Cap Badge - 9th (Edmonton Regiment) Bn, CEF (Canadian Expeditionary Force) The 9th Battalion, CEF was authorized on 10 August 1914. The battalion recruited in Edmonton, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario and was mobilized at Camp Valcartier, Quebec. It embarked for Britain on 1 October 1914, where it was redesignated as the 9th Reserve Infantry Battalion, CEF, on 29 April 1915, to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. The 9th Reserve Battalion formed part of the Canadian Training Depot at Tidworth Barracks on the Salisbury Plain. The battalion was formally disbanded on 15 September 1917. The 9th Battalion was awarded the battle honour "THE GREAT WAR 1914-17."