11th Battalion, CEF

January 2023 11th Canadian Expeditionary Force Battalion 10 August 1914 – 12 October 1917 Canada 1868 Battalion World War I 12 October 1917 thumb|Kit inspection, 11th Battalion, Valcartier, Quebec The 11th Battalion, CEF, an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, was authorized on 10 August 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 30 September 1914. It was redesignated as the 11th Reserve Infantry Battalion, CEF, on 29 April 1915, to provide reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field. On 4 January 1917, its personnel, along with the personnel of the 100th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers), CEF, were absorbed by a new 11th Reserve Battalion (Manitoba), CEF. The battalion was disbanded on 12 October 1917.CEF Infantry Battalions Library and Archives Canada https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/Documents/infantry%20battalions.pdf11th Battalion, CEF https://www.canadiansoldiers.com/regiments/cef/011battalion.htm 2022-02-20 www.canadiansoldiers.comCanadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments. The battalion recruited in Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Winnipeg, Manitoba and mobilized at Camp Valcartier, Quebec.Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971. The 11th Reserve Battalion formed part of the Canadian Training Depot at Tidworth Camp on the Salisbury Plain. The 11th Battalion, CEF, had three Officers Commanding: Lt. Col. R. Burritt, 22 September 1914 – 23 August 1915 Lt. Col. A. Dulmage, 23 August 1915 – 15 September 1915 Lt. Col. A.E. Carpenter, 26 November 1915 – 27 April 1916 Lt. Col. P. Walker, 8 May 1916 – 4 January 1917 Perpetuations The 11th Battalion, CEF, is perpetuated by The Winnipeg Grenadiers, currently on the Supplementary Order of Battle. Battle honours The battalion was awarded the following battle honours: Ypres 1915, '17 Festubert, 1915 Mount Sorrel Ancre Heights Ancre, 1916 Arras, 1917, '18 Vimy, 1917 Hill 70 Passchendaele Amiens Scarpe, 1918 Drocourt-Quéant Hindenburg Line Canal du Nord Valenciennes Sambre France and Flanders, 1915-18 The Great War 1914-17 See also List of infantry battalions in the Canadian Expeditionary Force References Category:Military units and formations of Manitoba 011 Category:Winnipeg Grenadiers Category:Military units and formations established in 1914 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1917