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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| - 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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command structure
| - *British Expeditionary Force
*Canadian Corps
*4th Division
*10th Canadian Infantry Brigade
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Colors
| - Oxford blue over Cambridge blue
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colonel of the regiment
| - Colonel E.G Mason Lieutenant-Colonel Page
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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
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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
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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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