Cap Badge - 18th (Western Ontario - London Regiment) Battalion, CEF The 18th Battalion (Western Ontario), CEF, was authorized on 7 November 1914. The 18th Battalion recruited and was mobilized in London, Ontario. The Battalion embarked for Great Britain on 18 April 1915. It disembarked in France on 15 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 4th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920. 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,