Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
World War I [note 1] Canada's Hundred Days: 46th Battalion, CEF: Saskatchewan Dragoons: Valenciennes, France: Saskatchewan [24] Frederick Campbell: 1915* World War I (trench warfare) 1st Battalion, CEF: Royal Canadian Regiment: Givenchy, France: Ontario [25] William Clark-Kennedy: 1918: World War I Canada's Hundred Days: 24th Battalion, CEF ...
The 8th Battalion was mobilized at Valcartier, Quebec on 24 September 1914. [1] [5] and was initially commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Louis James Lipsett.The battalion incorporated the 90th Regiment Winnipeg Rifles which had a history dating back to 1883, elements of the 96th Lake Superior Regiment as well as fresh recruits from Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba and Kenora and Port Arthur ...
The 10th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was a unit of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), specifically in the 1st Canadian Division from 1914 to 1919. The battalion participated in every major Canadian battle of the First World War, and set a record for the most decorations earned by a Canadian unit in a single ...
[3] [4] The unit fought in France and Flanders as part of the 4th Canadian Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division. [4] [5] Notable actions include the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, the advance along the Scarpe, Canal du Nord, Canal de l'Escaut and the advance to Mons in the Last Hundred Days. The battalion was disbanded in 1920.
It disembarked in France on 22 February 1916, where it fought as part of the 9th Canadian Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The 43rd returned home on the SS Baltic from Liverpool to Halifax, 20 March and after a civic welcome celebration, they were demobilized 24 March 1919. [1]
The 78th Battalion was authorized on 10 July 1915 and embarked for Great Britain on 20 May 1916. It disembarked in France on 13 August 1916, where it fought as part of the 12th Brigade, 4th Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the armistice. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920. [1]
The 26th Battalion (New Brunswick) CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. The 26th Battalion recruited throughout New Brunswick and was mobilized at Saint John, New Brunswick. [1] The 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF, is perpetuated by The Royal New Brunswick Regiment.
Around these figures are shields of Canada, Britain, and France. Large crosses adorn the outside of each pylon. [119] The First World War battle honours of the Canadian regiments, and a dedicatory message to Canada's war dead in both French and English are at the base of the pylons. The Spirit of Sacrifice is at the base between the two pylons ...