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(last updated on Tuesday January 29, 2008 01:17:26 PM )

NOTES

(Nicholson 1)
  1. page 7, The Canadian Militia before 1914 - total authorized establishment 3,110 all ranks, 684 horses
  2. page 21-23, The First Contingent at Valcartier
  3. page 32-38, under the British Southern Command
(Duguid 2)
  1. updates for Nicholson information (seems to been a source of Nicholson text)
  2. Clearing Hospital (200 beds); Stationary Hospital (400 beds each); General Hospitals (1,040 beds each)
  3. page 147, 113 all ranks Kootenay Regiment transferred from 12th to 7th Battalion at Salisbury Plain
  4. page 149, 6th Battalion Fort Gary Horse to Cavalry Depot, 10th Battalion to replace 6th in 2nd Brigade

MAJOR ACTION / BATTLES

Pre-1914 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
South Africa Campaign Pre-War Structure 1 Training at Valcartier 2

Garrison Duty in Bermuda		 On the Salisbury Plain 3

1st Landings in France

Canadian Permanent Force and Militia
(note that we do not refer to Army Troops and Corp Troops until 1915)

Pre-1914 2nd Quarter
Pre-War Structure		 3rd Quarter
1st Contingent
Training At Valcartier		 4th Quarter
On Salisbury Plain
Mounted Rifles:
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Lord Strathcona's Horse		 Cavalry:
Royal Canadian Dragoons
  1st Squadron
  2nd Squadron
Lord Strathcona's Horse
  1st Squadron
  2nd Squadron		 Administration & Training:
(authorized to embark with 1st Contingent, September 1914)
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Lord Strathcona's Horse
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Brigade
(see these units in formation of Canadian Cavalry Brigade in England in Jan/Feb 1915)		 Divisional Headquarters:
(Lt.-Gen. Alderson)
    Divisional Mounted Troops:
Cavalry Service Squadron
  (from 19th Alberta Dragoons)
Cyclist Company		 Divisional Mounted Troops:
Cavalry Service Squadron
  (from 19th Alberta Dragoons)
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Lord Strathcona's Horse
Cyclist Company
Halifax Garrison:
name not given		 Artillery:
Royal Can. Horse Artillery
  1st Battery
  2nd Battery
Royal Can. Garrison Artillery
  Companies 1-5		 Artillery:
Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery
  Companies 1-5

Divisional Artillery:
1st Field Artillery Brigade
  3 Field Batteries
  1 Ammunition Column
1st Heavy Battery
  1 Ammunition Column

2nd Field Artillery Brigade
  3 Field Batteries
  1 Ammunition Column
1st Heavy Battery
  1 Ammunition Column

3rd Field Artillery Brigade
  3 Field Batteries
  1 Ammunition Column
1st Heavy Battery
  1 Ammunition Column

Divisional Ammunition Column

 Artillery:
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery
  Companies 1-5

Divisional Artillery:
1st Field Artillery Brigade
  3 Field Batteries
  1 Ammunition Column
1st Heavy Battery
  1 Ammunition Column

2nd Field Artillery Brigade
  3 Field Batteries
  1 Ammunition Column
1st Heavy Battery
  1 Ammunition Column

3rd Field Artillery Brigade
  3 Field Batteries
  1 Ammunition Column
1st Heavy Battery
  1 Ammunition Column

Divisional Ammunition Column
  Engineers:
  1 Field Company
  2 Fortress Companies		 Engineers:
(Col. C. J. Armstrong)
No. 1 Field Company
No. 2 Field Company
No. 3 Field Company 		 Engineers:
No. 1 Field Company
No. 2 Field Company
No. 3 Field Company 
    Divisional Signal Company:
 Divisional Signal Company:
    Divisional Train:
No. 1 Company Ottawa
No. 2 Company London
No. 3 Company Montreal
No.4 Company Winnipeg		 Divisional Train:
No. 1 Company Ottawa
No. 2 Company London
No. 3 Company Montreal
No.4 Company Winnipeg
    Divisional Army Service Corps:
Ammunition Park
Supply Column
Reserve Park
Railway Supply		 Divisional Army Service Corps:
Ammunition Park
Supply Column
Reserve Park
Railway Supply
    Machine Gun:
(Duguid page 73)
Automobile Machine Gun Brigade No. 1		 Machine Gun:
(Duguid page 73)
Automobile Machine Gun Brigade No. 1
Infantry Battalion:
Royal Canadian Regiment
(formerly the 2nd Special Service Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry)		 Infantry Battalion:
Royal Canadian Regiment		 1st Provisional Infantry Brigade:
(Lt. Col. M. S. Mercer)
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion
4th Battalion

