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The Toronto Scottish Regiment is a Militia Infantry Regiment of the Canadian Army . The regiment was formed in 1920 as the '''Mississauga Regiment''' in Mississauga , Ontario to perpetuate the lineage of the 75th 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 Divsion, 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. Today, the regiment is part of '''32 Canadian Brigade Group''' in Land Force Central Area . The regimental Tartan is Hodden Grey.
  • Battle Honours

  • ---The Great War battle honours for services of 75th Battalion CEF : Somme 1916, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Hill 70, Ypres 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1916-18

  • ---The Second World War: Dieppe, Bourgebus Ridge, St. André-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 '44-45

  • Affiliated Regiments

  • --- London Scottish

  • --- The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons And Camerons)



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