Reinforcements

Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group

Component:

Broken Up to Supply Reinforcements

Active Dates:

1914-1920

Contributors:

rlaughton (see individual page contributions)

Theatre of Operations:

see individual unit listings

Major Battles:

see individual unit listings

Location of War Diaries:

	Library and Archives Canada (WD Link Search Page)
	CEFSG War Diary Transcription (in progress = IP)

Background:

The units are listed here if the references showed that it was "broken up" or used to supply reinforcements, rather than shown as having been "absorbed" by other units. Some of these may move to another category when more information is received. If you know more, please submit that information.

For example, the 227th is listed by Stewart as providing reinforcements, other references say it was absorbed by the 8th Reserve Battalion.

Sub-Components:

	9th Battalion Mobilized at Edmonton AB, broken up to supply reinforcements
	11th Battalion Prairie battalion, redesignated 11th Reserve Battalion
	12th Battalion Montreal and Maritimes, redesignated 12th Reserve Battalion
	23rd Battalion (Royal Mounted Regiment), Mobilized at Montreal PQ, broken up to supply reinforcements - reorganized as 23rd Reserve Battalion
	33rd Battalion Mobilized at London ON, broken up to supply reinforcements, absorbed by 36th
	51st Battalion (Edmonton Regiment) originally 12th Brigade, 4th Division but broken up in England to supply replacements to units already in France
	60th Battalion (Victoria Rifles of Canada) , Mobilized at Montreal PQ *replaced by the 116th in April 1917, men of the 60th transferred to other battalions in the field
	113th Battalion (Lethbridge Highlanders) broken up at Sanding near Shorncliffe for reinforcements
	122nd Battalion (Muskoka Overseas), Mobilized at Huntsville ON, broken up in England for reserves
	142nd Battalion () absorbed members of 7th and 22nd Militia, broken up overseas to provide reinforcements to the Canadian Corps (see link)
	190th Battalion (), Mobilized at Winnipeg MN, broken up to provide reinforcements
	227th Battalion (Sudbury, Manitoulin, Algoma), Mobilized at Algoma ON, provided reinforcements in the field

Primary References:

	Stewart, C. H. 1970. "Overseas" The Lineages and Insignia of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914 -1919. Little & Stewart, Mission Press, Toronto, Canada.
	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
	Meek, John F. 1971. "Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Privately Published, Orangeville Ontario Canada.

Secondary 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.

Internet References:

Library and Archives Canada: Battalion Search Page
(search by appropriate number from this page)

This Page Last Updated On:

Saturday March 21, 2009 09:44:30 AM -0500