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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
| Active Dates: |
March 15, 1915 - November 15, 1920 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
France and Flanders |
| Major Battles / Battle Honours: |
Mount Sorrel; Somme 1916;
Flers-Courcelette; Ancre Heights; Arras 1917, 1918; Vimy 1917;
Hill 70; Ypres 1917; Passchendaele; Amiens, Scarpe 1918;
Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Cambrai 1918; Valenciennes. |
| Location of War Diaries: |
- Library and Archives Canada (WD
Link)
- CEFSG War Diary Transcription
(in progress = IP)
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Background:
Love reports that the 1st C.M.R. was raised in Brandon Manitoba from
the 5th Princess Louise's Dragoon Guards and the 22nd Saskatchewan Light
Horse.
Stewart reports the battalion served in France and Flanders with the
1st Canadian Mounted Brigade from September 21, 1915 until January 1,
1916, when it was reorganized and redesignated the 1st Canadian Mounted
Rifle Battalion.
Library
and Archives Canada:
The 1st Canadian
Mounted Rifle Battalion was organized in December 1914 under
General Order 36 of 15 March 1915. The battalion was mobilized
in Brandon, Yorkton (A Squadron), Brandon (B Squadron), and
Saskatoon (C Squadron) and was recruited from nine mounted
regiments in Military District 10. The battalion was under the
command of Lieutenant-Colonel H.I. Stevenson.
The battalion left Montreal on 12 June 1915 aboard MEGANTIC,
arriving in England on 21 June 1915. Its strength was 28
officers and 602 other ranks. The battalion arrived in France
on 22 September 1915, becoming part of the 1st Brigade
Canadian Mounted Rifles. Its designation was changed from
regiment to battalion with the formation of the 8th Canadian
Infantry Brigade on 1 January 1916. The battalion returned to
Canada on 20 March 1919, was demobilized at Brandon on 24
March 1919, and was disbanded by General Order 207 of 15
November 1920.
The battalion supported a brass and pipe band. The battalion
colours were presented at Bramshott in March 1919 by Brigadier
General D.C. Draper.
The 1st Canadian Mounted Rifle Battalion was perpetuated by
The Manitoba Mounted Rifles which converted to artillery in
1946. It was also perpetuated by The Saskatchewan Mounted
Rifles which, in 1936, amalgamated with the 16th Canadian
Light Horse to form The 16th\22nd Saskatchewan Horse.
Nicholson reports on the 1st Infantry
Battalion on the following pages (see the Matrix
Nicholson Transcriptions):
 | Mount Sorrel 149 |
| Bois de la Folie 254-255 |
| Amiens 399, 415 |
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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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