Princess Louise Dragoon Guards Collar Badge

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Above are the scans for this brass Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, (originally out of Ottawa shortly after Condederation), cap badge and collar badge set of three. All have original welded lugs which are intact and in good order. The Cap badge is made of heavy brass.

On the 23rd of May 1872, the Ottawa Troop of Cavalry was formed as an independent cavalry troop. On the 15th of November 1878, the unit was redesignated as a troop of dragoon guards (they used pikes). On the 3rd of January 1879, the troop was expanded to a full independent cavalry squadron and renamed as The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards in honour of its patron, the Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, who was the wife of the Governor General, the Marquess of Lorne. As the only cavalry unit in Ottawa, the PLDG had the honour to provide the mounted escort for the governor general within the capital.

During the Second Boer War, volunteers from the PLDG served with the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment; the 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles; and the South African Constabulary from 1899 to 1902.

on the 1st of February, 1903 the PLDG were redesignated as the 5th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards. The 5th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards were not mobilized for service during the First World War but sent volunteers to help raise the 8th Canadian Mounted Rifles for service with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. In March 1915, the 8th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF was authorized for service, and on 8 October 1915, the regiment embarked for the United Kingdom. After its arrival in the UK, on 29 January 1916, its personnel were absorbed by the 39th Reserve Battalion, and a draft was sent to the 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF on the Western Front. They received the battle honour Mount Sorrel.

After the war, on 15 December 1936, as a result of the 1936 Canadian Militia reorganization, The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards were amalgamated with the 4th Hussars of Canada to become the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards. Which is the badge set you see above.

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