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===Second World War=== During the Second World War the GGFG was mobilized in May 1940.Β In 1942 the regiment was re-rolled to become an armoured unit to address the need for more armoured units in the Canadian Army, assuming the name "21st Canadian Armoured Regiment (GGFG)". It embarked for Great Britain on 23 September 1942. On 24 July 1944, it landed in France as part of the [[4th Canadian Armoured Brigade|4th Armoured Brigade]], [[4th Canadian Armoured Division]] and it continued to fight in northwest Europe until the end of the war taking part in the battle of Normandy, the battle of the Scheldt, and the Rhineland. Over the course of the war the regiment's casualties were 101 dead and 284 wounded. The overseas regiment was disbanded on 31 January 1946.<ref name=DND/><gallery> File:Governor General's Foot Guards - 1944.jpg|Personnel from the GGFG with a [[Sherman tank]], 1944 </gallery>{{Expand section|date=March 2017}}
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