28th Battalion (Northwest), CEF

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28th Canadian Infantry Battalion, CEF
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Divisional (2nd Division) and brigade designation of the 28th Battalion
Active1914–1920
Disbanded1920
CountryCanada
Branch Canadian Expeditionary Force
TypeInfantry
Part of6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division
Mobilization headquarters Winnipeg
Battle honours
List
  • Mount Sorrel
  • Somme, 1916, '18
  • Flers–Courcelette
  • Thiepval
  • Ancre Heights
  • Arras, 1917, '18
  • Vimy, 1917
  • Scarpe, 1917, '18
  • Hill 70
  • Ypres, 1917
  • Passchendaele
  • Amiens
  • Drocourt–Quéant
  • Hindenburg Line
  • Canal du Nord
  • Cambrai, 1918
  • Pursuit to Mons
  • France and Flanders, 1915–18

The 28th Battalion (Northwest), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 29 May 1915. It disembarked in France on 18 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division, in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920. [1]

28th Battalion marching past Sir Robert Borden. July, 1918 28thBattalionCEFWithRobertBorden1918.jpg
28th Battalion marching past Sir Robert Borden. July, 1918
28th Battalion establishing a signal station at the Battle of Vimy Ridge 28thBattalionCEFAtVimyRidge.jpg
28th Battalion establishing a signal station at the Battle of Vimy Ridge

The 28th Battalion originally recruited in Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and Fort William and Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario and was mobilized at Winnipeg, Manitoba. [2]

The battalion had five officers commanding:

The 28th Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:

The perpetuation of the 28th Battalion was assigned in 1920 to 1st Battalion (28th Battalion, CEF), The South Saskatchewan Regiment, and has been passed down as follows: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Department of National Defence (2018-11-06). "The Royal Regina Rifles". aem. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  2. Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971. ISBN   0906158109
  3. Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971. ISBN   0906158109
  4. Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971. ISBN   0906158109

Sources

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919 by Col. G.W.L. Nicholson, CD, Queen's Printer, Ottawa, Ontario, 1962