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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
201st Infantry
Battalion |
| Active Dates: |
1916 - 1920 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
Canada February 4,
1916 - September, 1916
(no service in England or France as a unit) |
| Major Battles /
Battle Honours: |
none listed |
| Location of War Diaries: |
 | Library and Archives Canada (WD Link) |
| CEFSG War Diary Transcription
(in progress = IP) |
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Background:
| Stewart reports only that the
201st
was organized in 1916 and that it provided for
reinforcements to the Corp in the Field. Love reports that the
unit was disbanded in Canada and absorbed by the 10th and 198th
Battalions.
Nicholson does not report on the 201st Infantry Battalion.
From Library and
Archives Canada:
CEFSG member Mark Hopkins has prepared a
summary report on the 203rd Battalion (post
link):
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battalion was recruited in Toronto, Ontario with
mobilization authorized February 4, 1916 under the
authority of PCO 2067/2068 dated August 6, 1914 and
published in G.O. 69 dated July 15th, 1916. The 201st
Battalion was mobilized at Toronto, Military District
No.2, under the command of Lt. Col. E.W. Hagarty and
issued number block 228001-231000.
However,
the battalions’ inability to raise sufficient recruits
resulted in the battalion being disbanded in Canada and
the personnel being transferred into the 170th and 198th
Infantry Battalions. The 201st Battalion was disbanded
by Privy Council Order 1727dated July 12, 1918 and
published in G.O 98 dated August 1, 1918. The 201st was
not perpetuated.
Bibliography:
Administrative Histories, C.E.F. Battalions 1-260,
Canada, Department of National Defence, Directorate of
History, reference number unknown
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CEFSG Member canadawi
has noted newspaper articles referencing the 201st Battalion at
recruitment:
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Sub-Components:
| none listed |
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War Diary Entries:
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not available
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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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| Meek, John F. 1971. "Over the Top!
The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Privately Published,
Orangeville Ontario Canada. |
Secondary References:
Internet References:
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