page_title: 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), CEF
hierarchical_section_title: 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), CEF
context_page_description: The 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 24th Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 11 May 1915, arriving in France on 16 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The 24th Battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920.
  The 24th Battalion recruited and was mobilized at Montreal, Quebec.
  The 24th Battalion had seven Officers Commanding:
  Lt.-Col. J.A. Gunn, DSO, 11 May 1915 – 31 October 1916
  Lt.-Col. R.O. Alexander, DSO, 1 November 1916 – 7 December 1916
  Lt.-Col. C.F. Ritchie, 7 December 1916 – 14 April 1917
  Lt.-Col. R.O. Alexander, DSO, 14 April 1917 – 4 August 1917
  Lt.-Col. C.F. Ritchie, MC, 4 August 1917 – 22 January 1918
  Lt.-Col. W.H. Clark-Kennedy, VC, DSO, 22 January 1918 – 28 August 1918
  Lt.-Col. C.F. Ritchie, DSO, MC, 5 September 1918-Demobilization
  One member of the 24th Battalion, Officer Commanding Lt.-Col. William Hew Clark-Kennedy, VC, CMG, DSO was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 27 and 28 August on the Fresnes-Rouvroy line, France.
context_section_description: The 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 24th Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 11 May 1915, arriving in France on 16 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The 24th Battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920.
  The 24th Battalion recruited and was mobilized at Montreal, Quebec.
  The 24th Battalion had seven Officers Commanding:
  Lt.-Col. J.A. Gunn, DSO, 11 May 1915 – 31 October 1916
  Lt.-Col. R.O. Alexander, DSO, 1 November 1916 – 7 December 1916
  Lt.-Col. C.F. Ritchie, 7 December 1916 – 14 April 1917
  Lt.-Col. R.O. Alexander, DSO, 14 April 1917 – 4 August 1917
  Lt.-Col. C.F. Ritchie, MC, 4 August 1917 – 22 January 1918
  Lt.-Col. W.H. Clark-Kennedy, VC, DSO, 22 January 1918 – 28 August 1918
  Lt.-Col. C.F. Ritchie, DSO, MC, 5 September 1918-Demobilization
  One member of the 24th Battalion, Officer Commanding Lt.-Col. William Hew Clark-Kennedy, VC, CMG, DSO was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 27 and 28 August on the Fresnes-Rouvroy line, France.
  The 24th 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
  24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), CEF, is perpetuated by The Victoria Rifles of Canada, currently on the Supplementary Order of Battle.
caption: The distinguishing patch of the 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), CEF.
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