2nd Provisional Infantry Brigade:
(Lt. Col. A. W. Currie)
5th Provisional Battalion
6th Provisional Battalion
7th Provisional Battalion
8th Provisional Battalion

3rd Provisional Infantry Brigade:
(Col. R. E. W. Turner)
13th Provisional Battalion
14th Provisional Battalion
15th Provisional Battalion
16th Provisional Battalion

4th Provisional Infantry Brigade:
(Lt. Col. J. E. Cohoe)
9th Provisional Battalion
10th Provisional Battalion
11th Provisional Battalion
12th Provisional Battalion

Surplus Infantry:
17th Provisional Battalion
18th Provisional Battalion
  (18th disbanded before filled)

 1st Provisional Infantry Brigade:
(Lt. Col. M. S. Mercer)
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion
4th Battalion

2nd Provisional Infantry Brigade:
(Lt. Col. A. W. Currie)
5th Provisional Battalion
6th Provisional Battalion
7th Provisional Battalion
8th Provisional Battalion

3rd Provisional Infantry Brigade:
(Col. R. E. W. Turner)
13th Provisional Battalion
14th Provisional Battalion
15th Provisional Battalion
16th Provisional Battalion

4th Provisional Infantry Brigade:
(Lt. Col. J. E. Cohoe)
(Brigade broken up January 1915)
9th Provisional Battalion
10th Provisional Battalion
  (see change 1st Q 1915)
11th Provisional Battalion
12th Provisional Battalion

Surplus Infantry:
17th Provisional Battalion
    Provincial Infantry Battalion:
(Lt. Col. F. D. Farquhar)
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry		 (see below: PPCLI to British Command)
    Ordnance Personnel:
 Ordnance Personnel:
    Can Army Medical Corps:
(Col. G. Carleton. Jones)
No. 1 Stationary Hospital
No. 2 Stationary Hospital
No. 1 General Hospital
No. 2 General Hospital
Casualty Clearing Station

Nurses:
(see Duguid page 69)

 Can Army Medical Corps:
(Col. G. Carleton. Jones)
No. 1 Stationary Hospital
No. 2 Stationary Hospital
No. 1 General Hospital
No. 2 General Hospital
Casualty Clearing Station
    Field Ambulance:
No 1. Company
No.2 Company
No. 3 Company		 Field Ambulance:
No 1. Company
No.2 Company
No. 3 Company
    Veterinary Section:
(post first contingent sailing)
  2 Veterinary Sections
  2 Mobile Vet Sections		 Veterinary Section:
(post first contingent sailing)
  2 Veterinary Sections
  2 Mobile Vet Sections
  Service & Admin:
Units not listed		 Service & Admin:
No. 4 Detachment, Canadian Postal Corps		 Service & Admin:
No. 4 Detachment, Canadian Postal Corps

Specialized Canadian Units

Pre-1914 2nd Quarter
Pre-War Structure		 3rd Quarter
1st Contingent
Training At Valcartier		 4th Quarter
On Salisbury Plain
    Canadian Aviation Corps
(Duguid page 73)		  
    Canadian Army Hydrological Corps and Advisors on Sanitation
(Duguid page 73)		  
    Bands
(Duguid page 73)		  

Canadian Units Attached to British Corps

Pre-1914 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter
Guard Duty in Bermuda		 4th Quarter
    Units Serving:
Royal Canadian Regiment
(relieved British 2nd Lincolns at Hamilton, Bermuda, 14 September 1914)

(RCR relieved August 17th 1915 by 38th Battalion)		 Units Serving:
Royal Canadian Regiment
(RCR relieved August 17th 1915 by 38th Battalion)

Provincial Infantry Battalion:
(Lt. Col. F. D. Farquhar)
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
(landed in France 21 December 1914 under British Command)
 

 

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