50th Battalion (Calgary), CEF

50th Battalion, CEF
50th Calgary Battalion patch
Active	November 7, 1914 – August 30, 1920
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Expeditionary Force
Type	Line infantry
Role	Infantry
Size	1 battalion (500–1,000 men)
Part of	British Expeditionary Force Canadian Corps 4th Division 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Calgary
Nickname(s)	Mason's Man-Eaters
Colors	Oxford blue over Cambridge blue
March	"A Hundred Pipers"
Engagements	World War I 1916 Battle of Ancre Heights Battle of the Somme 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge Battle of Lens Battle of Passchendaele 1918 Battle of Amiens Second Battle of the Somme Battle of Cambrai Battle of the Drocourt-Quéant Line Battle of the Canal du Nord Battle of Valenciennes
Battle honours	Somme, 1916; Ancre Heights; Ancre, 1916; Arras, 1917, '18; Vimy, 1917; Hill 70; Ypres, 1917; Passchendaele; Amiens; Scarpe, 1918; Drocourt-Quéant Line; Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Valenciennes; France and Flanders, 1916–18
Commanders
Current commander	N/A

The 50th Battalion (Calgary), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 50th Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 27 October 1915. The battalion disembarked in France on 11 August 1916, where it fought as part of the 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division, in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.^[1]

The 50th Battalion recruited in and was mobilized at Calgary, Alberta.^[2]