18th Battalion (Western Ontario), CEF

The 18th Battalion (Western Ontario), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War.

History The battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 18 April 1915. It disembarked in France on 15 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920.Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.

The 18th Battalion recruited and was mobilized in London, Ontario.Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971.

The 18th Battalion had five Officers Commanding:

Lt.-Col. R.G.E Leckie, 1914 – 18 April 1915 Lt.-Col. E.W.S. Wigle, 18 April 1915 – 8 July 1916 Lt.-Col. H.L. Milligan, DSO, 8 July 1916 – 9 October 1916 Lt.-Col. G.F. Morrison, DSO, 9 October 1916 – 19 April 1917 Lt.-Col. L.E. Jones, CMG, DSO, 19 April 1917 -Demobilization

Victoria Cross One member of the 18th Battalion, Lance-Sergeant Ellis Wellwood Sifton was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 9 April 1917 during the assault on Vimy Ridge.

Perpetuations The 18th Battalion (Western Ontario), CEF, is perpetuated by The Essex and Kent Scottish

Battle honours The 18th Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:

MOUNT SORREL SOMME, 1916, '18 Flers-Courcelette Thiepval Ancre Heights ARRAS, 1917, '18 Vimy, 1917 HILL 70 Ypres 1917 Passchendaele AMIENS Scarpe, 1918 HINDENBURG LINE Canal du Nord Cambrai, 1918 PURSUIT TO MONS FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18

18th Battalion (Western Ontario), CEF

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