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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
2nd 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 2nd Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles was raised
in Victoria from the 30th Regiment, British Columbia Horse.
Stewart reports that the battalion served in France and Flanders with
the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifle Brigade from September 1915 until January
1916 when it was reorganized and redesignated the 2nd Canadian Mounted
Rifle Battalion of the 8th Infantry Brigade.
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Library and Archives Canada:
The
predecessor of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifle Battalion, the 2nd
Canadian Mounted Rifles Regiment (CMR) was organized in December
1914 under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel C.L. Bott. Its
authorization was published in General Order 36 of 15 March
1915. The regiment was mobilized at Willows Camp, Victoria and
recruited from 30th B.C. Horse (Vernon) and Victoria Squadron of
Horse.
The regiment left Montreal on 12 June 1915 aboard MEGANTIC,
disembarking in England on 21 June 1915. Its strength was 28
officers and 605 other ranks. The regiment arrived in France on
22 September 1915 where it became part of 1st Brigade CMR. This
designation changed from regiment to battalion on the formation
of the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade on 1 January 1916. The 2nd
Canadian Mounted Rifle Battalion returned to Canada on 24 March
1919, was demobilized on 2 April 1919 and disbanded by General
Order 207 of 15 November 1920.
The battalion supported brass and bugle bands. The battalion
colours were donated by Mrs G.C. Johnston and presented at
Bramshott in March 1919 by Brigadier General D.C. Draper. The
regimental mascot was a bear named Winnipeg (See the Ottawa
Citizen, 13 June 1987).
The 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion was perpetuated by The
British Columbia Dragoons.
Nicholson reports on the 1st Infantry
Battalion on the following pages (see the Matrix
Nicholson Transcriptions):
 | Somme 172, 179 |
| Bois de la Folie 254-255 |
| Passchendaele 322-323 |
| Amiens 399, 415 |
Grandson
Michael: War Diary Extract: 2nd
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Norrette Moore is working on the War Diary transcriptions and
the provision of additional information. Please see the CEF
Link.
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Sub-Components:
Contribution:
Cap Badge image courtesy of 2nd
CMR, photo provided from his private collection for use on the
Matrix. Please do not copy or otherwise use this image without
the express written permission of the owner.
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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| 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) |
Secondary References:
Internet References:
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