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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
42nd Battalion |
| Active Dates: |
July 1, 1915 - September 15, 1920 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
France and Flanders |
| Major Battles / Battle Honours: |
Ypres 1915, 1917; Gravenstafel;
St. Julien; Festubert 1915; Mount Sorrel; Somme 1916; Pozières;
Flers-Courcelette; Thiepval; Ancre Heights; Ancre 1916; Arras
1917, 1918; Vimy 1917; Arleux; Scarpe 1917, 1918; Hill 70;
Passchendale; Amiens; 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:
| The 42nd Infantry Battalion
served in the 7th Infantry Brigade of the Canadian 3rd Division
from February 16, 1916 until the Armistice in 1918.
From
Library and Archives Canada:
The 42nd Canadian
Infantry Battalion was organized in February 1915 under the
command of Lieutenant-Colonel G. S. Cantlie under authorization
published in General Order 86 of 1 July 1915. The battalion
mobilized and recruited in Montreal.
The battalion embarked at Montreal on 10 June 1915 aboard
HESPERIAN, disembarking in England on 19 June 1915. Its strength
was 40 officers and 978 other ranks. The battalion arrived in
France on 9 September 1915, becoming part of the 3rd Canadian
Division, 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade. It was later reinforced
by the 20th Canadian Reserve Battalion. The battalion returned
to England on 8 February 1919, arrived in Canada on 9 March
1919, was demobilized on 11 March 1919, and was disbanded by
General Order 149 of 15 September 1920.
The battalion colours were deposited in the 5th Regiment (Royal
Highland Regiment) Armoury in 1919. The battalion supported a
pipe band.
The 42nd Canadian Infantry Battalion was perpetuated by The
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.
Nicholson reports on the 42nd Infantry
Battalion on the following pages (see the Matrix
Nicholson Transcriptions):
Somme 141
Vimy Ridge 254, 256
Amiens 399, 418
Mons 479, 480, 481
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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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