Cap Badge - 124th (Governor General's Body Guard, Toronto) Battalion, CEF The 124th (Governor General's Body Guard, Toronto) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in that city. After sailing to England in August 1916, the battalion was redesignated the 124th Pioneer Battalion, CEF.