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1998.129.059
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1998.129
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Badge, Cap
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Cap Badge - 58th (Toronto) Bn, CEF
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Cap Badge - 58th (Toronto) Bn, CEF
Cap Badge - 58th (Toronto / Central Ontario) Battalion, CEF
The 58th Battalion, CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 58th Battalion, which was authorized on 20 April 1915 and embarked for Great Britain on 22 November 1915. It disembarked in France on 22 February 1916, where it fought as part of the 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920.
The 58th Battalion recruited in central Ontario and was mobilized at Niagara-On-the-Lake, Ontario.
The 58th 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
Drocourt-Quéant
HINDENBURG LINE
Canal du Nord
Cambrai, 1918
PURSUIT TO MONS
FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1916-18
The 58th Battalion, CEF is perpetuated by The Royal Regiment of Canada

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