106th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF

Canadian Expeditionary Force unit January 2023 April 2021 106th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF 1915–1917 Canada 23px Canada 23px Infantry Battalion Truro, Nova Scotia None So Reliable World War I Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Innes The 106th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Truro, Nova Scotia, with two additional companies in Pictou and Springhill, the unit began recruiting on 18 November 1915. The battalion was the first rifle regiment in Maritime Canada. The battalion sailed to England on 16 July 1916 and trained at Lower Dibgate, Shorncliffe. It was later broken up and most members were absorbed into the 40th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF. Its first commanding officer was Walter Allen, a carriage maker in Truro who had been active in the pre-war militia and had joined the 17th Battalion as a captain in 1914. When the 17th became a reserve unit, he was promoted to major and transferred into the 15th Battalion but lasted less than a month before being wounded. He was sent home, then was appointed commanding officer of the 106th, presumably on the basis of his brief battlefield experience. His unusual wound was under investigation, however, and two months later he was court-martialled for "behaving in a scandalous manner, unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman." His improbable replacement was Lieutenant Colonel Robert Innes, a twenty-four-year-old Major who served with the 87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards) https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&idnumber=4919575 Collection search - War diaries - 87th Canadian Infantry Battalion = Journal de guerre - 87e Bataillon d'infanterie canadien 25 November 2016 from Coldbrook, Nova Scotia, then living in Ottawa, who had militia experience but also, it would appear, Conservative party connections. Private Jeremiah Jones, who enlisted with the 106th Battalion, was awarded the Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service for valour at the Battle of Vimy Ridge with The Royal Canadian Regiment.tridentnews.ca https://web.archive.org/web/20120312060945/http://tridentnews.ca/Portals/0/pdfarchives/2010/mar8_2010.pdf#page=2 12 March 2012 Accessed 24 February 2012. 2012-02-26. The 106th Battalion is perpetuated by The Nova Scotia Highlanders.Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments. References Brian Douglas Tennyson, Nova Scotia at War 1914-1919 (Nimbus, 2017) External links Profile of Cpl. James Swan https://web.archive.org/web/20061112002049/http://www.kingandempire.com/jamesswan1.html 12 November 2006 Profile of Pvt. Calvin Swan https://web.archive.org/web/20061112002112/http://www.kingandempire.com/calvinswan1.html 12 November 2006 June 2017 Category:Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Category:Military units and formations established in 1915 Category:1915 establishments in Nova Scotia Category:Canadian organizations established in 1915 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1917 Category:Truro, Nova Scotia Category:1917 disestablishments in Canada Category:Nova Scotia Highlanders