Cap badge Governor General's Foot Guards WW2

The Governor General's Foot Guards is one of three Household regiments in the Primary Reserve of the Canadian Army, along with The Governor General's Horse Guards and the Canadian Grenadier Guards. The GGFG is the most senior militia infantry regiment in Canada.

"Civitas et Princeps Cura Nostra" is the official motto of the regiment. It can be translated as "Our Care is Queen and Country".

The regiment has an operational role that encompasses both the territorial defence of Canada and supporting regular Canadian forces overseas. In addition to this, it also performs a ceremonial role similar to that of the Guards regiments of the British Army, mounting the guard on Parliament Hill and at Rideau Hall inOttawa, a task it shares with the Canadian Grenadier Guards. (See Ceremonial Guard) The regimental dress uniform has buttons in pairs similar to the Coldstream Guards with a red plume worn on the left side of their bearskin. The red plume is of different material and lengths, dependent on the rank of the soldier.

The Governor General's Foot Guards were formally allied with the Coldstream Guards of the United Kingdom (General Order 106 of 1929) after being informally allied with them since the formation of the Regiment.

The Governor General's Foot Guards perpetuate the 2nd Canadian Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), CEF, and 77th (Ottawa) Battalion, CEF.

Details from the regiment were called out on service on 26 August 1939 and then placed on active service on 1 September 1939, as The Governor General's Foot Guards, CASF (Details), for local protection duties. The details were disbanded on 31 December 1940.

The regiment mobilized The Governor General's Foot Guards, CASF for active service on 24 May 1940. It was subsequently redesignated the 1st Battalion, The Governor General's Foot Guards, CASF on 7 November 1940. On 26 January 1942, it was converted to armour and redesignated as the 21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards), CAC, CASF and the 21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards), RCAC, CASF on 2 August 1945. It embarked for Great Britain on 23 September 1942. On 24 July 1944, it landed in France as part of the 4th Armoured Brigade, 4th Canadian Armoured Division, and it continued to fight in North-West Europe until the end of the war. The overseas regiment was disbanded on 31 January 1946.

Battle honours;

The Hochwald,

The Rhineland

Chambois

 Falaise

 Veen

The Scheldt

 Falaise Road

Bad Zwichenahn

The Lower Maas

The Laison

North West Europe 1944-1945