Cap Badge - 3rd (Toronto Regiment) Battalion, CEF (Canadian Expeditionary Force). The 3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment) was created on 2 September 1914 with recruits from Toronto, primarily from the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada with additional drafts from the 10th Royal Grenadiers and the Governor General's Body Guard. The battalion organized and trained at Camp Valcartier before sailing for England from Quebec City on board the SS Tunisian 25 September 1914. They arrived in England on 16 October with a strength of 42 officers and 1123 men. The battalion became part of the 1st Canadian Division, 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade where it saw action at Ypres, Vimy Ridge and all along the Western Front. It was later reinforced by the 12th Canadian Reserve Battalion.