29th Battalion, CEF at PNE Grounds (Hastings Park), Vancouver, January 1915 The 29th Battalion (Vancouver), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. Known as “Tobin’s Tigers”, the Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 20 May 1915. It disembarked in France on 17 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920. The 29th Battalion recruited in Vancouver and New Westminster, British Columbia and was mobilized at Vancouver. The 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Contingent to 29th Battalion (Vancouver), CEF: including Majors (Lieut.-Colonels) Tobin and Tait, Second in Command and junior Major of 72nd Regiment, who became Officer Commanding and Second in Command of the 29th 13 officers and 305 Other Ranks. Source: History of the 16th Battalion, CEF, page 365