Royal Regiment of Canada

The Royal Regiment of Canada is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. The regiment is based in Toronto, Ontario, and forms part of the 4th Canadian Division's 32 Canadian Brigade Group.

The ceremonial dress uniform of the Royal Regiment of Canada is a scarlet tunic, bearskin, and a red-over-white plume, similar to the former Canadian Guards regiment.

Lineage

File:RRC Colour.jpg|The regimental colour of the Royal Regiment of Canada.

File:Royal Regiment of Canada Camp Flag.png|The camp flag of the Royal Regiment of Canada.

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Royal Grenadiers

Originated 21 December 1861 in Toronto, Ontario as The Toronto Engineers and Mechanics Rifle Corps
First official designation 14 March 1862 as the 10th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles, Canada
Redesignated 21 November 1862 as the 10th Battalion Volunteer Militia (Infantry), Canada
Redesignated 10 April 1863 as the Tenth or "Royal Regiment of Toronto Volunteers"
Reorganized 5 November 1880 with the appointment of Colonel Grasett and retirement of Colonel Shaw
Redesignated 5 August 1881 as the 10th Battalion "Royal Grenadiers"
Redesignated 8 May 1900 as the 10th Regiment "Royal Grenadiers"
Served in the Great War as the 123rd Battalion, Royal Grenadiers, and supplied trained hundreds of infantry officers and men to several Canadian Battalions
Redesignated 1 May 1920 as The Royal Grenadiers
Amalgamated 15 December 1936 with The Toronto Regiment

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Perpetuations

The Great War

3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment), CEF
58th Battalion, CEF
123rd Battalion (Royal Grenadiers), CEF
124th Battalion (Governor General's Body Guard), CEF
170th Battalion (Mississauga Horse), CEF
204th Battalion (Beavers), CEF The Royal Regiment of Canada landed near Puys along with three platoons from the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada and an artillery detachment who were tasked to neutralize machine gun and artillery batteries protecting the Dieppe beach.

Band

The Band of The Royal Regiment of Canada is the oldest permanently organized band in the Canadian Army and in the whole of the Canadian Armed Forces. Based at Fort York in Toronto, the band has served its country, province and city in many different roles throughout the world since its formation in 1863.

Some highlights from the band's itinerary are:

Performances for the Queen Mother, Princess Anne, the Duke of York, Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth II.
International commitments include: performances for the United Nations in Cyprus; the Military Musical Pageant, held at Wembley Stadium, in London, England; a command performance for the colonel-in-chief, Charles, Prince of Wales, in the Gardens of Buckingham Palace; and, being selected as the official band to accompany the veterans and the official party to the United Kingdom and France to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the raid on Dieppe 19 August 1942. In summer 2006 the band performed at the 16th International Military Band Festival in Kraków, Poland. Recent years have seen the band travel from Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, to Victoria, British Columbia, with many performances in between (including the launching of the ship the Hector in Pictou, Nova Scotia, The Summerside Tattoo in Prince Edward Island, and the 2000 International Military Festival of Music in Quebec City).

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File:Presentation of Colours March Past RRC.JPG|Presentation of Colours March Past

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File:Presentation of Colours RRC Regimental.JPG|Charles, Prince of Wales, presents new colours to the Royal Regiment of Canada and Toronto Scottish Regiment at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, 5 November 2009.

File:Presentation of Colours March Off RRC.JPG|Presentation of Colours March Off

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The Royal Regiment of Canada Association

The Royal Regiment of Canada Association consists of former members of the unit.

The Association meets the first Thursday of each month September to June in the Royal Regiment of Canada Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess in Canadian Forces Armoury, Fort York.

The main goal of the association is to maintain the comradeship and esprit du corps of the regimental family. The Association in 2008 co-ordinated a successful fund-raising campaign aimed at obtaining sufficient stocks of the scarlet and blue full dress of the regiment to enable the majority of its personnel to parade in this traditional uniform on ceremonial occasions.

The Museum of The Royal Regiment of Canada

The museum preserves and displays the history of the Royal Regiment of Canada and its several predecessors for the benefit of both the members of the regiment and the public at large. The museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, OMMC and Virtual Museum of Canada. The regiment's museum is at the Fort York Armoury. Exhibits include weapons, uniforms, medals, photographs and artifacts about the history of the Royal Regiment of Canada and its predecessors – the 10th Royal Grenadiers, 3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment) and 123rd, 124th, 204th and 58th Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force. The museum offers displays and school tours by appointment.

Fort York Armoury

Home of the Royal Regiment of Canada

660 Fleet Street West, Toronto, ON M5V 1A9

Order of precedence

Notes and references

Books

Fiction

—Historical/Fiction novel about the 58th Battalion, CEF in Ypres, Belgium.

The story of three young men from Aberdeen, Scotland, who joined the 58th Battalion, CEF, in 1915. Their ability to play football with a high degree of skill directs their journey into war

CD

External links

History and Uniform of The Royal Regiment of Canada, 1862 to 1970
The Royal Regiment of Canada Museum
The Royal Regiment of Canada Association