Category: 172nd Battalion (Rocky Mountain Rangers), Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War I

Categories: Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War I

From WWI Infantry Battalions background information, Library and Archives of Canada

  • Organized in January 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. O. Vicars.
  • Authorization published in General Order 69 of 15 July 1916.
  • Mobilized at Kamloops.
  • Recruited in Kamloops district.
  • Embarked from Halifax 25 October 1916 aboard MAURITANIA.
  • Disembarked England 31 October 1916.
  • Strength: 31 officers, 972 other ranks.
  • Drafts of 200 to 54th Battalion and 101 to 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles in
  • December 1916. Also reinforced 47th and 72nd Battalions.
  • Absorbed by 24th Canadian Reserve Battalion on 4 January 1917.
  • Disbanded 4 August 1917 by Privy Council Order 1895 of 17 July 1917.
  • Brass and bugle bands.
  • Published “Rangers Record”.
  • Colours presented by ladies of Kamloops in August 1916.
  • Deposited in Episcopal Church in Kamloops.
  • Perpetuated by The Rocky Mountain Rangers .

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27 May 1889 Chase, British Columbia, Canada - 11 Nov 1917
08 Mar 1888 Campbell Settlement, Southampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada - 20 Nov 1917
04 Feb 1883 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom - 26 Jun 1917
abt 07 Jun 1881 Chelsea, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Quebec, Canada - 12 Jan 1964
31 Dec 1861 Canada West - 02 Jun 1923




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