26th (New Brunswick) Battalion, CEF Cap Badge. The 26th (New Brunswick) Battalion, CEF, was authorized on 7 November 1914. The 26th Battalion was composed of volunteers from New Brunswick. It embarked for Britain on 15 June 1915 and arrived in France on 16 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 5th Infantry Brigade, Second Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of World War I. It participated in all of the major battles in which the Canadian Corps was involved. Major Battles / Battle Honours: Mount Sorrel; Somme 1916, 1918; Flers-de Courcelette; Thiepval; Ancre Heights; Arras 1917, 1918; Vimy 1917; Arleux; Scarpe 1917, 1918; Hill 70; Ypres 1917; Passchendaele; Amiens; Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Cambrai 1918; Pursuit to Mons The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.