53rd Battalion (Northern Saskatchewan), CEF

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53rd Battalion, CEF
Active1914–17
Disbanded1917
CountryCanadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada
Branch Canadian Expeditionary Force
TypeInfantry
Mobilization headquartersWinnipeg
Theatre of war honourThe Great War, 1916–17
Commanders
Commanding officerLt-Col R.M. Dennistoun

The 53rd Battalion (Northern Saskatchewan), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 53rd Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 29 March 1916. It provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field until it was disbanded on 12 October 1917. [1]

The 53rd Battalion recruited in Prince Albert, Saskatoon, the Battlefords and Melfort, Saskatchewan, and was mobilized at Winnipeg, Manitoba. [2]

The 53rd Battalion was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel R.M. Dennistoun from 1 April 1916 to 1 August 1916. [2]

The 53rd Battalion was awarded the theatre of war honour The Great War, 1916–17. [2]

The perpetuation of the 53rd Battalion was initially assigned in 1922 to 2nd Battalion (53rd Battalion, CEF) The North Saskatchewan Regiment (in Prince Albert), and because of a series of reorganizations and amalgamations it is now perpetuated by The North Saskatchewan Regiment. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The North Saskatchewan Regiment". Official Lineages. Vol. 3, Part 2: Infantry Regiments. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  2. 1 2 3 Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971. ISBN   0-906158-10-9

Sources

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