28th Battalion (Northwest), CEF

The 28th Battalion (Northwest), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War.

History The battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 29 May 1915. It disembarked in France on 18 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division, in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.

The 28th Battalion originally recruited in Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and Fort William and Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario and was mobilized at Winnipeg, Manitoba.Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971.

The battalion had five officers commanding:

Lieutenant-Colonel J.F.L. Embury, CMG, 29 May 1915 – 17 September 1916 Lieutenant-Colonel A. Ross, DSO, 17 September 1916 – 1 October 1918 Major G.F.D. Bond, MC, 2 October 1918 – 6 November 1918 Major A.F. Simpson, DSO, 6 November 1918 – 16 December 1918 Lieutenant-Colonel D.E. MacIntyre, DSO, MC, 16 December 1918-Demobilization

Battle honours The 28th Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:

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

Perpetuation The perpetuation of the 28th Battalion was assigned in 1920 to 1st Battalion (28th Battalion, CEF), The South Saskatchewan Regiment, and has been passed down as follows:

1st Battalion (28th Battalion, CEF), The South Saskatchewan Regiment: 1920–1924 1st Battalion (28th Battalion, CEF), The Regina Rifle Regiment: 1924–1936 The Regina Rifle Regiment: 1936–1982 The Royal Regina Rifle Regiment: 1982–1984 The Royal Regina Rifles: 1984–present

28th Battalion (Northwest), CEF

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