| Stewart reports that the unit was mobilized at
Valcartier Camp, Quebec with a strength of 1,119 men and was broken up to form a reserve
battalion to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in
the field. Love reports that the 11th
Infantry Battalion was redesignated the 11th Reserve Battalion
at Tidsworth, Salisbury Plain. Love further indicates that
the 11th Reserve Battalion, with a Manitoba affiliation,
trained the 45th, 61st, 88th, 90th, 100th, 151st, 184th, 197th,
200th, 221st and 223rd Battalions. The 11th Reserve
Battalion reinforced the 16th, 27th and 43rd Battalions in
France.
Meek notes that the unit was recruited from Prince
Albert, Moosejaw, Regina Saskatoon (Saskatchewan) and Winnipeg
(Manitoba). It was active in Canada from September 1914 to
October 3, 1914 and in
England from October 14, 1914 to April 29, 1915. Meek records state that the
11th was redesignated as the 11th Reserve Battalion and formed
part of the Canadian Training Depot and Tidsworth Barracks, on
the Salisbury Plain.
Nicholson reports on the 11th Infantry Battalion on the
page 22 (Chapter II: Forging the Weapon). The battalion
was part of the 4th Provisional Infantry Brigade which consisted
of three Prairie battalions (9th, 10th and 11th) and one from
Montreal and the Maritimes (12th). For details, please refer to the Matrix
Nicholson Transcriptions in the Matrix Utilities.
There are no records
listed at Library and
Archives Canada under the 11th Infantry Battalion but they were
subsequently located under the 11th Reserve Battalion in the Library
and Archives Canada files. These files include War
Diaries, Nominal Rolls and Part II Orders.
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