The Toronto Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). The regiment was formed in 1920 when the war raised 3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment) of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was incorporated after the First World War into the post-war Canadian Militia. In 1936, the regiment was Amalgamated with The Royal Grenadiers to form The Royal Regiment of Toronto Grenadiers (now The Royal Regiment of Canada).

Lineage

Originated on 1 May 1920, in Toronto, Ontario, as The Toronto Regiment. Amalgamated on 15 December 1936, with The Royal Grenadiers and Redesignated as The Royal Regiment of Toronto Grenadiers (now The Royal Regiment of Canada).

Toronto Regiment

Perpetuations

3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment), CEF

124th Battalion (Governor General's Body Guard), CEF

170th Battalion (Mississauga Horse), CEF

204th Battalion (Beavers), CEF

Alliances

- The King's Regiment (Liverpool) (1927-1936)

Toronto Regiment

Battle Honours

Ypres, 1915, '17

Gravenstafel

St. Julien

Festubert, 1915

Mount Sorrel

Somme, 1916

Pozieres

Flers-Courcelette

Ancre Heights

Arras 1917, '18

Vimy, 1917

Arleux

Scarpe, 1917, 18

Hill 70

Passchendaele

Amiens

Drocourt-Quéant

Hindenburg Line

Canal du Nord

Pursuit to Mons

France and Flanders, 1915-18

References

Infantry regiments of Canada

Military units and formations of Ontario

Military units and formations disestablished in 1936

Toronto Regiment