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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
150th Infantry Battalion |
| Active Dates: |
1915 - 1920 |
| Contributors: |
rlaughton, Rustymusket
(badge and posters) |
| Theatre of Operations: |
Not an
active unit.
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| Major Battles /
Battle Honours: |
YPRES 1915, 1917;
FESTUBERT 1915; SOMME 1916; ARRAS 1917; 1918; HILL 70; AMIENS; Hindenburg
Line; PURSUIT TO MONS
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| 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 the 150th
was organized with a strength of 515 men and that it was
absorbed by the 10th Reserve Battalion to provide for
reinforcements in the field.
Love reports that the
10th Reserve Battalion, with a Quebec affiliation, trained the
41st, 57th, 69th, 150th, 163rd, 178th, 189th and 258th
Battalions and provided reinforcements to the 22nd
Battalion in France.
Meek notes that the unit was recruited
from the Montreal area of Quebec by authority granted December
22, 1915.. It was active in Canada from November 26, 1915 to
September 27, 1916 and in
England from October 6, 1916 to February 19, 1918. Meek records state that the
150th Battalion provided men to the14th, 22nd, 24th and 87th
Infantry Battalions, as well as to the 5th Canadian Mounted
Rifles (note: Stewart only reports on men sent to the 22nd
Battalion). |
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Nicholson does not report on the 150th
Battalion as it was not active in battle.
From Library and
Archives Canada:
| 15 files, none of which are on-line |
However, strangely enough the LAC records
do say that there are War
Diaries of the 150th Battalion, so a manual search of the
LAC records, or an off-line order request, might reveal some
interesting information.
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Sub-Components:
War Diary Entries:
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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