38th Battalion, CEF

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The 38th Battalion, CEF was a unit of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force.

Formed in Ottawa in November 1914 the battalion left Canada in August 1915. The unit served in Bermuda as a garrison force until May 1916 when it sailed for England. Joining the 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade of the 4th Canadian Division the battalion deployed to France in August 1916.

The battalion returned to Canada in June 1919 and the unit was demobilized in Ottawa. Nearly 4,000 officers and men served in the unit. Almost 800 members were killed and nearly 2,000 wounded.

[edit] Battle honours

Somme, 1916; Ancre Heights; Ancre, 1916; Arras, 1917 and 1918; Vimy, 1917; Ypres, 1917; Passchendaele; Amiens; Scarpe, 1918; Drocourt-Quéant; Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Valenciennes; Sambre; and France and Flanders, 1916-18.

[edit] Victoria Crosses

• Major Thain Wendell MacDowell at Vimy Ridge
• Private Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney at Drocourt-Quéant

[edit] References

• Reynolds, Ken. "FOUR NAMES ON THE VIMY MEMORIAL: THE 38th BATTALION’S TRENCH RAID OF 22 FEBRUARY 1917" (PDF), The Canadian Army Journal, Department of National Defence, Summer 2006. Retrieved on October 16, 2006. (English)