187th (Central Alberta) Battalion, CEF

January 2023 187th "Overseas" Battalion, CEF 1916–1917 Canada Canadian Expeditionary Force Infantry The Great War, 1916–17 LCol Charles Wilson Robinson Officer commanding The 187th (Central Alberta) Battalion, CEF, was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Red Deer, Alberta, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in that city and the surrounding district. After sailing to England in December 1916, the battalion was absorbed into the 21st Reserve Battalion on February 20, 1917. The 187th (Central Alberta) Battalion, CEF, had one officer commanding: Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Wilson Robinson, of Munson, Alberta.Spackman Sheldon Remembering the 187th Central Alberta Battalion https://rdnewsnow.com/2024/11/08/remembering-the-187th-central-alberta-battalion/ 2024-11-09 rdnewsnow.com en Perpetuation of the 187th Battalion was assigned to the Alberta Regiment in 1920. When this regiment split in two in 1924, the South Alberta Regiment carried the perpetuation. The South Alberta Regiment merged into the South Alberta Light Horse (29th Armoured Regiment) in 1954, and this regiment (now simply the South Alberta Light Horse) carries on the perpetuation of the 187th Battalion.http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-3/par1/arm-bli/SALH-eng.asp The South Alberta Light Horse June 11, 2010 Official Lineages: Volume 3, Part 1: Armour, Artillery and Field Engineer Regiments – Armour Regiments Directorate of History and Heritage November 4, 2011 February 25, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225201146/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-3/par1/arm-bli/SALH-eng.asp dead In 1929, the battalion was awarded the theatre of war honour The Great War, 1916–17.Appendix to General Order No. 123 of 1929 The king's and regimental colours of the battalion are laid up in St Mark's Anglican Church in Innisfail, Alberta.Lasiuta Tim St. Mark's church holds fascinating key to past http://www.innisfailprovince.ca/article/20141104/INN0801/311049971/-1/inn0801/st-mark-s-church-holds-fascinating-key-to-past 5 November 2014 Innisfail Province 4 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141106013223/http://www.innisfailprovince.ca/article/20141104/INN0801/311049971/-1/inn0801/st-mark-s-church-holds-fascinating-key-to-past 6 November 2014 dead References Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War Meek John F. 1971 The Author Orangeville, Ontario Category:Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Category:Red Deer, Alberta Category:South Alberta Light Horse Category:South Alberta Regiment Category:Military units and formations established in 1916 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1917