Contemporary Accounts

The 122nd Battalion CEF was recruited throughout the Muskoka District in Ontario, and mobilized in Huntsville and Galt in 1916. The battalion had a strength of 26 officers and 686 other ranks when it embarked from Halifax aboard the Olympic on 2 June 1917.

The 121st Battalion CEF was recruited in New Westminster and Vancouver in British Columbia, and mobilized in New Westminster. The battalion had a strength of 32 officers and 1035 other ranks when it embarked from Halifax aboard the Empress of Britain on 14 August 1916. 

The 120th Battalion CEF was recruited throughout the Hamilton area, and mobilized in Hamilton, Ontario in 1915. The battalion had a strength of 32 officers and 838 other ranks when it embarked from Halifax aboard the Empress of Britain on 14 August 1916. 

The 119th Battalion CEF was recruited throughout the district of Algoma and Manitoulin Island in Ontario, and mobilized in Sault Ste-Marie. The battalion had a strength of 32 officers and 940 other ranks when it embarked from Halifax aboard the Metagama on 9 August 1916. 

The 118th Battalion CEF was recruited in the north riding of Waterloo County, and mobilized in Kitchener, Ontario. The battalion had a strength of 15 officers and 231 other ranks when it embarked from Halifax aboard the Scandinavian on 26 January 1917. 

The 117th Battalion CEF was recruited throughout the eastern counties of Quebec, and mobilized in Sherbrooke in 1915. The battalion had a strength of 36 officers and 856 other ranks when it embarked from Halifax aboard the Empress of Britain on 14 August 1916. 

The 116th Battalion CEF was recruited throughout Ontario County in Ontario, and mobilized in Uxbridge in late 1915. The battalion had a strength of 36 officers and 948 other ranks when it embarked from Halifax aboard the Olympic on 24 July 1916. 

The 115th Battalion CEF was recruited throughout New Brunswick, and mobilized in Saint John, New Brunswick, in late 1915. The battalion had a strength of 34 officers and 801 other ranks when it embarked from Halifax aboard the Olympic on 24 July 1916. 

The 114th Battalion CEF was recruited in Haldimand County and on the Six Nations Reserve (with nearly 300 Indigenous volunteers), and mobilized in Cayuga, Ontario. The battalion had a strength of 30 officers and 679 other ranks when it embarked from Halifax aboard the Caronia on 1 November 1916. 

The 113th Battalion CEF was recruited in Lethbridge and Calgary, and mobilized in Calgary, Alberta, in 1915. The battalion had a strength of 30 officers and 883 other ranks when it embarked from Halifax aboard the Tuscania on 27 September 1916.