{"id":3277,"date":"2016-10-15T21:50:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T01:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strathroycaradoclions.ca\/?page_id=3277"},"modified":"2016-10-15T21:50:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T01:50:29","slug":"1st-canadian-infantry-battalion-western-ontario","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/1st-canadian-infantry-battalion-western-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"1st Canadian Infantry Battalion (Western Ontario)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<b>1st Canadian Infantry Battalion<\/b>\u00a0was a\u00a0<a title=\"Battalion\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battalion\">battalion<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a title=\"Canadian Expeditionary Force\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_Expeditionary_Force\">Canadian Expeditionary Force<\/a>\u00a0that saw service in the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"First World War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_World_War\">First World War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/images-of-wwi-battalions\/\">battalion<\/a> was created on 2 September 1914 with recruits from &#8220;Military District 1&#8221; which was Western\u00a0<a title=\"Ontario\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ontario\">Ontario<\/a>. The battalion set off for England on board the\u00a0<i>Laurentic<\/i>\u00a0berthed in Quebec. They arrived in England on 14 October 1914 with a strength of 45 officers and 1121 men. The battalion became part of the\u00a0<a title=\"1st Canadian Division\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1st_Canadian_Division\">1st Canadian Division<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"1st Canadian Infantry Brigade\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1st_Canadian_Infantry_Brigade\">1st Canadian Infantry Brigade<\/a>\u00a0where it saw action at Ypres and along the\u00a0<a title=\"Western Front (World War I)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Front_(World_War_I)\">Western Front<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The battalion returned to Canada on 21 April 1919, was demobilized on 24 April 1919, and disbanded soon after. The 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion was initially perpetuated by\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"The Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Canadian_Fusiliers_(City_of_London_Regiment)\">The Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)<\/a>, and is currently perpetuated by\u00a0<a title=\"The Royal Canadian Regiment\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Royal_Canadian_Regiment\">The Royal Canadian Regiment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1st_(Western_Ontario)_Battalion\">Wikipedi<\/a>a]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a01st Canadian Infantry Battalion\u00a0was a\u00a0battalion\u00a0of the\u00a0Canadian Expeditionary Force\u00a0that saw service in the\u00a0First World War. 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