Talk:Governor General's Body Guard/Temp

The uniform of the regiment changed over the years as they went from Dragoons to Light Dragoons to Horse Guards. Before the Upper Canada Rebellion, the uniform of the York Dragoons consisted of a dark-blue light dragoon coatee with buff facings with silver braid for officers and white for other ranks and also wore dark overalls that were trimmed with a double white stripe.[2] The regimental headdress consisted of a dragoon helmet with a bearskin crest and a side plume of red and white feathers. During the Upper Canada Rebellion, the regimental coatee was simplified and at the same time, the bearskin-crested dragoon helmet was replaced by a bell-topped pattern light dragoon shako with white plume.[2]

A major change in the uniform occurred in 1871 when the light dragoon pattern uniform was replaced by a heavy cavalry pattern uniform one similar to that of The Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) and the Royal Horse Guards. This consisted of a Dark Blue Dragoon tunic with White Facings and piping and a silver cord Austrian knot on the sleeve.[2] In full dress, dark-blue overalls with a double stripe of silver were worn while pantaloons with a double white stripe were worn with black cavalry boots and steel jack spurs in mounted order. One of the most noticeable changes was with the regimental headdress when the old light dragoon pattern shako was replaced by a German Silver cavalry helmet with spike and white horsehair plume.[2] This Full Dress uniform is similar to that of the Princes Louise Dragoon Guards.

This impressive Full Dress uniform remained the same until 1936 when the regiment was amalgamated with The Mississauga Horse into the Governor General's Horse Guards. At that time, the white helmet plumes and uniform facings were changed to scarlet ones.[2]This uniform is still worn today in Full Dress by the Governor General's Horse Guards and especially by the regiment's Mounted Troop.[2]