29th Battalion, CEF

The 29th Battalion, CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force which actively served on the Western Front during the First World War from 1915 until the signing of the Armistice on 11 November 1918.

Raised by Lieutenant-Colonel Tobin on 24 October 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, the 29th derived its manpower from the Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles and the Irish Fusiliers of Canada. [ [http://www.russiansinthecef.ca/29thbattalion/index.shtml 29th Vancouver Battalion, Tobin's Tigers, C.E.F.] , russiansinthecef.ca. Accessed 3 March 2008.] The SS "Missanabie" transported the battalion to England in May 1915. Subordinated to the 6th Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division, the 29th consisted of 37 officers and 1,104 other ranks. [ [http://mikan3.archives.ca/pam/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=182402 29th Canadian Infantry Battalion] , mikan3.archives.ca. Accessed 4 March 2008.]

Demobilised after the war, the battalion's lineage was perpetuated by the 2nd Battalion, British Columbia Regiment - constituted in 1920. [ [http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/royal_westies/history5.htm The Royal Westminster Regiment] , army.forces.gc.ca. Accessed 3 March 2008.] Subsequent amalgamation in 1936 absorbed the 29th's history into that of the Irish Fusiliers of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment), which was disbanded in 1965 and placed on the Supplementary Order of Battle. [ [http://regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/volmil/bc-inf/936IrishF.htm Irish Fusiliers of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment)] , regiments.org. Accessed 4 March 2008.]

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