Cap Badge - 87th (Canadian Grenadier Guards ) Battalion, CEF The 87th (Canadian Grenadier Guards) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the unit began recruiting in September 1915 in Montreal, the surrounding districts and in mining districts elsewhere in the province. After sailing to England in April 1916, the battalion was stationed there as part of the 12th Infantry Brigade (until June) and then 11th Infantry Brigade of the 4th Canadian Infantry Division until August of the same year. On August 11/12, the battalion crossed over to France and served the duration of the war as part of the 11th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Infantry Division. The battalion returned to Canada in June 1919. Battle honours Somme, 1916 Ancre Heights Ancre, 1916 Arras, 1917 & 1918 Vimy, 1917 Hill 70 Ypres, 1915 Passchendaele, 1917 Amiens, 1918 Scarpe, 1918 Drocourt-Queant Hindenburg Line Canal du Nord Valenciennes Sambre France and Flanders, 1916–18