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| Component: |
197th Battalion |
| Active Dates: |
July 15, 1917 - September 15, 1920 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
Canada: February 1, 1916 - January 26, 1917
England: ended February 6, 1917
France: no service as a unit |
| Major Battles / Battle Honours: |
none |
| Location of War Diaries: |
 | Library and Archives Canada (WD Link) |
| CEFSG War Diary Transcription
(in progress = IP) |
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Background:
| Stewart reports that the 197th
Infantry Battalion was known as the "Vikings of
Canada". Organized in 1916 in Winnipeg, Manitoba it
had only a strength of 306 when it was absorbed by the 11th
Reserve Battalion to provide reinforcements in the field, as
also confirmed by Love. Meek added only the dates of
service as noted above.
The 11th Reserve Battalion is reported by
Love as having trained the 197th. From there the 11th
Reserve sent reinforcements to the 16th, 27th and 43rd
Battalions in France.
As the unit did not serve in France as a
unit, there is no mention in Nicholson nor Livesay.
The following records are available at
Library and Archives Canada but not on-line:
See notes and photographs on Forum Posting: 197th
Battalion "Vikings of Canada"
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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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Internet References:
| none found that were not references to the texts noted |
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