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|anniversaries= Regimental Birthday (as the Toronto Scottish Regiment) 1 September 1921}}
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[[Image:Torontoscottishkingsguard.jpg|thumb|The Toronto Scottish mount the King's Guard in London, 1940]]
[[Image:Torontoscottishkingsguard.jpg|thumb|The Toronto Scottish mount the King's Guard in London, 1940]]
The '''Toronto Scottish Regiment''' is a [[Primary Reserve]] [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[Canadian Forces]]. It is part of [[Land Force Central Area|4th Canadian Division]]'s [[32 Canadian Brigade Group]].
The '''Toronto Scottish Regiment''' is a [[Primary Reserve]] [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[Canadian Army]]. It is part of [[Land Force Central Area|4th Canadian Division]]'s [[32 Canadian Brigade Group]].


==History==
==History==
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On September 12, 2009, the regiment moved to the Captain Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson VC Armoury which is shared with the Toronto Police Service.<ref>http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Toronto-Scottish-Regiment-Arrives-at-New-Armoury-1042208.htm</ref> The new armoury is notable in that it is a green building, earning a [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEEDS]] silver rating.
On September 12, 2009, the regiment moved to the Captain Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson VC Armoury which is shared with the Toronto Police Service.<ref>http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Toronto-Scottish-Regiment-Arrives-at-New-Armoury-1042208.htm</ref> The new armoury is notable in that it is a green building, earning a [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEEDS]] silver rating.


==Battle honours==
==Perpetuations==
The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own) perpetuates the '''[[75th Battalion (Mississauga), CEF]]''' and the '''[[84th Battalion, CEF]]'''.
*The Great War [awarded battle honours for services of 75th Battalion CEF]: '''[[Battle of the Somme|Somme, 1916]]'''; [[Battle of the Ancre Heights|Ancre Heights]]; '''[[Battle of the Ancre|Ancre, 1916]]'''; '''[[Battle of Arras (1917)|Arras, 1917]], [[Battle of Arras (1918)|1918]]; '''[[Battle of Vimy Ridge|Vimy, 1917]]'''; '''[[Hill 70]]'''; [[Second Battle of Ypres|Ypres]]; '''[[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]]'''; [[Battle of Amiens (1918)|Amiens]]'''; [[Battle of the Scarpe (1918)|Scarpe]], 1918; '''[[Drocourt-Quéant]]'''; [[Battle of the Hindenburg Line|Hindenburg Line]]; '''[[Battle of the Canal du Nord|Canal du Nord]]'''; [[Valenciennes]]; [[Battle of the Sambre (1918)|Sambre]]; [[Western Front (World War I)|France and Flanders, 1916-1918]].
*[[World War II]] - '''[[Battle of Dieppe|Dieppe]]'''; '''[[Bourguebus Ridge]]'''; '''[[St. Andre-sur-Orne]]'''; [[Battle of Verrières Ridge|Verrières Ridge-Tilly-la-Campagne]]; '''[[Falaise pocket|Falaise]]'''; [[Falaise Road]]; [[Clair Tizon]]; [[Dunkirk]] 1944; '''[[Antwerp-Turnhout Canal]]'''; '''[[Battle of the Scheldt|The Scheldt]]'''; '''[[Woensdrecht]]'''; [[South Beveland]]; '''[[The Rhineland]]'''; '''[[The Reichswald]]'''; [[Goch-Calcar Road]]; '''[[The Hochwald]]'''; [[Xanten]]; [[Twente Canal]]; [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]]; [[Oldenburg]]; [[North-West Europe]], 1942, 1944-45.


==Battle honours==
(The honours in '''Bold''' are on the Battalion Colour)
(The honours in '''Bold''' are on the Battalion Colour)

===The Great War===
*'''[[Battle of the Somme|Somme, 1916]]'''
*[[Battle of the Ancre Heights|Ancre Heights]]
*'''[[Battle of the Ancre|Ancre, 1916]]'''
*'''[[Battle of Arras (1917)|Arras, 1917]], [[Battle of Arras (1918)|1918]]
*'''[[Battle of Vimy Ridge|Vimy, 1917]]'''
*'''[[Hill 70]]'''
*[[Second Battle of Ypres|Ypres]]
*'''[[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]]'''
*[[Battle of Amiens (1918)|Amiens]]'''
*[[Battle of the Scarpe (1918)|Scarpe]], 1918
*'''[[Drocourt-Quéant]]'''
*[[Battle of the Hindenburg Line|Hindenburg Line]]
*'''[[Battle of the Canal du Nord|Canal du Nord]]'''
*[[Valenciennes]]
*[[Battle of the Sambre (1918)|Sambre]]
*[[Western Front (World War I)|France and Flanders, 1916-1918]].

