The Governor General's Horse Guards

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The Governor General's Horse Guards
Cap Badge of the Governor General's Horse Guards
Active	1810-Present
Country	Canada
Branch	Land Force Command
Type	Household Cavalry
Role	Armoured Reconnaissance / Ceremonial
Size	Regiment, Cavalry, Band, Cadets
Part of	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQ	Toronto
Nickname	Gugga Huggas
Motto	Nulli Secundus (Latin: Second to None) Honi soit qui mal y pense (Norman: Shame to him who thinks evil of it)
March	March - Men of Harlech Trot - Keel Row
Commanders
Current commander	LCol JB Claggett, CD
Colonel-in-Chief	HM The Queen
Colonel of the Regiment	HE The Governor General of Canada
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash

The Governor General's Horse Guards is an armoured militia (i.e. part-time reserve) unit of the Canadian Army, part of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group. It is the most senior reserve regiment in Canada, and the only mounted regiment of Canada's three Household units. Known affectionately as the "Gugga Huggas", it is based in Toronto and is one of Canada's most ethnically diverse regiments.

1 Battle honours
2 Lineage
3 Affiliated Regiment
4 Alliances
5 Perpetuating
6 Notable members
7 See also
8 External links
9 References
10 Order of precedence

[edit] Battle honours

North West Canada 1885, South Africa 1900
World War I: Mount Sorrel, Somme 1916, Flers-Courcelette, Ancre Heights, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Hill 70, Ypres 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe 1918, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai 1918, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1915-18
Second World War: Liri Valley, Melfa Crossing, Gothic Line, Lamone Crossing, Misano Ridge, Fosso Munio, Italy 1944-45, Ijsselmeer, North-West Europe 1945

[edit] Lineage

Button's Troop - 1810
Denison's Troop - 1822
Governor General's Body Guard - 1866
The Mississauga Horse - 1901
The Governor General's Horse Guards - 1936 (formed by amalgamation of the Governor General's Body Guard and the Mississauga Horse)

[edit] Affiliated Regiment

The Royal Canadian Dragoons

[edit] Alliances

[edit] Perpetuating

Governor General's Body Guards
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (CEF)
7th Canadian Mounted Rifles (CEF)
216th Battalion (CEF)
Mississauga Horse

[edit] Notable members

HNR Jackman, Honorary Colonel
TW Holmes, Victoria Cross honorand
AAM Maharaj Cavalier
S Rose Trooper
D Hester Bugler

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

The Governor General's Horse Guards - Second to None, John Marteinson & Scott Duncan, 2002, Robin Brass Studio Books, ISBN 1-896941-28-1
Historical Record of the Governor General's Body Guard and its Standing Orders, Frederick Denison, 1876, Hunter, Rose, & Co

[edit] Order of precedence

Preceded by: First in order of precedence of Reserve regiments	The Governor General's Horse Guards	Succeeded by: 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)