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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
178th Infantry Battalion |
| Active Dates: |
January 12, 1916 - March 16, 1917 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
Canada and England
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| Major Battles /
Battle Honours: |
AMIENS
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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 178th Infantry Battalion
"Canadien Français" was organized in Victoriaville,
Quebec in 1916. Meek reports that the unit was organized
Military Districts 4 & 5 and Eastern Ontario. The battalion
was reported to have arrived in England on March 16, 1917, where
it was absorbed into the 10th Reserve Battalion. Love
reports that the 10th Reserve Battalion reinforced the 22nd
Battalion in France.
See also the 233rd Infantry
Battalion which was absorbed by the 178th Infantry Battalion
after a number of casualties in a train wreck in Canada.
From Tighe
McManus's post on the Forum:
The 233rd was authorized on 15 Jul 1916, however they began recruiting on 27 Mar 1916. On
8 Feb 1917, the Battalion of 300 men was proceeding east by train from Edmonton when the train went off the tracks near Winnipeg, injuring at least 35 soldiers. Due to its small size the 233rd was absorbed by the 178th Battalion. The 178th with a strength of 20 Officers and 415 Other Ranks sailed for England on 4 Mar 1917 and was absorbed into the 10th Reserve Battalion.
Nicholson does not report on either
the 178th or the 233rd Infantry Battalions, nor are there any
reports on the Library and Archives Canada web site.
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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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