===The Second World War===
*'''[[Battle of Dieppe|Dieppe]]'''
*'''[[Bourguebus Ridge]]'''
*'''[[St. Andre-sur-Orne]]'''
*[[Battle of Verrières Ridge|Verrières Ridge-Tilly-la-Campagne]]
*'''[[Falaise pocket|Falaise]]'''
*[[Falaise_Pocket|Falaise Road]]
*[[Falaise_Pocket| Clair Tizon]]
*[[Siege of Dunkirk (1944)|Dunkirk, 1944]]
*'''[[Antwerp-Turnhout Canal]]'''
*'''[[Battle of the Scheldt|The Scheldt]]'''
*'''[[Woensdrecht]]'''
*[[Battle of the Scheldt|South Beveland]]
**'''[[Operation_Veritable|THE RHINELAND]]'''
*'''[Battle_of_the_Reichswald]]'''
*[[Operation Veritable|Goch-Calcar Road]]
*'''[[Operation Blockbuster|The Hochwald]]'''
*[[Operation_Blockbuster|Xanten]]
*[[Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany|Twente Canal]]
*[[Battle of Groningen|Groningen]]
*[[Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany||Oldenburg]]
*[[Western Front (World War II)|NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1942, 1944-1945]]


==Toronto Scottish Regiment Museum==
==Toronto Scottish Regiment Museum==

Revision as of 14:06, 4 April 2014

The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)
File:Torontoscottish.jpg
Cap badge of the Toronto Scottish Regiment
Active1920-Present
CountryCanada
BranchMilitia
TypeLine Infantry
RoleLight Infantry
SizeOne battalion
Part ofRoyal Canadian Infantry Corps
Garrison/HQCaptain Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson VC Armoury, Toronto
Nickname(s)The Tor Scots
Motto(s)Carry On
MarchQuick - Blue Bonnets over the Border
AnniversariesRegimental Birthday (as the Toronto Scottish Regiment) 1 September 1921
EngagementsWorld War I, World War II
Commanders
Current
commander		LCol Fred A. Moore, CD
Colonel in ChiefHRH The Prince of Wales
Insignia
TartanHodden Grey
The Toronto Scottish mount the King's Guard in London, 1940

The Toronto Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It is part of 4th Canadian Division's 32 Canadian Brigade Group.

History

Prince 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.
Toronto Scottish Regiment Presentation of Colours March Past
Toronto Scottish Regiment Presentation of Colours
Toronto Scottish Regiment Presentation of Colours March Off

The regiment was formed in 1920 as the Mississauga Regiment in Ontario to perpetuate the lineage of the 75th (Mississauga) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force following the First World War. In 1921, the regiment was renamed The Toronto Scottish Regiment by the commanding officer of the day, Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Harbottle, CMG, DSO, VD.

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.

On September 12, 2009, the regiment moved to the Captain Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson VC Armoury which is shared with the Toronto Police Service.[1] The new armoury is notable in that it is a green building, earning a LEEDS silver rating.

Perpetuations

The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own) perpetuates the 75th Battalion (Mississauga), CEF and the 84th Battalion, CEF.

Battle honours

(The honours in Bold are on the Battalion Colour)

The Great War

The Second World War

Toronto Scottish Regiment Museum

The regiment's museum was formerly located at the Fort York Armoury in Toronto. The museum was opened in 1984 by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. In September 2009, the museum was relocated to the Captain Bellenden Seymore Hutcheson VC Armoury in Etobicoke and officially re-opened on 1 May 2010. The museum includes uniforms, weapons, artifacts and military memorabilia. The museum is open by appointment and during regimental events.

Notes and references

  1. ^ http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Toronto-Scottish-Regiment-Arrives-at-New-Armoury-1042208.htm

Alliances

See also

Order of precedence

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