The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)

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The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)
Cap badge of the Toronto Scottish Regiment
Active	1920-Present
Country	Canada
Branch	Militia
Type	Line Infantry
Role	Light Infantry
Size	One battalion
Part of	Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Garrison/HQ	Fort York Armoury, Toronto
Nickname	The Tor Scots
Motto	Carry On
March	Quick - Blue Bonnets over the Border
Anniversaries	Regimental Birthday (as the Toronto Scottish Regiment) 1 September 1921
Engagements	World War I, World War II
Commanders
Current commander	LCol Justin Neil, CD
Colonel in Chief	HRH The Prince of Wales
Insignia
Tartan	Hodden Grey

The Toronto Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. It is part of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group.

Contents 1 History 2 Battle Honours 3 External links 4 Alliances 5 See also 6 Order of precedence

[edit] History

The regiment was formed in 1920 as the Mississauga Regiment in Mississauga, Ontario to perpetuate the lineage of the 75th (Mississauga) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force following the First World War. The regiment increased to two battalions in 1921 when the 84th Battalion, CEF was incorporated. At that time, it was renamed as the Toronto Scottish Regiment.

During the Second World War, the regiment mobilized a machine gun battalion for the 1st Canadian Division. Following a reorganization early in 1940, the battalion was reassigned to the 2nd Canadian Division, where it operated as a Support Battalion, providing machine-gun detachments for the Operation Jubilee force at Dieppe in 1942, and then operating in support of the rifle battalions of the 2nd Division in northwest Europe from July 1944 to VE Day. In 1940, the 1st Battalion also mounted the King's Guard at Buckingham Palace. A 2nd Battalion served in the reserve army in Canada.

In 2000, the regiment changed its name to the Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own), in recognition of their Colonel-in-Chief, who had held the position since 1938. In recognition, the regiment was part of the escort at the Queen Mother's funeral. The regimental tartan is Hodden Grey.

[edit] Battle Honours

• The Great War [awarded battle honours for services of 75th Battalion CEF]: Somme, 1916; Ancre Heights; Ancre, 1916; Arras, 1917, 1918; Vimy, 1917; Hill 70; Ypres; Passchendaele; Amiens; Scarpe, 1918; Drocourt-Quéant; Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Valenciennes; Sambre; France and Flanders, 1916-1918.
• World War II - Dieppe; Bourguebus Ridge; St. Andre-sur-Orne; Verrières Ridge-Tilly-la-Campagne; Falaise; Falaise Road; Clair Tizon; Dunkirk 1944; Antwerp-Turnhout Canal; The Scheldt; Woensdrecht; South Beveland; The Rhineland; The Reichswald; Goch-Calcar Road; The Hochwald; Xanten; Twente Canal; Groningen; Oldenburg; North-West Europe, 1942, 1944-45.

(The honours in Bold are on the Battalion Colour)

[edit] External links

• Unofficial website.
• The Toronto Scottish Regiment Pipes and Drums

[edit] Alliances

•  United Kingdom - Royal Regiment of Scotland
•  United Kingdom - The London Scottish

[edit] See also

• The Canadian Crown and the Canadian Forces
•  Australia - 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment

[edit] Order of precedence

Preceded by: The Irish Regiment of Canada

The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)

Succeeded by: The Royal Newfoundland Regiment

v • d • e Canadian Army Infantry Regiments In Order of Precedence The Royal Canadian Regiment • Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry • Royal 22e Régiment • Governor General's Foot Guards • The Canadian Grenadier Guards • The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada • The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada • Les Voltigeurs de Québec • The Royal Regiment of Canada • The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) • The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment • The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment • The Lincoln and Welland Regiment • The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada • The Grey and Simcoe Foresters • The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) • The Brockville Rifles • Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal• The Princess Louise Fusiliers • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders • Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent • Le Régiment de la Chaudière • The Royal New Brunswick Regiment • The West Nova Scotia Regiment • The Nova Scotia Highlanders • Le Régiment de Maisonneuve • The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa • The Royal Winnipeg Rifles • The Essex and Kent Scottish • 48th Highlanders of Canada • Le Régiment du Saguenay • The Algonquin Regiment • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) • The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment • The North Saskatchewan Regiment • The Royal Regina Rifles • The Rocky Mountain Rangers • The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) • The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada • Royal Westminster Regiment • The Calgary Highlanders • Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke • The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada • The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) • The Royal Montreal Regiment • The Irish Regiment of Canada • The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own) • The Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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