Christopher J. Harvie's excellent blog has a wealth of information and a recent post helps us understand the Canadian Expeditionary Force's Regimental System. “In Canada, the regiment is a formation of one or more units; existing almost exclusively for reasons of heritage, the continuance of battle honours and esprit de corps." Source: Link to Blog As an example,... Continue Reading →
Envy of Their Good Fortune
Several battalions of the C.E.F. were destined to be "reinforcing" battalions whose members trained in a battalion in Canada and then were used in reinforcing drafts to replenish other battalions. Since many of these battalions were many were locally/regionally raised with volunteers and then formed as a unit it must have been hard to be... Continue Reading →
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 