227th Battalon

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Component:

227th Infantry Battalion

Active Dates:

1916 - 1920

Contributors:

rlaughton, Al C, Lancer

Theatre of Operations:

This battalion did not serve as a unit in France or Flanders.

Major Battles / Battle Honours:

ARRAS 1917-18, HILL 70. Ypres 1917, AMIENS, HINDENBURG LINE, PURSUIT TO MONS.

Location of War Diaries:

Library and Archives Canada (WD Link)

Background:

Stewart reports that the 227th Battalion provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. Love reports it was absorbed by the 8th Reserve Battalion, which is also confirmed by Meek. Meek also reports the unit recruited from the Island of Manitoulin and Algoma, Ontario.

Note that Stewart does not report that the 27th was absorbed by the 8th Reserve Battalion, as noted below. As such, this page should perhaps be filed under the "Absorbed by Reserve Battalions" folder rather than this "Reinforcement Folder".

Nicholson does not report on the 227th Infantry Battalion.

From Library and Archives Canada: (web site down, check later)

CEFSG Member Lancer (Mark) provided this information on the Forum (see link):

Authority for formation, P.C.O.s 2067/2068 dated August 6, 1914 published in G.O. 69 dated July 15, 1916.
Recruited in districts of Sudbury, Algoma and Island of Manitoulin
Mobilized HQ at Algoma until mobilized at Camp Borden August 15, 1916.
Disbanded by P.C.O. 3187 dated April 11, 1918 published in G.O. 82 dated June 1, 1918.
Perpetuated by the 2nd Reserve Battalion, The Sault Ste Marie Regiment, then the The Sault Ste Marie and Sudbury Regiment (M.G.), not currently perpetuated.

CEFSG Member Al Craig summarized the information available at the same link:

Original Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col Charles Hugh LePailleur Jones
Reg No. Block: 1003001 - 1006000
Headquarters on mobilization: Sault Ste Marie, Ontario subsequently Hamilton, Ontario
Name/Nickname: Manitoulin and Algoma/ 'Men O' the North'
Recruited in: Manitoulin and Algoma Districts
Ship:Carpathia
Boarded:10/04/1917
Sailed: 12/04/1917
Sailed From: Halifax
Arrived:Liverpool
Arrived on:22/04/1917
Senior Officer on Sailing: Lieut-Col. C. H. LeP. Jones
Officers: 28
Other Ranks: 783
Absorbed By: 8th Reserve
Reinforced Battalions 54th, 58th, 102nd, and 116th

Sub-Components:

no details are available at this time

War Diary Entries:

this unit does not have a war diary

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.
	Stewart, C. H. 1970. "Overseas" The Lineages and Insignia of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914 -1919. Little & Stewart, Mission Press, Toronto, Canada.
	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
	Meek, John F. 1971. "Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Privately Published, Orangeville Ontario Canada.

Secondary References:

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)

Internet References:

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Library and Archives Canada - Infantry Historical Records

This Page Last Updated On:

Saturday March 21, 2009 09:53:55 AM -0500

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