Cap Badge - 22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, Vingt-Deuxieme "Van Doos", CEF The 22nd Battalion, CEF was authorized on 7 November 1914. The 22nd Battalion recruited in Quebec and was mobilized at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.It embarked for Great Britain on 20 May 1915 and disembarked in France on 15 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920. The 22nd Battalion was awarded the following battle honours: MOUNT SORREL; SOMME, 1916, ’18; FLERS-COURCELETTE; Thiepval; Ancre Heights; ARRAS, 1917, '18; Vimy, 1917; Arleux; Scarpe, 1917, '18; HILL 70; Ypres 1917; Passchendaele; AMIENS; HINDENBURG LINE; Canal du Nord; Cambrai, 1918; PURSUIT TO MONS; and FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18