[1][4] The 10th or Royal Regiment of Toronto Volunteers was called out on active service from 8 to 31 March and from 1 to 22 June 1866.
The battalion served on the Niagara frontier and took part in the mopping-up operations after the disastrous Battle of Ridgeway.
The battalion served with General Middleton's column of the North West Field Force, until they returned from active service on 24 July 1885.
[1][4] On 6 August 1914, details of the 10th Royal Grenadiers were placed on active service for local protection duties.
[2] When the Canadian Expeditionary Force was raised, the 10th Royal Grenadiers contributed drafts to help raise the 3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment), CEF alongside those from The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and The Governor General's Body Guard.
For an undress uniform, officers of the 10th Royals wore a dark blue patrol jacket.
The undress headdress for other ranks and NCO’s consisted of the dark-blue Kilmarnock cap with brass numerals indicating the regimental number.
[4] When the battalion was redesignated as a regiment of grenadiers in 1881, the 10th Grenadiers adopted a full dress uniform similar to that of the Brigade of Guards in London and the Governor General's Foot Guards in Ottawa.