Tag: 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles organized in December 1914 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel H. I. Stevenson. Authorization published in General Order 36 of 15 March 1915. Mobilized at Brandon “A” Squadron at Yorkton, “B” Squadron at Brandon, and “C” Squadron at Saskatoon.
Recruited from nine mounted regiments in MD 10. Left Montreal 12 June 1915 aboard MEGANTIC. Arrived in England 21 June 1915. Strength: 28 officers, 602 other ranks. Arrived in France 22 September 1915. 1st brigade Canadian Mounted Rifles. Designation changed from regiment to battalion on formation of 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 1 January 1916.

This shows a temporary cemetery, with temporary crosses erected to members of the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles. The graves are (from left to right): pvt. Charles L. Jost (service no. 292378), an automobile mechanic who enlisted in Carman, MA, and was killed 06/06/1917; an unknown soldier; Pvt. Mark Cockle, (service no. 187549), a farmer from Drinkwater, SA, killed the 10th of April, 1917; Sergeant Augustine E. Lambert, (service no. 114600), killed sometime between April 7th and 10th, 1917; and a Lieutenant whose name is hidden. MIKAN No. 3403347

Returned to Canada 20 March 1919. Demobilized at Brandon on 24 March 1919. Disbanded by General Order 207 of 15 November 1920. Brass and pipe bands. Colours presented at Bramshott in March 1919 by Brigadier-General D. C. Draper. Perpetuated by The Manitoba Mounted Rifles which converted to artillery in 1946. Also perpetuated by The Saskatchewan Mounted Rifles which, in 1936, amalgamated with the 16th Canadian Light Horse to form The 16th\22nd Saskatchewan Horse.

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