5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF

5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles
Cap badge of the 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles
Active1914–1919
Country Canada
BranchCanadian Expeditionary Force
TypeMounted infantry
SizeBattalion
Part of8th Canadian Infantry Brigade
MarchThe British Grenadiers
Insignia
Battle patch

The 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles were a mounted infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during World War I. The unit was raised from volunteers of the 7th and XIth (Canadian) Hussars from the Eastern Townships of Quebec.[1][2]

Formed in 1915, they were transported to England later that year. In 1916, they converted to an infantry battalion attached to the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division, CEF (later the Canadian Corps). The battalion saw action in France and Flanders between 1916 and 1918.[1]

  1. ^ a b Regiments.org; 5th CMR
  2. ^ "5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF". 14 October 2007. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2022.