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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Active Dates: |
August 6,1914 - September 15, 1920 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
France and Flanders |
| Major Battles / Battle Honours: |
Ypres 191, 1917; Gravenstafel;
St. Julien; Festubert 1915; Mount Sorrel; Somme 1916; Thiepval;
Ancre-Heights; Arras 1917, 1918; Vimy 1917; Arleux; Hill 70;
Passchendaele; Amiens; Scarpe 1918; Drocourt-Quéant Line;
Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Pursuit to Mons. |
| Location of War Diaries: |
 | Library and Archives Canada (WD
Link) |
| CEFSG War Diary Transcription
(in progress = IP) |
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Background:
From
Library and Archives Canada:
The 8th
Canadian Infantry Battalion was organized at Valcartier
under Camp Order 241 of 2 September 1914, and was composed
of recruits from Winnipeg and from the 96th Lake Superior
Regiment of the Active Militia. The battalion was commanded
by Lieutenant-Colonel L.J. Lipsett.
The battalion embarked at Quebec on 1 October 1914 aboard
FRANCONIA, disembarking in England on 14 October 1914. Its
strength was 47 officers and 1106 other ranks. The battalion
disembarked in France on 13 February 1915, becoming part of
the 1st Canadian Division, 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade. It
was later reinforced by the 18th Canadian Reserve Battalion.
The battalion returned to England on 23 March 1919,
disembarked in Canada on 4 May 1919, was demobilized on 8
May 1919, and was disbanded by General Order 149 of 15
September 1920.
The battalion had a bear for a mascot, but had no colours.
Its brass band played "Pork, beans and hard tack"
and used the instruments of the 125th Battalion.
The 8th Canadian Infantry Battalion was perpetuated by The
Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
Nicholson's text has a number of
references to the 5th Battalion on these pages (all of which is
now available on the Nicholson
Matrix):
Ypres 58, 72-73, 76-77, 82
Arleux 271
Hill 70 288-290 |
Sub-Components:
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.
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| Stewart, C. H. 1970. "Overseas" The
Lineages and Insignia of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914
-1919. Little & Stewart, Mission Press, Toronto, Canada.
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| 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.
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| 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) |
Secondary References:
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