4th Infantry Brigade (Canada)

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The 4th Infantry Brigade (Canada) was a First World War Canadian Army brigade. It was part of the 2nd Canadian Division.

Contents 1 World War I History 2 Composition 3 Battles 3.1 1916 3.2 1917 3.3 1918 4 References

[edit] World War I History

The formation of the 2nd Canadian Division began in May of 1915 in Britain following the arrival of a large contingent of soldiers from Canada. The Division remained in Great Britain only a short time before embarking for France in September of 1915. Under the command of Major-General R.E.W. Turner, its members spent a long and bitterly cold winter in a Belgian section of the front between Ploegsteert Wood and Saint-Eloi, south of Ypres. Infantry units as well as artillery units of the 2nd Canadian Division served in both France and Flanders until Armistice Day.

[edit] Composition

• 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion Canadian Infantry. October 1, 1914 - November 11, 1918;
• 19th (Central Ontario) Battalion Canadian Infantry. October 19, 1914 - November 11, 1918;
• 20th (Central Ontario) Battalion Canadian Infantry. October 1914 - November 11, 1918;
• 21st (Eastern Ontario) Battalion Canadian Infantry. October 19, 1914 - November 11, 1918.

[edit] Battles

[edit] 1916

• Battle of Flers-Courcelette
• Battle of Thiepval
• Battle of Le Transloy
• Battle of the Ancre Heights^[1]

[edit] 1917

• Vimy Ridge
• Hill 70
• Passchendaele^[2]

[edit] 1918

• First Battle of the Somme (1918)
• Battle of Amiens
• Second Battle of the Somme (1918)
• Drocourt-Quéant
• Battle of the Hindenburg Line
• Canal du Nord
• Pursuit to Mons^[3]

[edit] References