5th 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 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade was part of the 2nd Canadian Division and was formed from Battalions recruited in Eastern Canada. The brigade included the 22nd, 24th, 25th, and 26th Battalions and was commanded successively by Colonel J.P. Landry (May 1915 to August 1915), and Brigadier-Generals D. Watson (August 1915 to April 1916), A.H. Macdonell (April 1916 to July 1917), J.M. Ross (July 1917 to August 1918), and T.L. Tremblay (August 1918 to May 1919). The 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade was demobilized in May 1919.

Nicholson reports on the 5th Infantry Brigade on the following pages (see Matrix Nicholson Transcriptions):

Formation 110
Somme: 170-172, 179-180, 182-183
Vimy Ridge 254-255
Hill 70 287-288, 291
Amiens 402-403, 411-412
Sensee 430-431
Canal de l'Escaut 456-458

Sub-Components:

5th Infantry Brigade (WD Link)

	5th Trench Mortar Battery
	22nd Battalion (French Canadian), Mobilized at St. Jean PQ
	24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles of Canada), Mobilized at Montreal PQ
	25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), Mobilized at Halifax NS IP (Lane & Thierens)
	26th Battalion (New Brunswick), Mobilized at Saint John NB IP (Gordon)

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

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Wednesday November 26, 2008 08:16:18 PM -0500