British Regiments in Canada

Guards



Regimental Records: In the case of the Guards and Cavalry, they are reported seperately in the "Distribution of Troops" returns in the National Archives of Canada.


The Grenadier Guards (1st)
1838-42:  1862-63  Quebec
1677 - Virginia Rebellion
The 2nd Battalion was in Canada 1838-42.
The 1st Battalion was sent to Canada at the time of the "Trent" difficulty, and remained three years.

The Coldstream Guards (2nd)
1838-42 Quebec, 1869
1664 - New Netherlands
1694 - Havre-De-Grace (Maryland)
1676-77 - Virginia Rebellion
The 2nd Battalion was in Canada 1838-42.

The Scots Fusilier Guards (3rd)
(later The Scots Guards)
1862-64 Quebec
The 2nd Battalion was sent to Canada in 1861, returning to England in 1864.

August 2 2019