National household regiment in the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
The Canadian Guards
Regimental badge
Active
16 October 1953 – 6 July 1970
Country
Canada
Branch
Canadian Army 1953–68, Force Mobile Command 1968–70
Type
Foot guards
Role
Light infantry
Size
Four battalions (1953–57) Two battalions (1957–68) One battalion (1968–70)
Part of
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Garrison/HQ
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
Colonel of the Regiment
Major General R. Rowley
Insignia
Plume
Red over white, left side of bearskin cap
Tartan
Royal Stewart (pipes and drums)
Military unit
The Canadian Guards (officially known as the Regiment of Canadian Guards) was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army that served in the same role as the five regiments of foot guards in the British Army. The regiment was formed on 16 October 1953, by Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds, the Chief of the General Staff of the Canadian Army, with the redesignation of four separate battalions:
3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment – 1st Battalion
3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry – 2nd Battalion
1st Canadian Infantry Battalion – 3rd Battalion
2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion – 4th Battalion
On 25 November 1953, the following reserve units affiliated with the Canadian Guards but remained separate regiments (see § Affiliations):
The Governor General's Foot Guards – 5th Battalion
The Canadian Grenadier Guards – 6th Battalion
The Canadian Guards not only served as the Household Troops of Canada, but was also the country's first national military regiment.[2] The regiment was reduced to nil strength and assigned to the supplementary order of battle in 1970.[3]
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