10th Battalion (Canadians), CEF

10th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force
Cap badge of the 10th Battalion, C.E.F.
ActiveSeptember 1914 – 1920
Country Canada
BranchC.E.F.
TypeLine Infantry
SizeOne battalion
Part of2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade
Nickname(s)The Fighting Tenth
White Gurkhas
MarchColonel Bogey
Anniversaries22 April ("The Glorious Memory of the 22nd of April")
Engagements
Battle honours
List
  • Ypres, 1915, '17
  • Gravenstafel
  • St. Julien
  • Festubert, 1915
  • Mount Sorrel
  • Somme, 1916
  • Thiepval
  • Ancre Heights
  • Arras, 1917, '18
  • Vimy, 1917
  • Arleux
  • Hill 70
  • Passchendaele
  • Amiens
  • Scarpe, 1918
  • Dorcourt–Quéant
  • Hindenburg Line
  • Canal du Nord
  • Pursuit to Mons
  • France and Flanders, 1915–18
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Lieutenant-Colonel Russell Lambert Boyle

The 10th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was a unit of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), specifically in the 1st Canadian Division from 1914 to 1919. The battalion participated in every major Canadian battle of the First World War, and set a record for the most decorations earned by a Canadian unit in a single battle at Hill 70. The unit was known to its contemporaries simply as The Fighting Tenth.

The 10th Battalion is perpetuated by The Royal Winnipeg Rifles and The Calgary Highlanders.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "CEF Infantry Battalions" (PDF).
  2. ^ "10th Battalion, CEF". www.canadiansoldiers.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. ^ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.