Category: Units
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Winnipeg Grenadiers in the Great War
The 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) led by Lieutenant-Colonel James Kirkcaldy. Two Victoria Crosses (Honey and Tait), the only surviving quadruple-amputee (Curley Christian) and the HALLU EIGHT, only a few of their incredible stories. 78th Canadian Infantry Battalion The 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) organized in July 1915 initially under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel James Bertram Mitchell,…
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No.2 Canadian General Hospital in the Great War
Le Tréport No.2 Canadian General Hospital stationed at Le Tréport on the coast of Normandy from March 1915 to March 1919 in the Great War. Hospital Centre During the Great War, Le Tréport an important hospital centre. No.3 General Hospital (Imperial) established in November 1914. No.3 stationed in the old hotel on the cliffs, next…
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22nd Battalion (French Canadian) in the Great War
Van Doos Royal 22e Régiment The 22nd Battalion (French Canadian) also known as Royal 22e Régiment, or more familiarly, The Van Doos (English translation of vingt-deux). Organized in October 1914 under the command of Colonel Frédéric-Mondelet Gaudet, CMG. Mobilized at St-Jean, Québec. Recruited throughout the province of Québec. Second in command, Lt-Col Charles Tarien Tarieu De Lanaudière.…
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No. 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station in the Great War
No.2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station organized in Toronto in February 1915 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel George Septimus Rennie. Casualty Clearing Stations were the closest facilities to the front lines that could provide surgical treatment. They cared for patients until they could be further evacuated to a General Hospital by Ambulance Train. Staff Lieutenant Colonel…
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61st Battery Canadian Field Artillery in the Great War
The Diary of the 61st Battery Canadian Field Artillery 1916 – 1919 The Lucky Battery In the following pages a partial (CEFRG: continuing) record of the daily activities of the 61st Field Battery. Written from day to day under circumstances and conditions of a widely varying kind. But, all these circumstances and conditions had this…
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No.3 Canadian General Hospital (McGill) in the Great War
No.3 Canadian General Hospital (McGill) in the Great War describes the origins of the unit beginning in August 1914 with Herbert Stanley Birkett, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University. The Call to Arms (4 August 1914 – 5 May 1915) Origins of No.3 Canadian General Hospital When war declared in August, 1914,…
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No. 1 Canadian Field Ambulance in the Great War
Background Information No. 1 Canadian Field Ambulance organized at Valcartier in September 1914 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Edward Ross. Seven times Mentioned in Despatches, LCol Ross eventually reaches the rank of Brigadier-General, serving as Director of Medical Services for the CEF. No 1 CFA left Quebec on 30 September 1914 aboard SS MEGANTIC,…
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8th (90th Winnipeg Rifles) Battalion in the Great War
The Little Black Devils of Canada HOSTI ACIE NOMINATI ‘The Little Black Devils of Canada’, 8th Canadian Infantry Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles). The black devil carries a trident and offers a chalice. Preserves the legend that during the North-West Rebellion soldiers referred to by the opposing forces as ‘little black devils’. Because of their almost…
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72nd (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada) Battalion in the Great War
The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, 72nd Battalion, 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade, Fourth Canadian Divisional Infantry, C.E.F. Colonel-in-Chief: His Royal Highness The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. Organization Seaforth Highlanders of Canada organized in September 1915 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel John Arthur Clark. Recruited and Mobilized in Vancouver. To Brig.-Gen. John…
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The Dumbells Concert Party in the Great War
War is a Drag Sports competitions and entertainment were the means of restoring morale among troops behind the front lines. Each division had their own comedy troupes, with many regiments having their own. There were close to 40 comedy troupes entertaining the Canadian Corps during the Great War. The Dumbells Concert Party is the first…