Cap Badge - 118th (Kitchener, Ontario) Battalion, CEF The 118th (North Waterloo) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Kitchener, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in the northern portion of Waterloo County. After sailing to England in January 1917, the battalion was absorbed into the 25th Reserve Battalion on February 6, 1917.