page_title: 50th Battalion (Calgary), CEF
section_title: Ancre Heights/Somme
hierarchical_section_title: 50th Battalion (Calgary), CEF / Operational history / 1916 / Ancre Heights/Somme
caption_attribution_description: English: The distinguishing patch of the 50th Battalion (Calgary), CEF.
context_page_description: The 50th Battalion (Calgary), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 50th Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 27 October 1915. The battalion disembarked in France on 11 August 1916, where it fought as part of the 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.
  The 50th Battalion recruited in and was mobilized at Calgary, Alberta.
context_section_description: The battalion was ordered to Ancre Heights in October. Ancre Heights was the scene of Canada's first involvement in the Battle of the Somme, which had begun on July 1 and which ultimately resulted in 25,000 Canadian casualties. Later, the 50th was ordered into the fighting and during the battle, the 50th Battalion's non-commissioned officers (NCOs)  suffered heavily. Positioned in the second wave, they were killed by hidden German machine-gun posts that had been bypassed by the initial assault.
caption: The distinguishing patch of the 50th Battalion (Calgary), CEF.
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