Leather case 4" by 12" containing personal papers, Lt. Col. William Wallace MacVicar 149th Battalion CEF (Canadian Expeditionary Force) The 149th Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Watford, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in Lambton County. Training at Camp Borden commenced on July 8-1916 alongside the 118th , 135th , 142nd , 153rd , 161st , 168th , and 186th Battalions. After sailing to England in March 1917, the battalion was absorbed into the 4th and 25th Reserve Battalions on April 8, 1917. They sailed aboard the SS Lapland from Halifax and arrived April 7-1917 at Liverpool England after striking a mine entering the Mersey River. ( No Casualties ). From the Western Ontario Regimental Depot in Brampton the Battalion was dispersed to the following units: Commanding Officers of the 149th Battalion, CEF Dr. Lt. Col. R.G.C. Kelly from Nov.26-1915 to Dec.12-1915 , Died suddenly of a stroke. Dec. 12 - 1915. Dr. Lt. Col. Thomas P. Bradley from Dec. 12-1915 to Dec.26-1916. Gave up command to go to Army Medical Corps. Lt. Col. William Wallace Macvicar from Dec. 26-1916 to disbandment in England. The 149th provided 384 men to battalions in France: 1st (32), 18th (103), 49th (14), 43rd (13), 47th (130) and 2nd Pioneer (92). Those posted to the 49th and 43rd may have been specialists (such as signallers) while those posted to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion may have had a medical category lower than A1.