19th Battalion ( Central Ontario ) , CEF History . The 19th Battalion ( Central Ontario ) , CEF , or Canadian Expeditionary Force , was originally raised at Exhibition Park in Toronto , Ontario , Canada on 6 November 1914 . As part of the 4th Infantry Brigade , 2nd Canadian Division , the 19th went from its station in Toronto , Canada , to West Sandling Camp , Shorncliffe , England , 23 May 1915 and then to France on 14 September 1915 in support of the British Empire in the First World War , where it served from 1915 to 1919 . 1916 World War Service . Battle of Thiepval . The 19th moved out at 6 : 45 p . m . on the 25 September 1916 , following the 20th , 18th , and 21st Canadian battalions on the Albert - Bapaume road toward Courcelette . They were instructed to be at the ready for any movement as they staged themselves at the road with G . F . Morrison commanding . On the 26th , the 19th was instructed to move to Sausage Valley and be ready , and they arrived on the 27th . On the 28th , the 19th was instructed to push forward towards Le Sars where the enemy line was . On the 29th , heavy artillery fire rained down on their position , resulting in heavy casualties . Reports came in that the British had taken the Destremont farm southwest of Le Sars while snipers fired on their position . With a fair amount of shelling coming from Pys , orders came from Rennie to push forward . In his diary of the action at Thiepval , Private John Mould of the 19th expressed the intensity of the advance : " Unmerciful shells were sent over in dozens and within a very short time the ground all around us looked to all appearance like a newly ploughed field . How we escaped without being cut up is one of the things I am not able to explain . I had a very close call myself during this bombardment , a shell bursting within 2 yards of where I was digging . I never knew a thing for a few minutes , the force of the explosion sending me quite silly . It was an awful experience and one which I hoped would not happen again . After about 5 hours of this terrible anxiety , things became much quieter so we were able to proceed with our work of digging more quicker than before . Keeping hard at it during the night , we had by the morning completed 3 lines of trenches and also consolidated them good enough to protect the Battalion from machine gun fire and shrapnel . " On 15 October 1916 , Major General R . E . W . Turner , V . C . , K . C . B . , K . C . M . G . , D . S . O . , commander of the 2nd Canadian Division , decorated the men who were honoured for their recent service in battle . Battle of Le Transloy . The 19th , without its D - Company , who had joined the 20th Battalion , joined with the 18th and 20th Canadian Infantry Battalions , the 4th and 5th Canadian Infantry Brigades , and the 23rd British Division on 1 October 1916 in a concentrated attack of the German lines near Le Transloy . On 3 October , D - Company rejoined the 19th , and were relieved by the 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion . Total losses were 13 killed , 87 wounded , 29 sick , and 3 missing . 1918 World War Service . The 19th Battalion ( Central Ontario ) , CEF is perpetuated by The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada ( Princess Louise ' s ) .