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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
209th Infantry Battalion |
| Active Dates: |
1916 - 1920 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
The unit was not
active in battle.
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| Major Battles /
Battle Honours: |
YPRES 1915;,
1917; FESTUBERT 1915; 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 209th
Infantry Battalion (Swift Current, Saskatchewan) was organized
with a strength of 915 men in 1916. It was absorbed by the
21st Reserve Battalion to provide reinforcements for the
Canadian Corps in the field. Love reports that the
21st Reserve Battalion, with an Alberta affiliation, provided reinforcements to the 10th,
31st, 49th and 50th Battalions in France. The 21st also
trained the 137th, 138th, 151st, 175th, 187th, 191st, 192nd and
194th Battalions.
Meek notes that the unit was recruited from
Swift Current and Districts of Saskatchewan by authority granted
on July 15, 1916. Meek reports that the 209th was first
absorbed into the 9th Reserve Battalion, which Love reports was
subsequently absorbed by the 21st Reserve Battalion. The
209th was active in Canada from February 10, 1916 to November 3,
1916 and in
England from November 11, 1916 to January 4, 1917.
CEFSG Member Stonetown
adds new information:
If I understand the situation correctly,
the 209th sailed to England on 31 October 1916 and was
absorbed by the 9th Reserve Battalion on or about 5 December
1916. The 9th in turn was absorbed by the 21st Reserve
Battalion 2 January 1917.
Of the 915 men who sailed with the 209th, some 772 were posted
to infantry battalions in France: 10th (312), 28th (105), 31st
(22), 49th (157) and 102nd (176). There seems to be no pattern
to the postings. The 10th and 28th were from Military District
10 (Manitoba/Saskatchewan), the 31st and 49th from Military
District 13 (Alberta) and the 102nd from Military District 11
(British Columbia).
Nicholson does not report on the 209th
Battalion as it did not serve as an active unit.
From Library and
Archives Canada:
| There are 16 files at LAC, none of
which are available on-line. |
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Sub-Components:
War Diary Entries:
| no war diaries noted on LAC
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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. |
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