page_title: 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF
hierarchical_section_title: 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF
caption_attribution_description: English: The officers and members of the 26th Battalion of the Second Canadian Expeditionary Force prior to embarking for Europe, Saint John, 1915.
context_page_description: The 26th Battalion (New Brunswick) CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. The battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 15 June 1915. It disembarked in France on 16 September, where it fought as part of the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.
  The 26th Battalion recruited throughout New Brunswick and was mobilized at Saint John, New Brunswick.
  The 26th battalion had six Officers Commanding:
  Lt.-Col. J.L. McAvity, 15 June 1915 – 29 May 1916
  Lt.-Col. A.E.G. McKenzie, DSO, 29 May 1916 – 2 July 1917
  Lt.-Col. W.R. Brown, DSO, 2 July 1917 – 4 October 1917
  Lt.-Col. A.E.G. McKenzie, DSO, 4 October 1917 – 29 September 1918
  Maj. C.G. Porter, DSO, 28 August 1918 – 5 September 1918
  Lt.-Col. W.R. Brown, DSO, 5 September 1918-Demobilization
  The 26th Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:
  MOUNT SORREL
  SOMME, 1916, '18
  Flers-Courcelette
  Thiepval
  Ancre Heights
  ARRAS, 1917, '18
  Vimy, 1917
  Arleux
  Scarpe, 1917, '18
  HILL 70
  Ypres 1917
  Passchendaele
  AMIENS
  HINDENBURG LINE
  Canal du Nord
  Cambrai, 1918
context_section_description: The 26th Battalion (New Brunswick) CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. The battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 15 June 1915. It disembarked in France on 16 September, where it fought as part of the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.
  The 26th Battalion recruited throughout New Brunswick and was mobilized at Saint John, New Brunswick.
  The 26th battalion had six Officers Commanding:
  Lt.-Col. J.L. McAvity, 15 June 1915 – 29 May 1916
  Lt.-Col. A.E.G. McKenzie, DSO, 29 May 1916 – 2 July 1917
  Lt.-Col. W.R. Brown, DSO, 2 July 1917 – 4 October 1917
  Lt.-Col. A.E.G. McKenzie, DSO, 4 October 1917 – 29 September 1918
  Maj. C.G. Porter, DSO, 28 August 1918 – 5 September 1918
  Lt.-Col. W.R. Brown, DSO, 5 September 1918-Demobilization
  The 26th Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:
  MOUNT SORREL
  SOMME, 1916, '18
  Flers-Courcelette
  Thiepval
  Ancre Heights
  ARRAS, 1917, '18
  Vimy, 1917
  Arleux
  Scarpe, 1917, '18
  HILL 70
  Ypres 1917
  Passchendaele
  AMIENS
  HINDENBURG LINE
  Canal du Nord
  Cambrai, 1918
  PURSUIT TO MONS
  FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18
  26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF, is perpetuated by The Royal New Brunswick Regiment.
caption: Officers and members of the 26th Battalion
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