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Index of Formations, Units, and Corps
CANADIAN
Canadian Expeditionary Force
CORPS
Army Service Corps and Ordinance
Canadian Corps- 33, 136, 138, 143, 146, 147, 152-55, 163, 165, 167, 170, 174-77, 180, 182, 187, 188, 191, 192, 201, 203, 206, 210, 211, 214, 224-28, 235, 236, 238-40, 248, 249, 251, 254, 255
Newfoundland Medical Corps
DIVISIONS
1
st
Canadian Infantry Division
2
nd
Canadian Infantry Division
3
rd
Canadian Infantry Division
4
th
Canadian Infantry Division
BRIGADES
1
st
Canadian Infantry Brigade
2
nd
Canadian Infantry Brigade
3
rd
Canadian Infantry Brigade
4
th
Canadian Infantry Brigade
5
th
Canadian Infantry Brigade
6
th
Canadian Infantry Brigade
7
th
Canadian Infantry Brigade
8
th
Canadian Infantry Brigade
9
th
Canadian Infantry Brigade
10
th
Canadian Infantry Brigade
Canadian Cavalry Brigade
Canadian Light Horse
INFANTRY BATTALIONS/REGIMENTS
1
st
Canadian Mounted Rifles
2
nd
Canadian Mounted Rifles
4
th
Canadian Mounted Rifles
5
th
Canadian Mounted Rifles
16
th
Canadian Mounted Rifles
1
st
Newfoundland Regiment
2
nd
Battalion
3
rd
Battalion
4
th
Battalion
5
th
(Western Cavalry) Battalion
6
th
Battalion (Fort Garry Horse)
7
th
Battalion
8
th
Battalion
10
th
Battalion
13
th
Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada,)
14
th
Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment)
15 Battalion (48
th
Highlanders of Canada)
16
th
Battalion (Canadian Scottish,)
49
th
Battalion
58
th
Battalion
72
nd
Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada)
85
th
Nova Scotia Battalion
91
st
Canadian Highlanders
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Border Regiment
Canadian Cyclists Battalion
Cameron Highlanders
Gordon Highlanders
Princess Mary's 16
th
Canadian Highlanders.
See also
16
th
Battalion
Royal Canadian Dragoons
COMPANIES (16th Battalion)
No. 1 Company
No. 2 Company
No. 3 Company
No. 4 Company
PLATOONS (16th Battalion)
No. 3 Platoon
No. 4 Platoon
No. 9 Platoon
No. 10 Platoon
No. 11 Platoon
No. 12 Platoon
No. 13 Platoon
No. 14 Platoon
No. 15 Platoon
No. 16 Platoon
OTHER UNITS
3
rd
Trench Mortar Battery
BRITISH
British Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.)
ARMY
First British Army
Second British Army
Third British Army
Fourth British Army
Fifth British Army
CORPS
I Corps
II Corps
III Corps
IV Corps
V Corps
XVII Corps
XXVII Corps
Royal Flying Corps
DIVISIONS
1
st
Division
2
nd
Division
3
rd
Division
5
th
Division
11
th
Division
28
th
Division
56
th
Division
57
th
Division
BRIGADES
1
st
Royal Munster Fusiliers
4
th
Guards Brigade
13
th
Brigade
BATTALIONS/REGIMENTS
1
st
Battalion
2
nd
East York Battalion
British Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Coldstream Guards
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Sherwood Foresters Battalion
Wiltshire Regiment
OTHER COMMONWEALTH
3
rd
Lahore Division (India)
ANZAC Corps
Indian Corps
Meerut Division (India)
AMERICAN
American Expeditionary Force
FRENCH
French Second Army
French Fourth Army
French Sixth Army
French Eighth Army
French Tenth Army
 
11
th
Division
58
th
Division
 
79
th
Régiment
GERMAN
German Sixth Army
German Eighth Army
 
XXIII Reserve Corps
XXVI Reserve Corps
52
nd
Reserve Corps
 
26
th
Infantry Division
51
st
Reserve Division
 
120
th
Regiment
OTHER UNITS
II Bavarian Corps
45
th
Division (Algeria)
Italian
Portuguese
General Index
Ranks given for individuals are highest attained as of November 1918.
A
Adams, Lt. Charles Cecil
aerial reconnaissance
Ager, Lt. George
Ahier, Pte. Walter
Ainslie, Lt. Graham
Aisne
Aitken, Sir Max (Lord Beaverbrook)
Albert
Albert, King (Belgium)
Albert, Prince Arthur William Patrick (1
st
Duke of Connaught and Strathearn)
Alderson, Lt. Gen. E.A.H. “Edwin”
Allen, Lt. Ben W.
Amiens
Ancre River
Andania
, HMTS
Andenne
Antheit
Argonne Forest
Arleux
Armagh Wood
armistice
Armour, Lt. Angus
Arras
Artois
Arvillers
Aubercourt
Aubers Ridge
Aunelle River
Avion
Avonmouth
B
Bailleul
Bantigny
Bapaume
Barrett, Sgt. Mathew
Bay of Biscay
Beaufort
Beaumont Hamel
Bell, Capt. David
Bell-Irving, Maj. Roderick Ogle
Bentata Tunnel
Béthune
Bevan, Lt.. Charles Stanley
Biache St. Vaast
Biddlecombe, Sgt. George Arthur
Blécourt
“Blue Bonnet over the Border” (military march)
Blue Chåteau
Boer War
Boesinghe
Bois de Bonval
Bois de Bouche
Bois de Bray
Bois de Loison
Bois de la Ville
Bois des Cuisiniers (Kitchener's Wood)
Bois Greneir
Bois Hugo
Borden, Sir Robert
Bosnia Trench
Bott, Lt. Col. J.C.L.
Bourlon Wood
Boyle, Lt. Col. Russell
Bramshott Concentration Camp
Bray-sur-Somme
Brazier
(magazine)
Bruay
Bruges
Bruille les Marchiennes
Burgess, Sgt. Ivor
Burland, Lt. Col. W.W.
Burstell, Maj. Gen. Henry
Byng, Gen. Sir Julian, H.G.
C
Caestre
Cagnicourt
Cambrai
Campbell-Johnston, Lt. Alex
Canada in Flanders
, Aitken (1917)
Canadian Orchard
Canadian Patriotic Fund
Canadian Training Depot
Canal du Nord
Candy Trench
Cassel
Cathcart, Capt. John
Cayeux
Chambers, Lt. Wallace
Champagne
Chåteau Thierry
Chaulnes
Chauny
chemical warfare
Cité Ste. Elisabeth
Clark, Lt. Col. R.P.
Cochrane, Sgt. John
Cologne
Cotton, Lt. Ross
Count's Wood
Courcelette
Craig, Cpl. James Gordon
Creelman, Lt. Col. John
Currie, Col. John
Currie, Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur William
Cuvillers
D
D-Q Line
D-Q Switch
Daily Province
Daily Star
Dardanelles
demobilization (of Canadian troops)
Demuin
Dernancourt
Devonport

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