49th (Edmonton) Battalion, CEF Cap Badge The 49th Battalion (Edmonton Regiment), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 49th Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 3 June 1915. It disembarked in France on 9 October 1915, where it fought as part of the 7th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920. The 49th Battalion recruited in and was mobilized at Edmonton, Alberta. The 49th Battalion was awarded the following battle honours: MOUNT SORREL SOMME, 1916 Flers-Courcelette Ancre Heights ARRAS, 1917, '18 Vimy, 1917 HILL 70 Ypres 1917 Passchendaele AMIENS Scarpe, 1918 HINDENBURG LINE Canal du Nord PURSUIT TO MONS FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915–18[5] The 49th Battalion (Edmonton Regiment), CEF, is perpetuated by The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry).