18th Battalion (Western Ontario), CEF

January 2023 18th Battalion (Western Ontario), CEF Cap Badge 7 November 1914 - 15 September 1920 Canada Canadian Expeditionary Force Infantry Battalion First World War The 18th Battalion (Western Ontario), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War.CEF Infantry Battalions https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/Documents/infantry%20battalions.pdf18th Battalion, CEF https://www.canadiansoldiers.com/regiments/cef/018battalion.htm 2022-02-20 www.canadiansoldiers.com History The battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 18 April 1915. It disembarked in France on 15 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920.Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments. The 18th Battalion recruited and was mobilized in London, Ontario.Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971. 0906158109 The 18th Battalion had five Officers Commanding: Lt.-Col. R.G.E Leckie, 1914 – 18 April 1915 Lt.-Col. E.W.S. Wigle, 18 April 1915 – 8 July 1916 Lt.-Col. H.L. Milligan, DSO, 8 July 1916 – 9 October 1916 Lt.-Col. G.F. Morrison, DSO, 9 October 1916 – 19 April 1917 Lt.-Col. L.E. Jones, CMG, DSO, 19 April 1917 -Demobilization Victoria Cross One member of the 18th Battalion, Lance-Sergeant Ellis Wellwood Sifton was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 9 April 1917 during the assault on Vimy Ridge. Perpetuations The 18th Battalion (Western Ontario), CEF, is perpetuated by The Essex and Kent Scottish Battle honours The 18th Battalion was awarded the following battle honours: MOUNT SORREL SOMME, 1916, '18 Flers-Courcelette Thiepval Ancre Heights ARRAS, 1917, '18 Vimy, 1917 HILL 70 Ypres 1917 Passchendaele AMIENS Scarpe, 1918 HINDENBURG LINE Canal du Nord Cambrai, 1918 PURSUIT TO MONS FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18 See also List of infantry battalions in the Canadian Expeditionary Force References Sources Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919 by Col. G.W.L. Nicholson, CD, Queen's Printer, Ottawa, Ontario, 1962 018 Category:1914 establishments in Ontario Category:Canadian organizations established in 1914 Category:Military units and formations of Ontario Category:Essex Scottish Regiment Category:Essex and Kent Scottish Category:Military units and formations established in 1914 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1920