25th (Nova Scotia Rifles - Halifax Regiment) Battalion, CEF Cap Badge The 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF (also known as "MacKenzie Battalion", "Master Raiders", "Raiding Battalion") was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was the first of three to be raised entirely in Nova Scotia during the war. The 25th served in Belgium and France as part of the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division from September 16, 1915 until the end of the war. Regimental headquarters were established at the Halifax Armouries, with recruitment offices in Sydney, Amherst, New Glasgow, Truro and Yarmouth. Of the 1000 Nova Scotians that started with the Battalion, after the first year of fighting, 100 were left in the Battalion, while 900 men were killed, taken prisoner, missing or injured. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920. The battalion had a pipe band of 12 pipers and 10 drummers. The 25th 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, France and Flanders 1915-18.