Governor General's Horse Guards

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Governor General's Horse Guards

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Member of the Horse Guards in parade uniform
Lineup 1855
Country Canada
Armed forces Flag of Canada.svg Canadian Armed Forces
Armed forces Canadian Army
Branch of service Cavalry or tank reconnaissance ( guard )
Type Regiment of Reserve
Location Toronto
Nickname Gugga Huggas
motto Nulli secundus
march March - Men of Harlech
Trott - Keel Row
commander
Commander LCol Bruce Clayton

The Governor General's Horse Guards are an in Toronto stationed Reserve - Cavalry - Regiment of the Canadian Army . In addition to the Canadian Grenadier Guards and the Governor General's Foot Guards, they are the third Household Regiment of the Canadian Governor General and thus also the British Queen Elizabeth II in her function as Canadian monarch .

history

The Governor General's Horse Guards were set up in Toronto in 1855 as 1st Toronto Troops of The Volunteer Militia Cavalry of the County of York , and since 1866 it has been called The Governor General's Body Guard for Upper Canada . In 1936 it was merged with the militia The Mississauga Horse and renamed The Governor General's Horse Guards . Even then, there were informal relationships with the British Blues and Royals , on whose uniform the parade uniform of the Governor General's Horse Guards is based. During the First World War (1914-18) battalions of the regiment fought on the Western Front . During World War II , members of the regiment were involved in the campaign in Italy and the invasion of Normandy .

The Governor General's Horse Guards today

After the Second World War the regiment u. a. active in Afghanistan. The regiment also exercised its traditional privilege of protecting the monarch and the Canadian governor general. The Governor General's Horse Guards are today, in addition to their ceremonial function, from a military point of view, an armored reconnaissance regiment of the reserve. It is u. a. equipped with the Textron Tactical Armored Patrol Vehicle and Mercedes-Benz G-Class car.

literature

  • John Marteinson and Scott Duncan (2002): The Governor General's Horse Guards - Second to None , Robin Brass Studio Books, ISBN 1-896941-28-1 (Engl.)
  • Frederick Denison (1876): Historical Record of the Governor General's Body Guard and its Standing Orders , Hunter, Rose, & Co (Eng.)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel RP Locke (1900): The Governor General's Horse Guards 1939–1945 (Engl.)