Tag: 26th Battalion

26th Battalion (New Brunswick) organized in November 1914 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. McAvity 15 March1915. Mobilized at Saint John. Recruited in New Brunswick. Embarked from Halifax 15 June 1915 aboard CALEDONIA. Disembarked England 22 June 1915. With a strength of 42 officers, 1008 other ranks. Arrived in France 15 September 1915. 2nd Canadian Division, 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade. Reinforced by 13th Canadian Reserve Battalion.

Returned to England 11 April 1919. Arrived in Canada 16 May 1919. Demobilized 17 May 1919. Disbanded by General Order 149 of 15 September 1920. Pipe band. Brass band. Colours deposited in Trinity Church, Saint John on 7 May 1922. Perpetuated by The Saint John Fusiliers.