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Valcartier Camp, Quebec with a strength of 1,028 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 12th Reserve Battalion
at Tidsworth, Salisbury Plain. Love further indicates that
the 12th Reserve Battalion, with a Central Ontario
affiliation (see conflict with Meek's report),
trained the 83rd, 91st, 98th, 109th, 116th, 129th, 130th, 134th,
146th, 166th, 170th, 234th and 255th Battalions. The 12th Reserve
Battalion reinforced the 3rd, 15th, 20th and 75th Battalions in
France.
Meek notes that the unit was recruited from
Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. 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
12th was redesignated as the 12th Reserve Battalion and formed
part of the Canadian Training Depot and Tidsworth Barracks, on
the Salisbury Plain.
Nicholson reports on the 12th 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
Montrteal 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 12th Infantry Battalion but they were
subsequently located under the 12th Reserve Battalion in the Library
and Archives Canada files. These files include War
Diaries, Nominal Rolls and Part II Orders.
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