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Hi Carman;
Some details regarding the 27th Battalion and the 1st C.M.R. 27th (City of Winnipeg) Infantry Battalion, C.E.F. Point of Mobilization: Winnipeg, Manitoba Mobilization Authority: General Order No. 36/1915, Dated: 15th March, 1915 Military District 10 Recruiting Areas: Manitoba - Brandon, Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg Ontario - Rainy River and Kenora Service: Canada: 20th October, 1914 to 17th May, 1915 England: 28th May, 1915 to 17th September, 1915 France: 18th September, 1915 to 12th April, 1919 Returned Canada: 13th May, 1919, abroad the 'NORTHLAND' Effective Date of Disbandment: 15th September, 1920 Battle Honours: "Mount Sorrel"," Somme, 1916, '18'", "Flers-Courcelette", "Thiepval", "Ancre Heights", "Arras, 1917, '18'", "Vimy, 1917", "Arleux", "Scarpe, 1917, '18'", "Hill 70", "Ypres, 1917", "Passchendaele", "Amiens", Drocourt-Queant", "Hindenburg Line", "Canal du Nord", "Cambrai, 1918", "Pursuit to Mons", "France and Flanders, 1915-18" Victoria Cross Winners: Lieutenant R.G. Combe (Posthumous)(Dated: 27th June, 1917) Private J.P. Robertson (Posthumous)(Dated: 11th January, 1918) 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Regiment Point of Mobilization: Brandon, Manitoba Mobilization Authority: General Order No. 36/1915, Dated: 15th March, 1915 Military District 10 Recruiting Areas: Manitoba - Brandon Saskatchewan - Saskatoon, Yorkton Service: Canada: 5th November, 1914 to 12th June, 1915 England: 19th June, 1915 to 22nd September, 1915 France: 22nd September, 1915 to 1st January, 1916 Reorganized and Redesignated in France: 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1st January, 1916 (Formed from 1st C.M.R. and 3rd C.M.R., and drafts from England) Service: France: 1st January, 1916 to 13th Febuary, 1919 Effective Date of Disbandment: 15th November, 1920 Battle Honours: "Mount Sorrel", " Somme, 1916", "Flers-Courcelette", "Ancre Heights", "Arras, 1917, '18'", "Vimy, 1917", "Hill 70", "Ypres, 1917", "Passchendaele", "Amiens", "Scarpe, 1918", "Hindenburg Line", "Canal du Nord", "Cambrai, 1918", "Valenciennes", "France and Flanders, 1915-18" Cheers ![]()
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