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Detail Info
Object ID
1998.129.016
Access Number
1998.129
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Badge, Cap
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Cap Badge - 19th (Toronto Regt) Bn, CEF
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Copper
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Cap Badge - 19th (Toronto Regiment) Battalion, CEF
Cap Badge - 19th (Toronto Regiment) Battalion, CEF (Canadian Expeditionary Force)
The battalion was originally raised at Exhibition Park in Toronto on 6 November 1914. As part of the 4th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division, the 19th went to West Sandling Camp, Shorncliffe, England, 23 May 1915 and then to France on 14 September 1915 where it was awarded the following battle honours:Battle of Flers-Courcelette, Battle of Thiepval, Battle of Le Transloy, Battle of the Ancre Heights, 1916. Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele, 1917. First Battle of the Somme (1918), Battle of Amiens, Second Battle of the Somme (1918), Drocourt-Quéant, Battle of the Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Pursuit to Mons, 1918

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