Category: 2nd Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War I

Categories: Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War I | Governor General's Foot Guards, Canada | Second Battle of Ypres | Battle of Passchendaele

The battalion comprised local militia in many regions of Ontario (and even from Quebec City). Men came from as far away as Sault Ste. Marie to join in Canada's military endeavor. Local militia gathered at Valcartier, in August 1914 and became part of the 2nd Battalion. On 8 February 1915, the battalion was mobilized for war. They sailed out of England aboard the S.S. Blackwell, bound for France. The battalion's first taste of battle came later that month, on 19 February, when they entered the trench system at Armentières. Their first battle was the Second Battle of Ypres. The 2nd Battalion also fought at the battles of Ypres, St. Julien, Festubert, Pozières, Vimy (1917), Arleux, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, and Canal du Nord, to name only a few. By the end of the war, 242 officers and 5,084 other ranks had fought with the battalion. the 2nd Battalion was officially demobilized at Kingston, Ontario 24 April 1919 Casualties: 52 officers and 1,227 other ranks were killed in action, accidentally killed, missing or died of their injuries.

Also known as 2nd Canadian Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), CEF

Service

Canada: September 1914 - October 3, 1914

England: October 14, 1914 - February 8, 1915

France: February 11, 1915 - March 20, 1919

Canada: Returned aboard "Olympic"; sailed April 15, 1919; landed April 29, 1919

The Governor General's Foot Guards (GGFG) perpetuate the 2nd Canadian Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), CEF, and 77th (Ottawa) Battalion, CEF.

See:

• Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971.link to book

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Winnie the Bear

A

Albert Akhurst 12 Apr 1891 Greenbank, Scugog, Durham, Ontario, Canada - 05 Apr 1917

Samuel Armstrong 07 Mar 1897 Houghton Centre, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada - 20 Sep 1972

B

William Bibby 15 Feb 1883 Tiny, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada - 21 Aug 1917

Wilford Bradley 05 Aug 1896 Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada - 1988

C

Frederick Calderon 1874 London, England - 03 Apr 1916

Basil Connerty 24 Jul 1898 Athens, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada - 30 Aug 1918

D

Allan Davidson 06 May 1891 Kingston, Ontario, Canada - 16 Jun 1915

Nelson Dempsay 13 Feb 1896 Calabogie, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada - 22 Apr 1915

Samuel Dempsay 31 Mar 1894 Calabogie, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada - 10 Oct 1915

Edwin DeRusha 11 May 1896 Uxbridge Twp, Ontario, Ontario, Canada - 27 Sep 1918

Adolphus Dionne 02 Aug 1897 Trenton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada - 19 Dec 1916

F

Collin Farrington 28 Apr 1892 Athol, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada - 03 May 1917

G

Baxter Grant 16 Mar 1895 Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada - 29 Mar 1918

Wellington Griffiths 03 Oct 1894 Decew House, Decew Falls, Ontario, Canada - 16 May 1919

H

Matthew Howard 25 Jun 1880 Southport, Lancashire, England - 10 Sep 1916

K

William Kelso 01 Feb 1892 Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada - 22 Apr 1915

Thomas King 18 Apr 1888 Merrickville-Wolford, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada - 01 Aug 1916

L

Hilliard Lyle 21 Dec 1879 Arran, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada - 21 May 1931

M

Samuel McKinlay 02 Mar 1891 Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 22 Apr 1915

Malcolm McLean 29 Sep 1896 Reach Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada - 03 May 1917

N

William Nichols 21 May 1891 Sunderland, Brock, Durham, Ontario, Canada - 09 Sep 1916

O

Robert Owen 01 Aug 1888 Heydon, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom - 29 Jul 1917

P

George Perrault 03 May 1894 Brockville, Ontario, Canada - 13 Nov 1918

R

George Richardson 14 Sep 1886 Kingston, Ontario, Canada - 09 Feb 1916

S

Stanley Serpell 10 Oct 1893 Duloe, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 03 May 1917

Sydney Stevens 07 Nov 1890 Westmount, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 15 Jan 1945

T

Franklin Treadwell 12 Jul 1896 England, United Kingdom - 04 May 1917

V

Alexander Virgin 30 Nov 1895 Darling, Lanark, Ontario, Canada - 02 Nov 1974

Charles Virgin 30 Nov 1895 Darling, Lanark, Ontario, Canada - 01 Jul 1958

W

Willard Weedmark 24 Dec 1898 Westmeath, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

Abraham Wozencraft 22 May 1880 Abbey-Cwmhir, Radnorshire, Wales - 06 Jun 1916

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