Binding case - L IIA - Letters - 6. II A, B, C, D - Letters 2 (L2) 1914 - 1919 Envelope A; 11th CMR (11th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles) and 47th Battalion, CEF Envelope B; 1920 Envelope C; 1921 Envelope D: ?? In the Great War the 11th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles was not mobilized, but in December 1914 many volunteers from the 30th Regiment, British Columbia Horse joined the newly formed 2nd Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles. It was raised in Vancouver. After some limited service in France as cavalry, the unit was reroled to infantry as 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion on January 1, 1916. The battalion became part of the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, and fought with great luck and success on the Western Front. Despite being trained as cavalry but deployed as infantry, the regiment managed the war well. The 47th Battalion (British Columbia), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 47th Battalion recruited in New Westminster, Vancouver and Victoria and was mobilized at New Westminster, British Columbia. The 47th Battalion disembarked in France on 11 August 1916, where it fought as part of the 10th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war.