Cap Badge - 21st (Kingston, Eastern Ontario) Battalion, CEF (Canadian Expeditionary Force) The 21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario), CEF recruited in Eastern Ontario and was mobilized at Kingston, Ontario. The Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 6 May 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. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920. The 21st 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; Drocourt-Quéant; HINDENBURG LINE; Canal du Nord; Cambrai, 1918; PURSUIT TO MONS; FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18