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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
15th Battalion |
| Active Dates: |
August 6, 1914 - September 15, 1920 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
France and Flanders |
| Major Battles / Battle Honours: |
Ypres 1915, 1917;
Gravenstafel; St. Julien; Festubert 1915; Mount Sorrel; Somme
1916; Pozières; Thiepval; Ancre heights; Arras 1917, 1918; Vimy
1917; Arleux; Scarpe 1917, 1918; Hill 70; Passchendaele; Amiens;
Drocourt-Quéant; Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Pursuit to
Mons. |
| Location of War Diaries: |
 | Library and Archives Canada (WD
Link) |
| CEFSG War Diary Transcription
(in progress = IP) |
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Background:
| The 15th Infantry Battalion
served in the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 1st Canadian Division
from February 15, 1915 until the Armistice.
Nicholson reports on the 1st Infantry
Battalion on the following pages (see the Matrix
Nicholson Transcriptions):
Ypres 15, 71-75
Mount Sorrel 151, 153
Kenora Trench 176-177
Hugo Trench 288
From
Library and Archives Canada:
The 15th Canadian
Infantry Battalion was organized at Valcartier under Camp
Order 241 of 2 September 1914, and was composed of recruits
from Toronto area. The battalion was commanded by
Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Currie.
The battalion embarked at Quebec on 3 October 1914 aboard
MEGANTIC, disembarking in England on 14 October 1914. Its
strength was 46 officers and 1109 other ranks. The battalion
disembarked in France on 14 February 1915, becoming part of
the 1st Canadian Division, 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade. It
was later reinforced by the 5th Canadian Reserve Battalion.
The battalion returned to England on 24 March 1919,
disembarked in Canada on 7 May 1919, was demobilized on 10 May
1919, and was disbanded by General Order 149 of 15 September
1920.
The battalion's mascot was a dog named Bruno. The battalion
air was "Hielan Laddie". The battalion colours were
turned over to the 48th Highlanders in 1919.
The 15th Canadian Infantry Battalion was perpetuated by The
48th Highlanders of Canada.
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Primary 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.
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| Stewart, C. H. 1970. "Overseas" The
Lineages and Insignia of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914
-1919. Little & Stewart, Mission Press, Toronto, Canada.
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| 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. |
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