6th Infantry Brigade

Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group

Component:

Active Dates:

Contributors:

rlaughton

Theatre of Operations:

Major Battles:

Location of War Diaries:

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

Background:

Library and Archives Canada:

The 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade was part of the 2nd Canadian Division and was formed from Battalions recruited in Western Canada. The brigade included the 27th, 28th, 29th and 31st Battalions and was commanded successively by Brigadier-Generals H.D.B. Ketchen (May 1915 to April 1918), A.H. Bell (April 1918 to October 1918) and A. Ross (October 1918 to May 1919). The 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade was demobilized in May 1919.

Nicholson reports on the 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade on the following pages (see Matrix Nicholson Transcriptions):

Formation 110
St. Eloi Craters 140-143
Hooge 152-153
Somme 169-170, 176-178, 182-183
Vimy Ridge 256-257
Oppy-Mericourt Line 274, 276-278
Lens 293-295
Passchendaele 324
Amiens 402-404, 411-412

Sub-Components:

6th Infantry Brigade (WD Link)

	6th Trench Mortar Battery
	27th Battalion (City of Winnipeg), Mobilized at Winnipeg MN
	28th Battalion (Winnipeg), Mobilized at Winnipeg MN
	29th Battalion (Vancouver), Mobilized at Vancouver BC IP (Bostwick)
	31st Battalion (Alberta), Mobilized at Calgary AB IP (Leroux)

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:

	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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