War: The Regiment perpetuates a number of units of the Canadian Militia and the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) of the First World War: Units of the Canadian Militia: The London and Oxford Fusiliers (3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment), which were formed by the amalgamation of: The Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), which started as the "7th Infantry Battalion, 'Prince Arthur's Own'" in 1866, and The Oxford Rifles, which started as the "Twenty-second Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles, Canada" in 1863, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps (1919–1938). Units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF): 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion, CEF, 33rd Canadian Infantry Battalion, CEF, 71st Canadian Infantry Battalion, CEF, 142nd Canadian Infantry Battalion, CEF, 168th Canadian Infantry Battalion, CEF, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, CEF, which was formed from: 4th Canadian Machine Gun Company, 5th Canadian Machine Gun Company, 6th Canadian Machine Gun Company, and the 14th Canadian Machine Gun Company. See also The Canadian Crown and the Canadian Forces List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage Royal Canadian Regiment Museum 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Military history of Canada History of the Canadian Army Canadian Forces Maroon beret The Canadian Guards Order of precedence Regular Force: Reserve Force: Badge Footnotes Books Lt. Col. (RET) Reverend Lyman R. Coleman, Honorary Chaplain to The Royal Canadian Regiment. "Called To Serve" (The Regimental Warehouse; 31 May 2010). Lt. Col. (RET) Reverend Lyman R. Coleman, Honorary Chaplain to The Royal Canadian Regiment. "In This Sign" Strome Galloway "Sicily, to the Siegfried Line" (The Regimental Warehouse; 3 July 2009) Strome Galloway "Some Died at Ortona; The Royal Canadian Regiment at War in Italy 1943" (The Regimental Warehouse; 3 July 2009) Bernd Horn "Establishing a Legacy: The History of the Royal Canadian Regiment 1883–1953" (Dundurn; 19/05/2008) "Presentation of colours to the Second Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, by Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh K.G., Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment, nominated by Her Majesty the Queen to make this presentation, Fort York, Germany, 17th October 1955." (Aldershot, Gale & Polden, The Wellington Press, 1955) "Honour roll : the Royal Canadian Regiment : Northwest Rebellion 1885 to United Nations operations Korea 1950–53" (Ottawa : Public Relations, the Royal Canadian Regiment, 1961) "Standing rules for officers' messes of the Royal Canadian Regiment" (Canada; Director of Artillery, ©1913) "A short history of the Royal Canadian Regiment, 1883–1964" (London Ont. : The