Lineage
The Regiment perpetuates the history of its originating Troops from Markham and Toronto. The Markham Troop was active during the War of 1812, and both troops were active during the 1837 Rebellion and Fenian Raids of 1866.
- Button's Troop - 1810 (founded in Markham, Ontario by Captain John Button)
- Denison's Troop - 1822 (founded in Toronto by George Taylor Denison)
- Oak Ridges Troop - 1853 (founded in Richmond Hill by Norman T McLeod)
- Governor General's Body Guard - 1866
- The Mississauga Horse - 1901
- The Governor General's Horse Guards - 1936 (formed by amalgamation of the Governor General's Body Guard and the Mississauga Horse)
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“I declare
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Fly over sleep and life and death
Till sun is powerless to decoy
A single seed above the earth:
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