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42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF

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The 42nd Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 10 June 1915. It disembarked in France on 9 October 1915, where it fought as part of the
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Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
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Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919 by Col. G.W.L. Nicholson, CD, Queen's Printer, Ottawa, Ontario, 1962
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was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 12 August 1918 at Parvillers, France.
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was a member of the battalion, and wrote two books of memoirs on his war experiences:
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until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920.
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The 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF, is perpetuated by
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List of infantry battalions in the Canadian Expeditionary Force
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The 42nd Battalion recruited in and was mobilized at Montreal.
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The 42nd Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:
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Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War.
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Lt-Col. R.L.H. Ewing, DSO, MC, 3 August 1918-Demobilization
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Lt-Col. B. McLennan, DSO, 6 April 1917 – 3 August 1918
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The 42nd Battalion C.E.F. Royal Highlanders of Canada
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Lt-Col. G.S. Cantlie, 10 June 1915 – 24 December 1916
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Maj. R.L.H. Ewing, 24 December 1916 – 2 January 1917
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The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
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Maj. S.C. Norsworthy, 2 January 1917 – 6 April 1917
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Index

42nd Battalion, CEF

Canadian Expeditionary Force
Infantry
Battalion
Montreal
First World War
infantry
battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Great War
7th Canadian Brigade
3rd Canadian Division
France and Flanders
Victoria Cross
Thomas Dinesen
Will R. Bird
MOUNT SORREL
SOMME, 1916
Flers-Courcelette
Ancre Heights
ARRAS, 1917
'18
Vimy, 1917
Arleux
HILL 70
Ypres, 1917
Passchendaele
AMIENS
SCARPE, 1918

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