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The First World War from Library Archives Canada; Remembrance: The First World War from Veterans Affairs Canada; Oral Histories of the First World War: Veterans 1914–1918 from Library Archives Canada; Official Histories – Free online PDF books on the C.E.F. Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine from The Department of National Defense
The history of Canada in World War I began on August 4, 1914, when the United Kingdom entered the First World War (1914–1918) by declaring war on Germany.The British declaration of war automatically brought Canada into the war, because of Canada's legal status as a British Dominion which left foreign policy decisions in the hands of the British parliament. [1]
The battalion was created on 2 September 1914 with recruits from "Military District 1" which was Western Ontario. The battalion set off for England on board the Laurentic berthed in Quebec. They arrived in England on 14 October 1914 with a strength of 45 officers and 1121 men.
The battalion recruited in central Ontario and was mobilized at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. [1] It embarked for Great Britain on 22 November 1915. It disembarked in France on 22 February 1916, where it fought as part of the 9th Infantry Brigade , 3rd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war.
A Canadian recruiting poster Painting:"Ghosts of Vimy Ridge". Although the corps was within and under the command of the British Expeditionary Force, understandably there was considerable political pressure in Canada, especially following the Battle of the Somme, in 1916, to have the corps fight as a single unit rather than have the divisions dissipated through the whole army. [3]
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The Generals: The Canadian Army's Senior Commanders in the Second World War (University of Calgary Press, 2005) online; Hayes, Geoffrey, Mike Bechthold and Matt Symes. Canada and the Second World War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp (2014) Henderson, Jarett, and Jeff Keshen. "Introduction: Canadian Perspectives on the First World War."
"Timeline: Australia in the First World War, 1914-1918". Australian War Memorial. "World War I: Declarations of War from around the Globe". Law Library of Congress. "Timeline of the First World War on 1914-1918-Online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War". 1914-1918-Online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War.