page_title: 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF
section_title: Notes and references
hierarchical_section_title: 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF / Notes and references
caption_attribution_description: A World War I recruitment poster depicting the Canadian Mounted Rifles.
context_page_description: The 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles were a mounted infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. The unit was raised from volunteers of the 7th and XIth Hussars from the Eastern Townships of Quebec.
  Formed in 1915, they were transported to England later that year. In 1916, they converted to an infantry battalion attached to the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division, CEF. The battalion saw action in France and Flanders between 1916 and 1918.
context_section_description: Regiments.org; 5th CMR
  Canadian Department of National Defence Archived 17 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Association
caption: "Canada's Crack Cavalry Corps"
  World War I recruitment poster.
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