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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
148th Infantry Battalion |
| Active Dates: |
December 22, 1915 - September
15,1920 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
Canada November
1915 - September 1916
England October 1916 - January 1917
France - n/a |
| Major Battles /
Battle Honours: |
Arras 1917, 1918;
Hill 70; Ypres 1917; Amiens; Hindenburg Line; 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:
| Stewart reports that 148th
Battalion was organized in 1915 with an initial strength of 953
men. The battalion was absorbed by the 20th Reserve
Battalion and thus did not see active service in France as a
unit. Battle Honours are attributed by the appearance of
men from the original men in those battles with a serving
unit. The battalion is perpetuated by the McGill
University Contingent of the Canadian Officers Training Corps
(C.O.T.C.).
Love reports that the 20th Reserve
Battalion, with a Quebec affiliation, trained the 148th
Battalion and reinforced the 13th and 42nd Battalion in
France. As such you can refer to the 13th and 42nd
Battalions for further details of action in France for the men
of the 148th Battalion. For individual soldiers, please
consult their service file to confirm which unit they served
after departing the 148th.
Library and
Archives Canada Textual Records
Although a search for
the 148th Infantry Battalion did not provide a textual record, a
reference was found for the 148th Reserve Battalion. There are
no other known references for such a Reserve Battalion and the
information provided at LAC parallels that found elsewhere for
the 148th Battalion. The text states as follows:
The 148th Canadian Reserve Battalion
was organized in November 1915 under the command of Lt.-Col. A.A.
Magee. Its authorization was published in General Order 151 of
22 December 1915 (authority: Resolution of Corporation and
Military Committee of McGill University, Dec. 8, 1915). The
battalion mobilized at Montreal and recruited in the Montreal
district. It was affiliated with the McGill University
Contingent, Canadian Officers Training Corps. The 148th Canadian
Reserve Battalion embarked from Halifax 27 September 1916 aboard
the LACONIA. It disembarked in England 6 October 1916 with a
strength of 32 officers and 951 other ranks. In December 1916
drafts of 178 went to the 24th Battalion, 57 to the 14th
Battalion and 20 to the 60th Battalion. The battalion was
absorbed by the 20th Canadian Reserve Battalion on 8 January
1917 and was disbanded 4 August 1917 by P.C. 1895 of 17 July
1917. Its colours were donated and presented by Mrs. Gavin
Ogilvie on 7 March 1917 and were deposited in the Redpath
Library, McGill University. The 148th Canadian Reserve Battalion
was perpetuated by the McGill University COTC.
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and Archives Canada has files on a number of the units
that served in the Great War. For the 148th
Battalion, the only on-line detail is the photograph of
the Officers of the 148th Battalion.
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click
on photo for full scale
Officers of the 148th Overseas Battalion
From Library and Archives Canada Digital Collection |
There are no direct references in
Nicholson to the 148th Battalion, however it references
the battles for which the 148th received Battle Honours (see the Matrix
Nicholson Transcriptions).
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Sub-Components:
| no details available |
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War Diary Entries:
| no war diary |
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. |
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