The Halifax Rifles) 24th Army Tank Battalion (Les Voltigeurs de Québec) 24th Reconnaissance Regiment (Les Voltigeurs de Québec) 25th Armoured Delivery ...
The Canadian Guards and the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada lost both of their regular battalions, with personnel being distributed to The Royal Canadian Regiment. The 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment adopted the Pipes and Drums of the Black Watch, becoming the Pipes and Drums of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian ...