Category: 87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards), Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War I

Categories: Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War I | Canadian Grenadier Guards

The 87th Battalion, which was authorized on 22 December 1915 as the '87th "Overseas" Battalion, CEF'. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the unit began recruiting in September 1915 in Montreal, the surrounding districts, and also in mining districts elsewhere in the province.

It embarked for Britain on 23 April 1916. It disembarked in France on 12 August 1916, where it fought as part of the 11th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.

Upon redesignation as The Canadian Grenadier Guards on 29 March 1920 (see above), it was organized as a two battalion regiment with the 1st Battalion (87th Battalion, CEF) on the Non Permanent Active Militia order of battle.

It is perpetuated by The Canadian Grenadier Guards.

See:

• Photographic Record and Souvenir of the Canadian Grenadier Guards Overseas Battalion "Eighty Seventh"
• Canadian Forces - The Canadian Grenadier Guards
• 87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards), CEF - Wikipedia
• War Diary/Journaux de guerre, 87th Canadian Infantry Battalion, LAC/BAC RG 9/GE 9, Series III-D-3, Vol. 4944, File/dossier 455; and/et A. Fortescue Duguid, History of The Canadian Grenadier Guards, (Montreal, 1965), pp. 102-230.

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John Aaron 08 Jun 1895 West Derby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Apr 1917

B

Alexander Borstel 02 Dec 1898 Stepney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 02 Sep 1918

C

Jerry Cassie abt May 1897 Fair Isle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada - 09 Apr 1917

D

Frank Dunnett 27 Sep 1899 Cramahe, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada - 1989

F

Ralph Fitzpatrick 26 Mar 1894 La Côte-de-Gaspé, Québec, Canada - 24 Mar 1917

H

John Heyes 18 Jan 1897 Ince in Makerfield, Lancashire, England - abt 21 Oct 1916

Oliver Holmes 16 Apr 1897 Sauble Falls, Bruce, Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 1973

I

Gilbert Imlay 20 Aug 1893 London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada - 12 Nov 1917

J

William Jefferson 24 Aug 1894 Belfast, Ireland - 24 Sep 1917

K

James Arthur Kinghorn 15 Mar 1897 Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario, Canada - 21 Feb 1946

David Kinnin 31 Aug 1896 Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 13 Jan 1963

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Bertram Markham abt 08 Jul 1891 Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England - 14 Aug 1917

Earl Meadows 16 Jun 1895 Nova Scotia, Canada - 03 Mar 1917

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Francis Meighen 26 Dec 1870 Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada - 19 Jan 1946

Lorence Millar 10 Mar 1895 - 18 Nov 1916

S

Gilbert Stairs 11 Nov 1882 Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada - 05 Aug 1947

Y

John Young 14 Jan 1893 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom - 07 Nov 1929

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