Cap Badge - 72nd Battalion, CEF (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada) Other Ranks badge, 1916. The 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada 72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, CEF: Lieut.-Colonel (Brigadier-General) J. A. Clark, company commander and Commanding Officer of 72nd Regiment, in command. This unit fought in France from August, 1916, to end of War as a Battalion of 12th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division 35 officers and 1,100 Other Ranks. Source: History of the 16th Battalion, CEF, page 365 Note: Other Ranks of 72nd Battalion, CEF wore cap badges of 72nd Regiment with C.E.F. collar badges and shoulder titles: Other Ranks of 231st Battalion wore cap badges of Imperial Seaforths with C.E.F. collar badges and shoulder titles. Source: History of the 16th Battalion, CEF, page 365 687641 Private Lorne Percy Wilson of the 72nd Batalion, CEF arrived in France on 11 May, 1917 and became severely sick on 27 September, 1917.