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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
222nd Infantry Battalion |
| Active Dates: |
July 15,1916 - September 15,
1920 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
France and
Flanders |
| Major Battles /
Battle Honours: |
Ypres 1915, 1917;
Gravenstafel; St. Julien; Festubert 1915; Mount Sorrel; Somme
1916; Thiepval; Ancre Heights; Arras 1917, 1918; Vimy 1917;
Arleux; Hill70; Passchendaele; Amiens; Scarpe 1918; Drocourt-Quéant;
Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; 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 the 22nd
Infantry Battalion was absorbed by the 19th Reserve Battalion to
provide reinforcements in the field. The 22nd is
affiliated with the 10th, 61st, 101st and 225th Battalions and
is perpetuated by the Winnipeg Rifles of the Canadian Army
Militia.
Love shows the 222nd as being raised in
Military District 10 (Winnipeg). Love also shows that the
19th Reserve Battalion was subsequently absorbed by the 15th
Reserve Battalion and confirms that it trained the 222nd
Battalion.
There are no Nicholson reports for the
22nd Infantry Battalion, however there is considerable detail on
some the units that absorbed the men of the 222nd (10th, 60th).
Library and
Archives Canada shows a number of holdings for the 222nd
Infantry Battalion.
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Sub-Components:
War Diary Entries:
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none
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Primary References:
| 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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