4th Infantry Brigade (Canada)

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

World War I History

The formation of the 2nd Canadian Division began in May 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 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.

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.

Battles

1916

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

1917

• Vimy Ridge
• Hill 70
• Passchendaele^[1]

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^[1]

References