1st Infantry Brigade

Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group

Component:

Active Dates:

Contributors:

rlaughton

Theatre of Operations:

Major Battles / Battle Honours:

Location of War Diaries:

	Library and Archives Canada (WD Link)
	CEFSG War Diary Transcription (in progress = IP)

Background:

From Library and Archives Canada:

The 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade was part of the 1st Canadian Division and was formed from Battalions recruited in Ontario. The brigade included the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Battalions and was commanded successively by Brigadier-Generals M.S. Mercer (September 1914 to November 1915), G.B. Hughes (November 1915 to February 1917), W.A. Griesbach (February 1917 to February 1919), and G.E. McCuaig (February 1919 to April 1919). The 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade was demobilized in April 1919.

Nicholson reports on the 1st Infantry Battalion on the following pages (see the Matrix Nicholson Transcriptions):

Formation 22
Training in England 34, 36
Ypres 63, 68, 83
Regina Trench 183, 185
Vimy Ridge 256-257
Fresnoy 274-277
Passchendaele 324-325

Sub-Components:

1st Infantry Brigade (WD Link)

	1st Trench Mortar Battery
	1st Battalion (Western Ontario), Mobilized at Valcartier PQ
	2nd Battalion (Easter Ontario), Mobilized at Valcartier PQ
	3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment), Mobilized at Valcartier PQ IP (Jon430)
	4th Battalion (Central Ontario), Mobilized at Valcartier PQ

Primary References:

	Nicholson, G. W. L. 1962. Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War: Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919. Queens Printer and Controller of Stationary, Ottawa, Canada.
	Stewart, C. H. 1970. "Overseas" The Lineages and Insignia of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914 -1919. Little & Stewart, Mission Press, Toronto, Canada.

Secondary References:

	Curry, Frederic C., 1916. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian Brigade. McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, Toronto, Canada.
	Love, D. W. 1999. "A Call to Arms" The Organization and Administration of Canada's Military in World War One. Bunker to Bunker Books, Winnipeg & Calgary, Canada.
	Livesay, J. F. B. 1919. Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - Nov. 11, 1918. Thomas Allen, Toronto. (Available on the Internet as an Archive Download)

Internet References:

Library and Archives Canada - Infantry Historical Records

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Wednesday November 26, 2008 07:43:43 PM -0500