About: 50th Battalion, CEF   Sponge Permalink

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The 50th Canadian Battalion was a battalion of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force. The battalion was commanded by Colonel E.G. Mason at the beginning of the war. Later in the war, he was put with another battalion and Lieutenant-Colonel Page took over the battalion. The battalion recruiting headquarters was in Calgary, Alberta. It was formed to increase the numbers of the newly forming 4th Canadian Division.

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  • 50th Battalion, CEF
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  • The 50th Canadian Battalion was a battalion of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force. The battalion was commanded by Colonel E.G. Mason at the beginning of the war. Later in the war, he was put with another battalion and Lieutenant-Colonel Page took over the battalion. The battalion recruiting headquarters was in Calgary, Alberta. It was formed to increase the numbers of the newly forming 4th Canadian Division.
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Branch
command structure
  • *British Expeditionary Force *Canadian Corps *4th Division *10th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Role
Nickname
  • Mason's Man-Eaters
Country
  • Canada
Current Commander
  • N/A
Type
Caption
  • 50(xsd:integer)
Dates
  • --11-07
Colors
  • Oxford blue over Cambridge blue
colonel of the regiment
  • Colonel E.G Mason Lieutenant-Colonel Page
Unit Name
  • 50(xsd:integer)
Battles
  • World War I *1916 *Battle of Ancre Heights *Battle of the Somme *1917 *Battle of Vimy Ridge *Battle of Lens *Battle of Passchendaele *1918 *Battle of Amiens *Second Battle of the Somme *Battle of Cambrai *Battle of the Drocourt-Quéant Line *Battle of the Canal du Nord *Battle of Valenciennes
home garrison
  • Calgary
battle honours
  • Somme, 1916; Ancre Heights; Ancre, 1916; Arras, 1917, '18; Vimy, 1917; Hill 70; Ypres, 1917; Passchendaele; Amiens; Scarpe, 1918; Drocourt-Quéant Line; Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Valenciennes; France and Flanders, 1916–18
March
  • "A Hundred Pipers"
Size
  • 1(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • The 50th Canadian Battalion was a battalion of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force. The battalion was commanded by Colonel E.G. Mason at the beginning of the war. Later in the war, he was put with another battalion and Lieutenant-Colonel Page took over the battalion. The battalion recruiting headquarters was in Calgary, Alberta. It was formed to increase the numbers of the newly forming 4th Canadian Division.
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