page_title: 22nd Battalion (French Canadian), CEF
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: 22nd Battalion (French Canadian), CEF / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Original caption: “The farewell.” [Note: per label at Queen's University Archives, this is the 22eme Battalion CEF leaving St. John's, Quebec, in 1915.]
context_page_description: The 22nd Battalion (French Canadian), CEF, was a battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War.
context_section_description: The battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 20 May 1915. It disembarked in France on 15 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 battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920.
  The 22nd Battalion recruited in Quebec and was mobilized at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
  The 22nd Battalion had six officers commanding:
  Col. F.M. Gaudet, 20 May 1915 – 25 January 1916
  Lt.-Col. T.L. Tremblay, DSO, 25 January 1916 – 25 September 1916
  Lt.-Col. A.E. Dubuc, DSO, 24 October 1916 – 5 February 1917
  Lt.-Col. T.L. Tremblay, CMG, DSO, 15 February 1917 – 8 August 1918
  Lt.-Col. A.E. Dubuc, DSO, 9 August 1918 – 27 August 1918
  Maj. G.P. Vanier, MC, 27 August 1918 – 28 August 1918
  Maj. G.E.A. Dupuis, MC, 28 August 1918 – 10 September 1918
  Lt.Col. J.R.H. DesRosiers, 10 September 1918 - demobilization
  Two members of the 22nd Battalion were awarded the Victoria Cross: Corporal Joseph Kaeble was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 8 June 1918 at Neuville-Vitasse, France and  Lieutenant Jean Brillant was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 8 and 9 August 1918 east of Méharicourt, France during the Battle of Amiens.
  The 22nd 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
  The 22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, CEF, is perpetuated by the Royal 22e Régiment.
caption: The farewell (HS85-10-30885)
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