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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
81st Infantry Battalion |
| Active Dates: |
15 August 1915 to 6 July 1916 |
| Theatre of Operations: |
Canada, 15 August 1915 to 28 April 1916
England, 1 May 1916 to 6 July 1916 |
| Major Battles: |
none - unit absorbed |
| Location of War Diaries: |
 | Library and Archives Canada (WD Link) |
| CEFSG War Diary Transcription
(in progress = IP) |
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Background:
| Created by General Order 103a dated 15 August 1915 |
| Recruiting Area; Toronto and area |
| Regimental Numbers: 157001 to 160000 |
| Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Berkeley Henry Belson of the 19th
"Lincoln Regiment |
| Embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia, on RMS Olympic, 28 April
1916
37 Officers and 1073 Other Ranks |
| Absorbed in England by the 35th ‘Reserve" Battalion, CEF, on 6 July 1916. |
| Disbanded by Privy Council Order 2019 dated 27 July 1917. |
| Battle Honours: The Great War, 1916 |
| Currently perpetuated by: The Lincoln and Welland Regiment |
| VC Winner: Corporal Graham Thomson Lyall, earned as a Lieutenant while serving in the 102nd Battalion (see internet reference). |
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Sub-Components:
| A Company |
| B Company |
| C Company |
| D Company |
| Regimental Band |
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War Diary Entries:
none
Primary References:
| LCol William A. Smy, OMM, CD, UE, Personal Communication
Library and National Archives of Canada
Record Group 9, Militia and Defence
Record Group 24, Department of National Defence
Record Group 150, National Defence
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment Museum
81st Battalion Records |
Secondary References:
| LCol William A. Smy, OMM, CD, UE, Personal Communication
Duguid, A. Fortescue. Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914-1919 (Ottawa, 1938
Hanbury-Williams, Charles. "Creating the Canadian Army" In Canada in the Great World War, (Toronto, 1917).
Rogers, R. L. The History of The Lincoln and Welland Regiment(Ottawa, 1954). |
Internet References:
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