187h Battalion CEF

The 187th battalion was recruited in the Red Deer district and mobilized in Red Deer, Alberta, with a strength of 25 officers and 777 other ranks. The regiment was presented its colours by the IODE of Innisfail in June 1916. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 20 December, 1916, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 26 December.