249th Battalion CEF

The 249th battalion was recruited in Regina, Saskatoon, Swift Current, Moosomin, Weyburn, Melville, Maple Creek and Estevan, and mobilized in Regina, Saskatchewan, with a strength of 15 officers and 709 other ranks. Absorbed the 250th Battalion on 10 October 1917. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 21 February 1918, on the troop ships Saxonia and Megantic, and disembarked in the UK on 4 March. The battalion was absorbed by the 15th Canadian Reserve Battalion on 6 March 1918.