7th 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 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade was part of the 3rd Canadian Division and was formed on 22 December 1915. The brigade included Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, the Royal Canadian Regiment, the 42nd Battalion from Montreal and the 49th Battalion from Edmonton. The brigade was commanded successively by Brigadier-Generals A.C. Macdonell (December 1915 to February 1916), G.S. Tuxford (March 1916), F.O.W. Loomis (March 1916), A.C. Macdonell (May 1916 to June 1917), H.M. Dyer (June 1917 to September 1917), and J.A. Clark (September 1918 to April 1919). The 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade was demobilized in April 1919.

Nicholson reports on the 7th Infantry Brigade on the following pages (see Matrix Nicholson Transcriptions):

Composition 115, 134
Mount Sorrel 149-152
Somme 171-172, 184-185
Vimy Ridge 254, 256
Passchendaele 321-322
Amiens 399-400, 418
Marcoing Line448-449
Canal de l'Escaut 450-451, 470
Mons 477-478, 480-481

Sub-Components:

7th Infantry Brigade (WD Link)

	7th Trench Mortar Battery
	Royal Canadian Regiment (R.C.R.) , Mobilized at Halifax NS IP (O'Leary)
	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (P.P.C.L.I.), Mobilized at Ottawa ON War Diary Transcription Completed (Michael Thierens)
	42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Mobilized at Montreal PQ
	49th Battalion (Edmonton Regiment) , Mobilized at Edmonton AB IP (Hazel, Gauthier)

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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Wednesday November 26, 2008 08:17:13 PM -0500