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Ozi

The article you quote from Wikipedia actually says that there were 6 Foot Guards Regiments. Welsh, Irish and Machine Gun Guards can be discounted,due to the date, so there are 3 possibilities. Coldstreams weren't in Canada and I don't believe Grenadier Guards were either, so that leave the Scots.

I think you could be right about the Scots, Annie.

The Trent Affair is fascinating reading. I'd never heard of it before but I guess the Canadians have.

11,500 troops were sent to Canada during the American Civil War to guard the Canadian border. The Trent Affair was when a British steamer was boarded and Confederate passengers were seized by the Union.



From the Rootsweb page "British Regiments in Canada".

Canada (present-day Ontario and Quebec) was reinforced by three battalions of infantry and a battery of field artillery during the summer of 1861. A long-standing goal of some Northern U.S. politicians was to add Canada to the Union. Thus there was a real concern that the Union Forces would move north after their anticipated quick victory over the Confederate States.


The Grenadier Guards (1st)
The 1st Battalion was sent to Canada at the time of the "Trent" difficulty, and remained three years. [It doesn't say where they were garrisoned.]

The Coldstream Guards (2nd)
The 2nd Battalion was in Canada 1838-42. [which rules them out.]

The Scots Fusilier Guards (3rd) (later The Scots Guards)
1862-64 Quebec
The 2nd Battalion was sent to Canada in 1861, returning to England in 1864.



Then there's all the Regiments of Foot, many of which were in Canada at the time.


Ozi

Looks as though the Grenadier Guards is the other possibility then Ozi - thanks for the info.