72nd (Vancouver) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, CEF Note: Other Ranks of 72nd Battalion, CEF wore cap badges of 72nd Regiment with C.E.F. collar badges and shoulder titles: Other Ranks of 231st Battalion wore cap badges of Imperial Seaforths with C.E.F. collar badges and shoulder titles. Source: History of the 16th Battalion, CEF, page 365 The 72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 72nd Battalion was authorized on 10 July 1915 and embarked for Britain on 23 April 1916 from Vancouver. It disembarked in France on 13 August 1916, where it fought as part of the 12th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920. The 72nd Battalion was commanded by Lt.-Col. J.A. Clark, CMG, DSO, from 25 April 1916 to 12 September 1918 and by Lt.-Col. G.H. Kirkpatrick, DSO, from 12 September 1918 to Demobilization. The 72nd Battalion was awarded the following battle honours: SOMME, 1916 Ancre Heights Ancre, 1916 ARRAS, 1917, '18 Vimy, 1917 Ypres 1917 Passchendaele AMIENS Scarpe, 1918 Drocourt-Quéant HINDENBURG LINE Canal du Nord VALENCIENNES SAMBRE FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1916-18[4] The 72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), CEF is perpetuated by The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.