178th Battalion (Canadien-Français), CEF

January 2023 178th Battalion, CEF Bataillon Canadien-Francais recruitment poster.jpg Recruitment poster for the battalion, 1915 15 July 1916 21 May 1917 21 May 1917 Canada Canadian Expeditionary Force Infantry Victoriaville, Quebec Mobilization headquarters fr vouloir c'est pouvoir where there's a will there's a way The Great War, 1917 LCol René-Arthur de la Bruère Girouard Officer commanding The 178th (Canadien-Français) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Victoriaville, Quebec, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in Military Districts 4 and 5, and in eastern Ontario. The battalion absorbed the 233rd Battalion (Canadiens-Français du Nord-Ouest), CEF, in March 1917, and sailed to England later that same month. Upon arrival, the 178th Battalion was absorbed into the 10th Reserve Battalion on March 16, 1917. The 178th (Canadien-Français) Battalion had one officer commanding: Lieutenant-Colonel René-Arthur de la Bruère Girouard.Biography – WILSON, ERASTUS WILLIAM – Volume XV (1921-1930) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/wilson_erastus_william_15E.html 2020-12-26 www.biographi.ca The battalion badge is a beaver couchant on plinth inscribed fr d'outre-mer above the numeral 178, below an arch inscribed fr canadien-français supporting the Tudor crown, and surrounded by scrolls inscribed "Arthabaska", "Drummond", "Nicolet", and fr vouloir c'est pouvoir. The perpetuation of the battalion was assigned to the Three Rivers Regiment in 1920. This regiment is now named 12e Régiment blindé du Canada.http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-3/par1/aafer-rbagc-ann-1b-eng.asp Annex 1B: Perpetuations May 1, 2009 Official Lineages: Volume 3, Part 1: Armour, Artillery and Field Engineer Regiments Directorate of History and Heritage October 16, 2020 February 25, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225225105/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-3/par1/aafer-rbagc-ann-1b-eng.asp dead References Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971. Category:Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Category:Military units and formations established in 1916 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1917