Cap Badge - 78th (Winnipeg Grenadiers) Battalion, CEF The 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 78th Battalion was authorized on 10 July 1915 and embarked for Great Britain on 20 May 1916. It disembarked in France on 13 August 1916, where it fought as part of the 12th Brigade, 4th Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the armistice. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920. The 78th Battalion recruited in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the surrounding area and was mobilized at Winnipeg. The 78th 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 The 78th Battalion, CEF is perpetuated by The Winnipeg Grenadiers, currently on the Supplementary Order of Battle.