WW1: Sept 16, 1915

[Mark W. Tonner]

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