176th Battalion CEF

The 176th battalion was recruited in Lincoln and Welland counties, and mobilized in St. Catharines, Ontario, with a strength of 18 officers and 446 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 29 April, 1917, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 7 May.

176th Bn CEF postcard.pdf (3.72 MB)

176th Bn postcard - When I'm Away.pdf (3.61 MB)

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Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory and Popular Culture Research Collection - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario

Contemporary Accounts

First World War