4th 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 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade was part of the 2nd Canadian Division and was formed from Battalions recruited in Ontario. The brigade included the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st Battalions and was commanded successively by Colonel S.J.A. Dennison (May 1915 to June 1915), and Brigadier-Generals L.G.F.M. Lord Brooke (June 1915 to November 1915), R. Rennie (November 1915 to September 1918), G.E. McCuaig (September 1918 to February 1919), and R. Rennie (February 1919 to May 1919). The 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade was demobilized in May 1919.

Nicholson reports on the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade on the following pages (see Matrix Nicholson Transcriptions):

Formation 110
St. Eloi Craters 141, 142-143
Somme 169-170, 179, 182-183
Vimy Ridge 254-255
Fresnoy 278
Hill 70 287-288, 291
Amiens 402-403, 419
Iwuy Spur 459
Mons 479-480

Sub-Components:

4th Infantry Brigade (WD Link)

	4th Trench Mortar Battery
	18th Battalion (Western Ontario), Mobilized at London ON
	19th Battalion (Central Ontario), Mobilized at Toronto ON
	20th Battalion (Central Ontario), Mobilized at Toronto ON
	21st Battalion (Central Ontario), Mobilized at Kingston ON

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

This Page Last Updated On:

Wednesday November 26, 2008 08:15:54 PM -0500