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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
236th Infantry Battalion |
| Active Dates: |
July 15, 1916 - 1920 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
Broken up to provide
reinforcements. |
| Major Battles /
Battle Honours: |
Mount Sorrel; Somme 1916; Arras
1917, 1918; Hill 70; Ypres 1917; Amiens; Hindenburg Line;
Pursuit to Mons |
| Location of War Diaries: |
 | Library and Archives Canada (WD
Link) |
| CEFSG War Diary Transcription
(in progress = IP) |
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Background:
any additional information will be inserted as received from
contributors
| Stewart reports that the 236th Battalion, known
as either the "New Brunswick Kilties" of the
"MacLean Highlanders" were formed with an initial
strength of 1,029 men. The battalion was broken up to
provide reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field, which
David Love's text says was to the 20th Reserve Battalion.
Love's text further reports that the 20th Reserve Battalion
reinforced the 13th and 42nd Battalions in France.
Stewart only reports that the brass and pipe band was absorbed
by the 20th Reserve Battalion, so some further review may be
needed on this aspect. All agree that the battalion was
perpetuated by the 1st Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick
Regiment.
Nicholson has no reports on the 236th Infantry Battalion,
so we can not report further on that aspect of the battalion.
You will find the
CEFSG Matrix report on the 236th Battalion as part of
the planned 5th Division in the 1917 ORBAT:
From Library and
Archives Canada we find that there are a number of entries, but
only the war diaries are on-line. For the other documents,
please see these details:
236th
Battalion, Library and Archives Canada
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For a non-combatant
battalion that is a significant number of entries, but
unfortunately they are not available on-line.
Please see the Internet
References below for a number of other references. One of
these is an in-depth review of the MacLean Kilties:
MacLean
Atlantic Kilties
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Sub-Components:
War Diary Entries:
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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| Meek, John F. 1971. "Over the Top!
The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Privately Published,
Orangeville Ontario Canada. |
Secondary References:
Internet References:
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