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3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade

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After training on Salisbury Plain in late 1914, the brigade moved as part of the 1st Canadian Division to the Western Front. During its deployment on the Western Front, the 3rd Brigade fought in the following battles and engagements on the Western Front:
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on 14 October 1914. On arrival in Britain, it consisted of four infantry battalions, numbered 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th. As part of the
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First formed on 29 August 1914, the brigade was initially made up from provisional battalions that were named after their
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Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914–1919: Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War
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of origin, but these titles were replaced with numerals before the brigade arrived in
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the brigade, again as part of the 1st Canadian Division, participated in the Allied
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Troops from the Royal 22 Régiment getting ready to disembark, Italy, September 1943
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Shoestring Soldiers: The 1st Canadian Division at War, 1914–1915
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15th Canadian Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada), CEF
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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16th Canadian Battalion (The Canadian Scottish), CEF
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Canada
Canadian Army
Infantry
Brigade
1st Canadian Division
World War I
Second Battle of Ypres
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Battle of Passchendaele
World War II
Invasion of Sicily
Italian campaign
R.E.W. Turner
George Tuxford
Canadian Army
World War I
World War II
province
Britain
1st Canadian Division
Richard Turner
George Tuxford
Second Battle of Ypres
Battle of Gravenstafel
Battle of St. Julien
Saint Julien Memorial
Battle of Festubert
Second Battle of Givenchy

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