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The 207th
Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was a unit
raised for service in the First World War.
History
The 207th Battalion, CEF was
raised in Ottawa, Ontario. The unit received drafts of men
from the 43rd Regiment, Duke of Cornwall's Rifles, which
resulted in the unit being perpetuated after the war by that
regiment (after the war, the 43rd Regiment became The
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa). The unit recruited in
Military District 3 (Carleton County).1
References differ slightly on the eventual destination, but
not the fate, of the unit, which was broken up for
reinforcements for the Canadian Corps.2
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207th
Battalion, CEF |
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Raised:
15 July 1916
Strength: 652
Service: Absorbed by 6th Reserve Battalion
Disbanded: 15 September 1920
Perpetuated by: The Cameron Highlanders of
Ottawa |
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Battle Honours
General Order 123 of 1929 awarded "The
Great War, 1914-17" to the 207th Battalion.3
Notes
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Love, p.138
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Stewart says it
was absorbed by the 6th Reserve Battalion, Love says it was
absorbed by the 7th.
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Stewart lists several other honours:
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Mount Sorrel
Ancre Heights
Arras, 1917, 18
Ypres, 1917
Amiens
Drocourt-Quéant
Valenciennes
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Somme,
1916
Ancre, 1916
Vimy, 1917
Passchendaele
Scarpe, 1918
Hindenburg Line
Canal du Nord
France and Flanders, 1916-18 |
References
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Love, David W.
A Call to Arms: The Organization and Administration of
Canada's Military in World War One (Bunker to Bunker
Books, Calgary, AB, 1999) ISBN 1894255-03-8
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Stewart, Charles
H. Overseas: The Lineages and Insignia of the Canadian
Expeditionary Force 1914-1919 (Little & Stewart,
Toronto, ON, 1970)
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