238th Battalion, CEF
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The 238th Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force
during the First World War. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in the Spring of 1916 throughout Ontario and the Western provinces. After sailing to England in September 1916, the battalion became the 14th Company, Canadian Forestry Corps. The 238th Battalion, CEF had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. W. R. Smyth
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Canadian Expeditionary Force
The Canadian Expeditionary Force was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War. Units of the C.E.F. were divided into field formation in France, where they were organized first into separate divisions and later joined together into a single...
during the First World War. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in the Spring of 1916 throughout Ontario and the Western provinces. After sailing to England in September 1916, the battalion became the 14th Company, Canadian Forestry Corps. The 238th Battalion, CEF had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. W. R. Smyth
William Ross Smyth
William Ross Smyth was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Algoma in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1902 to 1908 and Algoma East in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1917 as a Conservative member.He was born in Thomroam Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the...
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