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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
47th Battalion |
| Active Dates: |
Canada: February 15, 1915 - November 13, 1915
England: November 16, 2925 - August 10, 1916
France: August 11, 1916 - April 27, 1919
Canada: returned Empress of Britain May 28, 1919 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
Canada, England, France and Flanders |
| Major Battles / Battle
Honours: |
Mount Sorrel; SOMME
1916; Ancre Heights; Ancre 1916; Arras 1917, 1918; VIMY 1917,
HILL 70; YPRES 1917; PASSCHENDAELE; AMIENS; Scarpe 1918; DROCOURT-QUÉANT;
Hindenburg Line; CANAL DU NORD; VALENCIENNES |
| Location of War Diaries: |
 | Library and Archives Canada (WD
Link) |
| CEFSG War Diary Transcription
(in progress = IP) |
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Background:
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Stewart reports that the 47th Infantry Battalion served in
France and Flanders with the 10th Infantry Brigade of the 4th
Canadian Division from August 11, 1916 until the Armistice. Love
and Meek texts agree with the information shown.
Nicholson
reports on the activities of the 4th Infantry Battalion as
follows:
| Lens 294-295 |
| Valenciennes 473 |
| Raids 189, 234, 280 |
Library
and Archives Canada information states the following:
The 47th Canadian Infantry Battalion was
organized in February 1915 under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel W.N. Winsby, under authorization published in
General Order 86 of 1 July 1915. The battalion was mobilized in
New Westminster and recruited in New Westminster, Vancouver and
Victoria.
Three drafts comprising 5 officers and 250 other ranks, 4
officers and 244 other ranks, and 5 officers and 249 other ranks
were sent to England on 17 June, 24 June and 1 October 1915. The
battalion itself embarked at Montreal on 13 November 1915 aboard
MISSINABIE, disembarking in England on 22 November 1915. Its
strength was 36 officers and 1115 other ranks. The battalion
arrived in France on 10 August 1916, becoming part of the 4th
Canadian Division, 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade. It was later
reinforced by the 24th Canadian Reserve Battalion. The battalion
returned to England on 28 April 1919, disembarked in Canada on 4
June 1919, was demobilized on 6 June 1919, and was disbanded by
General Order 149 of 15 September 1920.
The battalion published the "Weekly Chronicle of the 47th
Battalion" for one year, beginning on 3 July 1915. It also
published a photographic record for the years 1914 and 1915. The
battalion supported brass, pipe and bugle bands. Its regimental
air was "Brigade march of the 56th French". The
battalion colours were presented by the people of New
Westminster and were deposited in the armouries in 1919.
The 47th Canadian Infantry Battalion was perpetuated by The
Westminster Regiment.
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Sub-Components:
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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| 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) |
Secondary References:
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