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== Lineage == === The Governor General's Body Guard === * Originated in 1810 as Button's Troop * Formed on 16 August 1822 as the York Dragoons from the 1st West York Regiment of Volunteer Infantry * Redesignated in 1837 as the Queen's Light Dragoons for duty during the 1837 rebellion * Separated in 1839 as an independent unit from its parent infantry battalion * Redesignated on 27 December 1855 as the 1st Toronto Troop of The Volunteer Militia Cavalry of the County of York * Redesignated on 27 April 1866 as The Governor General's Body Guard for Upper Canada * Redesignated on 1 July 1867 as The Governor General's Body Guard for Ontario * Reorganized on 5 May 1876 as a two troop squadron * Reorganized on 17 May 1889 as a full regiment * Redesignated on 13 July 1895 as The Governor General's Body Guard * Amalgamated on 15 December 1936 with The Mississauga Horse and redesignated as the Governor General's Horse Guards<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />
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