16th Battalion, (Canadian-Scottish)

[ubervamp]

Hi

I was reading an article which mentioned that a number of Norwegians volunteered and enlisted in The 16th Battalion (Canadian-Scottish), CEF
I was wondering if there exists any battalion records that might name the soldiers of this battalion, amongst them these volunteers?

Thanks

Colin

[MPC51]

Colin
The battalion history has a complete list of officers and enlisted men.

Mike

[ubervamp]

Thanks Mike. I'll have a look for that.

Also, I gather the battalion was composed of recruits from the 91st Canadian Highlanders (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, and the 50th Regiment (Gordon Highlanders) Thanks Wikipedia!

Would they have retained their respective cap badges? And what would fresh volunteers wear? The generic CEF?

Thanks

[Voltigeur]

Originally Posted by ubervamp

Thanks Mike. I'll have a look for that.

Also, I gather the battalion was composed of recruits from the 91st Canadian Highlanders (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, and the 50th Regiment (Gordon Highlanders) Thanks Wikipedia!

Would they have retained their respective cap badges? And what would fresh volunteers wear? The generic CEF?

Thanks

This might help a bit ....about the initial forming of the battalion.
http://cefresearch.ca/matrix/Army%20...0Battalion.htm

The 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) was formed from four companies of unrelated Highland regiments. On the sea voyage to England, the Regiment was still dressed in four different styles, tartans, and badges.

I presume that when the battalion was in England, to increase the "Esprit de Corps"of the unit it was decided to wear one tartan and to design a specific cap badge,to be worn instead of four different ones.....
Jo

[ubervamp]

Thanks Jo

And thanks for link - some very interesting reading there!

Cheers

Colin

[Wmr-RHB]

Originally Posted by Voltigeur

... and to design a specific cap badge,to be worn instead of four different ones.....
Jo

And here is that badge as shown here on the forums: http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/can...ce/cef_e16.htm

[Ian B]

Colin,

In addition, if you can't get your hands on a copy of the unit history, Canadian historical author, Mark Zuehlke has written a book detailing the 16th Battalion from start to finish. It's called [I]Brave Battalion.[I] Published in 2008 by John Wiley & Sons. Available on Amazon, starting at about $36 used.

Don't know if it will answer any of your questions, but it's a good read. Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Ian

[Phillip Herring]

Originally Posted by Ian B

Colin,

In addition, if you can't get your hands on a copy of the unit history, Canadian historical author, Mark Zuehlke has written a book detailing the 16th Battalion from start to finish. It's called [I]Brave Battalion.[I] Published in 2008 by John Wiley & Sons. Available on Amazon, starting at about $36 used.

Don't know if it will answer any of your questions, but it's a good read. Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Ian

I have several copies of Brave Battalion available for sale.
CDN 15.00 each plus postage.

Phil

[Ian B]

Even better!!