18th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group

Component:

18th Battalion

Active Dates:

March 15, 1915 - September 15, 1920

Contributors:

rlaughton

Theatre of Operations:

Canada: October 1, 1914 - April 18, 1915
England: April 29, 1915 - September 14, 1915
France: September 15, 1915 - April 3, 1919
Canada: returned May 14, 1919 (Coronia)

Major Battles/Battle Honours:

YPRES 1915, 1917; Festubert 1915; Mount Sorrel; SOMME 1916; FLERS COURCELETTE; Thiepval; Ancre Heights; Arras 1917; VIMY 1917; HILL 70: PASSCHENDAELE; AMIENS; Scarpe 1918; HINDENBURG LINE; Canal du Nord; CAMBRAI 1918; PURSUIT TO MONS; France and Flanders 1915-1918

Location of War Diaries:

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

Background:

Stewart reports that the 18th Battalion served in France with the 4th Infantry Brigade of the 2nd Canadian Division from September 15, 1915 until the armistice. Additional details are provided by both Love and Meek.

Nicholson reports on the 18th Infantry Battalion on the following pages (see the Matrix Nicholson Transcriptions):

	Festubert & Givenchy 110
	St. Eloi and Mount Sorrel 144
	Vimy Ridge 254
	Hill 70 288
	Amiens 402, 419
	Hindenburg Line to Cambrai 430

From Library and Archives Canada: (no write up found as of this date)

Sub-Components:

to follow

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.
	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
	Meek, John F. 1971. "Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Privately Published, Orangeville Ontario Canada.

Secondary References:

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 Collections

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