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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 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 ...
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.
Cap badge of the regiment [3]. The Grenadier Guards trace their lineage back to 1656, [4] when Lord Wentworth's Regiment was raised from gentlemen of the Honourable Artillery Company by the then heir to the throne, Prince Charles (later King Charles II), in Bruges, in the Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium), where it formed a part of the exiled King's bodyguard. [5]
The Winnipeg Grenadiers was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. [1] [2] [3]First formed on 1 April 1908 under General Order No. 20. Initially it was raised with headquarters at Morden, Manitoba, and companies at: A Company at Morden, B Company at Morden, C Company at Manitou, D Company at Carman, E Company at Roland, F Company at Pilot Mound, G Company at Cartwright and H Company at ...
The ascending number of buttons also indicates the order in which the regiments were formed, although the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, an ancestor of the Grenadier Guards, is younger than the regiment that now takes the name of the Coldstream Guards, the oldest continuously serving regiment in the regular British Army (there are older regiments ...
Camp Petawawa (1st and 2nd Battalions and the Regimental Depot [1]) Camp Valcartier (3rd Battalion) Camp Ipperwash (4th Battalion) Camp Borden (Regimental Band) 1953–1957: Motto(s) Latin: A mari usque ad mare, lit. 'from sea to sea' March: Quick: "The Standard of St. George" Slow: "From Sea to Sea" Commanders; Colonel-in-chief: Vacant ...