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- 116th_Battalion_(Ontario_County),_CEF abstract "The 116th Battalion (Ontario County), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War. The battalion was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Britain on the 23rd of July 1916. From October to December 1916 it provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps. On 11 February 1917 it disembarked in France, where it fought with the 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on the 30th of August 1920.The 116th Battalion recruited in Ontario County and was mobilized at Uxbridge, Ontario.The battalion had four Officers Commanding:Lt.-Col. S.S. Sharpe, 23 July 1916 – 28 December 1917Lt.-Col. G.R. Pearkes, VC, MC, 28 December 1917 – 17 September 1918Lt.-Col. D. Carmichael, DSO, MC, 18 September 1918 – 26 November 1918Lt.-Col. G.R. Pearkes, VC, DSO, MC, 25 November 1918-DemobilizationThe twice-Officer Commanding the Battalion, Lt.-Col. George R. Pearkes, would go on to a distinguished military and political career. He retired from the Canadian Army in 1945 as a Major-General, served as a Member of Parliament, including as the Minister of National Defence from 1957 to 1960 and as the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1960 to 1968.The 116th Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:Arras, 1917–18VIMY 1917HILL 70YPRES 1917PASSCHENDAELEAMIENSScarpe, 1919DROCOURT-QUEANTHINDENBURG LINECANAL DU NORDCAMBRAI 1918ValenciennesFRANCE and FLANDERS 1917-18The 116th Battalion is perpetuated by the Ontario Regiment RCAC.".
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- 116th_Battalion_(Ontario_County),_CEF comment "The 116th Battalion (Ontario County), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War. The battalion was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Britain on the 23rd of July 1916. From October to December 1916 it provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps. On 11 February 1917 it disembarked in France, where it fought with the 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war.".
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