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Posted by Nels BOEHME from COMBERMERE ON. Canada on February 24, 1999 at 19:16:14:



AM SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION ON THE ARMOURED REGIMENT -
GOVERNOR GENERAL‘S FOOT GUARDS.
I HAD TWO BROTHERS IN THIS REGIMENT AND MY SON WISHES TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I THINK IN M A Y HAVE BEEN DISBANDED??

ANY INFO PLEASE [email protected]

 

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Posted by Ploughjockey from Canada on February 25, 1999 at 02:10:43:


In Reply to: G. G. F. G. posted by Nels BOEHME on February 24, 1999 at 19:16:14:



There are two Guards Regiments with similar names. The Governor Generals Foot Guards and the
Governor Generals Horse Guards. The Foot are an Ottawa based infantry unit and the Horse are a Toronto?
based armoured unit...Which unit do you mean sir??
Also the GGFG‘s are missing a certain Mr. Gustav. Can anyone clarify how he came to be lost as I hear tis a
good yarn....Paratus

 

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Posted by Alter Ego on February 25, 1999 at 09:41:04:


In Reply to: G. G. F. G. posted by Nels BOEHME on February 24, 1999 at 19:16:14:



As for Mr Gustav, the GGFG 1 Coy Ceremonial Guard were conducting the Infantry portion of their 10 day cycle on the civvy land behind Uplands Airport in Ottawa. Thet left rucksacks and the 84mm in a field by the side of the road too heavy, you know.
When they returned, much to their surprise, someone had absconded with the Carl Gustav... Apparently there was quite the investigation. A couple of months later, the GGFG recieved a fax sent by some jokers from another unit. It was a picture of someone in combats,
wearing a balaclava, holding a Carl G with a ‘For Sale‘ sign on it. The picture had obviously been taken in a QM, so no further action was taken.
And that, kids, is how GGFG came to stand for Gustav Gone For Good.

Alter Ego

 

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Posted by Mark Bossi M.A. Bossi, CD from Toronto Ontario Canada on February 25, 1999 at 14:53:46:


In Reply to: G. G. F. G. posted by Nels BOEHME on February 24, 1999 at 19:16:14:



I would have to look this one up, but don‘t have the time so, maybe somebody else out there knows the answer:

During World War II, weren‘t the GGFG an armoured/tank regiment?

Perhaps this is why Nels mistakenly thought it had been disbanded vice re-roled back to Infantry.

Any takers on this one?
How about a "regimental historian"?

Dileas.

 

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Posted by Alan Woolley from Canada on February 26, 1999 at 03:57:58:


In Reply to: G. G. F. G. posted by Nels BOEHME on February 24, 1999 at 19:16:14:



The GGFGs were re-roled during WWII as an Armoured
Regiment. They were then called the 21st Canadian
Armoured RegimentGovernor General‘s Foot Guards.
They were part of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division.
After the war, they reverted to infantry status.

They had a web page at <a href="http://www.ggfg.ottawa.on.ca/
but" target="_blank">http://www.ggfg.ottawa.on.ca/
but</a> the site appears to be down right now.

Cheers,
Alan Woolley

 

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Posted by Footguard from Canada on February 27, 1999 at 18:43:28:


In Reply to: G. G. F. G. posted by Nels BOEHME on February 24, 1999 at 19:16:14:



Mr. Wooley is correct about the re-roling of the G.G.F.G. in the Second World War.

Due to a shortage of armoured units during the Second World War, all Guards battalions were re - roled to armoured. The G.G.F.G were re - roled in 1942, and reverted to their infantry role in 1945.

The regiment is still active in the Canadian Armed Forces Primary reserve, and is the senior reserve infantry regiment in Canada. The home station is Cartier Square Drill Hall in Ottawa. It is one of three Guards units in Canada - the other two being the Governor General‘s Horse Guards in Toronto and the Canadian Grenadier Guards in Montreal. Together, these three units make up the Canadian Brigade of Guards Canada‘s version of the Household Division. They are closely allied with their sister Guards regiments in the UK.

The regiment‘s home page can be found here:
Governor General‘s Foot Guards Home Page
You can contact the regiment through that page.

Copies of the current regimental history published 1948 are available through the regimental kit shop. A new history is nearing completion, and should be published this year.

Cheers!