Tag: 24th Battalion

24th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment) organized in October 1914 under the Command of Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Gunn. Mobilized at Montreal and recruited in Montreal. Embarked from Montreal 11 May 1915 aboard CAMERONIA. Disembarked England 20 May 1915, with a strength of 42 officers, 1089 other ranks. Arrived in France 15 September 1915 with the 2nd Canadian Division, 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade, and later reinforced by 23rd Canadian Reserve Battalion.

1918-12-13 3522426 O-3901 PA-003777 24th Canadian Infantry Battalion passing the Corps Commander on Bonn Bridge (Rheinbrücke at Bonn). December 13, 1918 — 24th Canadian Infantry Battalion passing the Corps Commander on Bonn Bridge (Rheinbrücke at Bonn). December 13, 1918. MIKAN No. 3522426

Returned to England 8 April 1919. Disembarked in Canada 16 May 1919. Demobilized 17 May 1919. Disbanded by General Order 149 of 15 September 1920. Brass band: “The Victoria Rifles March”. Colours deposited in Church of St. James the Apostle, Montreal, in 1919. Published a photographic record, 1914 – 1915. Perpetuated by The Victoria Rifles of Canada.

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