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	Militia
Type	Household Cavalry
Role	Armoured Reconnaissance / Ceremonial
Size	One Regiment
Part of	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQ	Toronto
Nickname	Gugga Huggas or Gee-Gees
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 Shawn Matheson, CD
Colonel-in-Chief	HM The Queen
Colonel of the Regiment	HE The Governor General
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash

The Governor General's Horse Guards is an armoured reconnaissance regiment in the Primary Reserve of the Canadian Army, part of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group. Based in Toronto, it is the most senior reserve regiment in Canada, and the only Household Cavalry regiment of Canada's three Household units.

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

[edit] Structure

The regiment maintains a traditional structure, with squadrons for combat, training, ceremony, administration, and youth engagement.

[edit] A Squadron

The Field Squadron is tasked to maintain no fewer than two armoured reconnaissance troops, using the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

[edit] B Squadron

The Training Squadron develops soldiers to serve in their respective roles. This includes personal development through the completion of preliminary trade courses (BMQ/SQ/DP1&2), and playing the role of an enemy opposing force against the Field Squadron in unit-level training field exercises.

[edit] Cavalry Squadron

The Cavalry Squadron provides a horse-mounted presence at public and regimental events.

[edit] Regimental Support Group

The RSG provides leadership and administrative support.

[edit] Band

The full brass and reed military band provides concerts and music for regimental functions. The band includes three specialized musical sub-units: the Fanfare Trumpeters, the Brass Quintet, and the Woodwind Quintet.

[edit] Cadets

Two cadet units provide training and development programmes for youth between 12 and 19: the 748 GGHG Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps and the 2402 GGHG Royal Canadian Army Cadets Corps.

[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 link

[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