Category: 72nd Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War I

Categories: Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War I | Seaforth Highlanders of Canada


72nd (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War I was authorized on 10 July 1915 and embarked for Britain on 23 April 1916. It disembarked in France on 13 August 1916, where it fought as part of the 12th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.

The 72nd Battalion recruited throughout the province of British Columbia and was mobilized at Vancouver.

The 72nd Battalion was commanded by Lt.-Col. John Arthur Clark, DSO, from 25 April 1916 to 12 September 1918 and by Lt.-Col. G.H. Kirkpatrick, DSO, from 12 September 1918 to Demobilization.

The 72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), CEF is perpetuated by The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.

Wikipedia: 72nd (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), CEF


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Person Profiles (38)

A

08 Sep 1891 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 14 Jun 1960 photo

B

01 Apr 1871 Portmoak, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 17 Oct 1922
12 Mar 1885 Dorset, England - 19 Dec 1918
10 Jan 1874 Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada - 30 Jul 1935 photo

C

19 Sep 1896 Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada - 04 Nov 1944 photo
17 Feb 1894 Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada - 01 Nov 1916 photo
11 Jun 1892 Spillimacheen, British Columbia, Canada - 11 Feb 1974
23 Dec 1885 Caledon, Peel, Ontario, Canada - 09 Jul 1964
abt 15 Nov 1885 Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada - 02 Nov 1918
27 May 1889 Chase, British Columbia, Canada - 11 Nov 1917
09 Sep 1881 Rothes, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 14 Aug 1950
abt 1875 Newington, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 11 Jan 1917

E

13 Jul 1888 Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 27 Apr 1944
12 Jan 1897 Langley Prairie 6, British Columbia, Canada - 01 Mar 1917

F

24 Sep 1895 Russell, Prescott et Russell, Ontario, Canada
11 Mar 1888 Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada - 01 Nov 1916 photo
20 Oct 1895 Revelstoke, Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada - 18 Oct 1990

G

22 Aug 1891 Soham, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Aug 1918
19 Oct 1874 Prince Edward Island, Canada - 13 Sep 1934
28 Feb 1880 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 22 Jul 1918

H

12 Sep 1895 Golden, British Columbia, Canada - 28 Jun 1939

J

13 Oct 1880 Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Sep 1918

K

12 Apr 1896 Mildmay, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917 photo

L

07 Mar 1894 Wilberforce, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada - 14 Feb 1917
abt 25 Oct 1895 Magundy, Prince William, York, New Brunswick, Canada - 29 Sep 1918

M

10 Jul 1896 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917
20 Jul 1897 New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada - 27 Jan 1919

M cont.

28 Oct 1886 Petitcodiak, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada - 10 Aug 1918
03 Sep 1894 Markham, Ontario, Canada - 20 Feb 1965

N

19 May 1887 Parkstone, England - 26 Dec 1918

S

03 May 1891 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada - 09 Jan 1964
22 Jun 1873 Inglesham, Wiltshire, England - 09 Apr 1967
29 Dec 1875 Clifton, Welland, Ontario, Canada - 24 Dec 1960
13 Oct 1878 Dalhousie, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada - 09 Apr 1917 photo

T

03 Feb 1894 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 09 Apr 1917
23 Dec 1897 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 02 Jul 1967
23 Jun 1881 Bacup, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 17 Dec 1938 photo

W

21 Apr 1887 - 02 Sep 1918




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