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Old 27-03-03, 17:29
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Post Re: 27th Inf Bn - Follow-up

Hi Carman;

Found a few notes regarding the 27th (City of Winnipeg) Infantry Battalion, CEF, that you might be interested in. (Private Archibald James Viznaugh)

27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion

The 27th was the first independent battalion to be raised in Manitoba in the First World War, it was not affiliated with any established regiment of the Militia. It's only identity was in it's number (27). It was one of the many nameless Canadian battalions raised to conform with the new numbering system introduced by the than Defence Minister, Sam Hughes, in 1914.

Since the 27th Battalion had no name or identity, it appeared on the Army List as the 27th Battalion CEF. With this in mind, it's first Commanding Officer, Lt-Col. J.R. Snider, asked the mayor and city council of Winnipeg to adopt his nameless battalion, which they did, with the battalion going overseas in the spring of 1915, with the name 27th City of Winnipeg Battalion. On it's cap badge, the 27th carried the crest of the City of Winnipeg.

Through the war years, the battalion established itself as an outstanding fighting unit , winning 19 Battle Honours and two Victoria Crosses. After disbandment, the City of Winnipeg Battalion eventually disappeared totally, as it's veterans passed on, though the names of many of it's Fallen appear on the Next of Kin Monument on the Legislative grounds and many who survived the war are catalogued in Brookside Cemetary. The Memory of the 27th and it's remarkable war record, are only now preserved in the Battle Honours that were awarded to the Battalion.

Also an image of their cap badge in attached.

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