226th Battalion CEF

The 226th battalion was recruited in Portage la Prairie, Dauphin, Virden, Neepawa, Minnedosa, Russell, Gladstone, Shoal Lake, Glenboro, Souris, Carberry, Swan River, Birtle and Rapid City, and mobilized in Camp Hughes, Manitoba, with a strength of 32 officers and 1035 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 20 December 1916, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 26 December.