16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF

16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF
Distinguishing patch
Active1914–1920
Disbanded1920
CountryCanada
BranchCanadian Expeditionary Force
TypeInfantry
Part of3rd Brigade, CEF
Battle honours
  • Ypres, 1915, '17
  • Gravenstafel
  • St Julien
  • Festubert, 1915
  • Mount Sorrel
  • Somme, 1916
  • Pozières
  • Theipval
  • Ancre Heights
  • Arras, 1917, '18
  • Vimy, 1917
  • Arleux
  • Scarpe, 1917, '18
  • Hill 70
  • Passchendaele
  • Amiens
  • Drocourt–Quéant
  • Hindenburg Line
  • Canal du Nord
  • Pursuit to Mons
  • France and Flanders, 1915-18
Commanders
Notable
commanders		LCol Cyrus Wesley Peck

The 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF was a unit of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was organized at Valcartier on 2 September 1914 in response to the Great War and was composed of recruits from the 91st Regiment Canadian Highlanders, the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada, the 72nd Regiment "Seaforth Highlanders of Canada", and the 50th Regiment "Highlanders".[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "CEF Infantry Battalions" (PDF). Library and Archives Canada.
  2. ^ "16th Battalion, CEF". www.canadiansoldiers.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. ^ Mark Zuehlke (28 August 2008). Brave battalion: the remarkable saga of the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) in the First World War. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-470-15416-8. Retrieved 27 November 2011.