Sorry about the lack of recent updates to this thread, but my primary source material was on loan to the University's Memorial Room for their research...
So here are the first three Infantry Regiments of the Reserves, by Order of Precedence:
Governor General's Foot Guards
Order of Precedence - 1
Founding – 1861 Civil Service Rifle Corps
Motto – Civitas et princeps cura nostra “Our country and ruler are our concern” (Latin)
Nicknames – none that I care to share
Marches – Qiuck March: Milanollo; Slow March: Figaro
Colonel-in-Chief – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Victoria Cross Recipient(s):
A/Cpl Leo Clarke
A/Major Okill Massey Learmonth
A/Cpl Filip Konowal
Battle Honours: (34)
Early History – 2
First World War – 21
Second World War - 11
Current Alliances:
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards (UK)
The Canadian Grenadier Guards
Order of Precedence - 2
Founding – 1764 1st Company, District of Montreal Militia
Motto – Honi soit qui mal y pense “Evil be to him who evil thinks” (French)
Nicknames – none that I know of
Marches – Quick March: British Grenadiers, The Grenadiers March (in quick time); Slow Marches: The Grenadiers March (in slow time), The Duke of York’s March, The March from ‘Scipio’
Colonel-in-Chief – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Victoria Cross Recipient(s):
Pte John Francis Young
Battle Honours: (31)
Early History – 1
First World War – 18
Second World War – 12
Current Alliances:
The Grenadier Guards (UK)
The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
Order of Precedence - 3
Founding – 1860 2nd Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada
Motto – In Pace Paratus “In Peace Prepared” (Latin)
Nicknames – none
Marches – Quick Marches: The Buffs, The Maple Leaf Forever; Slow March: Money Musk
Colonel-in-Chief – Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Mrs. Angus Ogilvy, GCVO, CD.
Victoria Cross Recipient(s):
Capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (member of local that preceed my chapter)
Cpl. Colin Fraser Barron
2Lt. Edmund de Wind
Lt. Charles Smith Rutherford
Lt. George Fraser Kerr
LCol. Wallace Boyd Algie
Sgt. Aubrey Cosens
Battle Honours: (43)
Early History – 2
First World War – 21
Second World War - 20
Current Alliances:
The Royal Green Jackets (UK)
The Queen’s Regiment (UK)
The Brigade of Gurkhas (Nepal)