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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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149th Battalion |
| Location of War Diaries: |
 | Library and Archives Canada (WD Link) |
| CEFSG War Diary Transcription
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Background:
The 149th Lambton County Ontario Battalion
was raised in Watford Ont. starting on Nov. 26-1915.
Training at Camp Borden commenced on July 8-1916 alongside
the 118th , 135th , 142nd , 153rd , 161st , 168th , and 186th
Battalions.
They sailed aboard the SS Lapland from Halifax and arrived
April 7-1917 at Liverpool England after striking a mine entering
the Mersey River. ( No Casualties ). From the Western Ontario
Regimental Depot in Brampton the Battalion was dispersed to the
following units:
| 1st Battalion of the 1st Division |
| 47th Battalion of the 4th Division |
| 18th Battalion of the 2nd Division ( Majority ) |
| 48th Battalion |
| 49th Battalion |
Commanding Officers of the 149th
Dr. Lt. Col. R.G.C. Kelly from Nov.26-1915 to Dec.12-1915 ,
Died suddenly of a stroke. Dec. 12 - 1915.
Dr. Lt. Col. Thomas P. Bradley from Dec. 12-1915 to Dec.26-1916.
Gave up command to go to Army Medical Corps.
Lt. Col. William Wallace Macvicar from Dec. 26-1916 to
disbandment in England.
Les Fowler's grandfather ( 149th Machine Gun Section ) was
sent to the 161st Huron County Battalion for 9 months
before going to the 47th Battalion in France and on to the 1st
CMMGB June 1918.
On a posting to the 149th
Battalion on the Forum member Stonetown reported the
following:
| The 149th provided 384 men to battalions in France: 1st (32), 18th (103), 49th (14), 43rd (13), 47th (130) and 2nd Pioneer (92).
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| Those posted to the 49th and 43rd may have been specialists (such as signallers) while those posted to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion may have had a medical category lower than
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