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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
98th Infantry Battalion |
| Active Dates: |
23 November 1915 to 6 October 1916 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
Canada, 23 November 1915 to 8 July 1916
United Kingdom, 16 July 1916 to 6 October 1916 |
| Major Battles: |
None - unit absorbed |
| Location of War Diaries: |
 | Library and Archives Canada (WD Link) |
| CEFSG War Diary Transcription
(in progress = IP) |
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Background:
| Created by General Order 151 dated 22 December 1915 |
| Regimental Numbers: 21001 to 213000 |
| Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Alexander Rose of the 44th
"Lincoln and Welland" Regiment |
| Embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the SS Lapland, 8 July
1916
36 Officers and 1063 Other Ranks |
| Recruiting Area: Lincoln and Welland Counties, Ontario |
| Battle Honours: The Great War, 1916 |
| Absorbed by the 12th Reserve" Battalion on 6 October 1916. |
| Disbanded by Privy Council Order 1895 dated 17 July 1917. |
| Currently perpetuated by: The Lincoln and Welland Regiment |
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Sub-Components:
| A Company |
| B Company |
| C Company |
| D Company |
| Regimental Band |
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War Diary Entries:
none
Primary References:
| LCol William A Smy, OMM, CD, UE, Personal Communication
Library and National Archives of Canada
Record Group 9, Militia and Defence
Record Group 24, Department of National Defence
Record Group 150, National Defence
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment Museum
Regimental Orders, 44th Regiment
98th Battalion Records
Harold Jolliffe Papers |
Secondary References:
| LCol William A Smy, OMM, CD, UE, Personal Communication
Hanbury-Williams, Charles. "Creating the Canadian Army" In Canada in the Great World War, (Toronto, 1917). |
Rogers, R. L. The History of The Lincoln and Welland
Regiment(Ottawa, 1954).
Internet References:
| none |
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