3rd Infantry Brigade

Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group

Component:

Active Dates:

Contributors:

rlaughton

Theatre of Operations:

Major Battles:

Location of War Diaries:

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

Background:

Library and Archives Canada:

The 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade was part of the 1st Canadian Division and was formed from Battalions recruited in Eastern and Western Canada. The brigade included the 13th and 14th Battalions from Montreal, the 15th Battalion from Toronto, and 16th Battalion from Vancouver. The Brigade was commanded successively by Brigadier-Generals R.E.W. Turner (September 1914 to August 1915), R.G.E. Leckie (August 1915 to February 1916), F.O.W. Loomis (March 1916) and G.S. Tuxford (March 1916 to May 1919). The 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade was demobilized in May 1919.

Nicholson reports on the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade on the following pages (see Matrix Nicholson Transcriptions):

Formation 22
Training in England 34, 36
Ypres 56-58, 62-63, 66-67,70, 72-81, 83-84
Festubert 98-100
Tor Top 150, 153
Somme 166, 176-178, 184-185
Zwolfer-Graben 254
Hill 70 287-288, 291
Luce Valley 400-401
D-Q Line 434-436, 447
Canal du Nord Blecourt 452

Sub-Components:

3rd Infantry Brigade (WD Link)

	3rd Trench Mortar Battery
	13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Mobilized at Valcartier PQ
	14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment), Mobilized at Valcartier PQ
	15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada), Mobilized at Valcartier PQ
	16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish), Mobilized at Valcartier PQ IP (Burns)

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.
	Stewart, C. H. 1970. "Overseas" The Lineages and Insignia of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914 -1919. Little & Stewart, Mission Press, Toronto, Canada.

Secondary References:

	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.
	Livesay, J. F. B. 1919. Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - Nov. 11, 1918. Thomas Allen, Toronto. (Available on the Internet as an Archive Download)

Internet References:

	Library and Archives Canada - Infantry Historical Records
	Grandson Michael: CEFSG Posting: Intelligence Reports - 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade

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