Cap Badge - 6th (Fort Garry Horse) Bn CEF (Canadian Expeditionary Force). The 6th Battalion, (Fort Garry Horse) CEF was authorized on 10 August 1914. The battalion recruited in Portage la Prairie, Roblin, Pipestone and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and Pincher Creek, Alberta. It was mobilized at Camp Valcartier, Quebec and embarked for Britain on 29 September 1914. On 30 August the Regiment entrained for Valcartier, Quebec. On arrival the men were told the disappointing news that Cavalry were not needed and they would be transferred to the newly organized 6th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Men were transferred in from other Cavalry units in Valcartier, notably the 18th Mounted Rifles, 20th Border Horse, 22nd Saskatchewan Light Horse and 32nd Manitoba Horse. It formed the nucleus of the Remount Depot on 20 January 1915, and the remainder of the battalion's personnel were absorbed by the Canadian Cavalry Depot on 6 March 1915 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. In December 1915 it was decided the replace the 2nd King Edward's Horse in France with a Canadian Regiment. The Fort Garry Horse was selected to become the third Regiment in the Canadian Cavalry Brigade. It had been kept up to strength in England with reinforcements provided by the 34th Fort Garry Horse, still operating as a Militia unit in Winnipeg. The 34th FGH continued to recruit and train Cavalrymen throughout the war in Winnipeg and Camp Hughes, sending them overseas as required by the regiment. The 6th Battalion was disbanded on 5 April 1918. The battalion was awarded the battle honour "THE GREAT WAR 1914-15. .