28th Battalion (Northwest), CEF

The 28th Battalion, CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War.

History

The battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 29 May 1915. It disembarked in France on 18 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division, in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.
The 28th Battalion originally recruited in Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario and was mobilized at Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The battalion had five officers commanding:

Lieutenant-Colonel J.F.L. Embury, CMG, 29 May 1915 – 17 September 1916
Lieutenant-Colonel A. Ross, DSO, 17 September 1916 – 1 October 1918
Major G.F.D. Bond, MC, 2 October 1918 – 6 November 1918
Major A.F. Simpson, DSO, 6 November 1918 – 16 December 1918
Lieutenant-Colonel D.E. MacIntyre, DSO, MC, 16 December 1918-Demobilization
Battle honours

The 28th Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:

MOUNT SORREL
SOMME, 1916, '18
Flers-Courcelette
Thiepval
Ancre Heights
ARRAS, 1917, '18
Vimy, 1917
Scarpe, 1917, '18
HILL 70
Ypres 1917
Passchendaele
AMIENS
HINDENBURG LINE
Drocourt-Quéant
Canal du Nord
Cambrai, 1918
PURSUIT TO MONS
FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18
Perpetuation

The perpetuation of the 28th Battalion was assigned in 1920 to 1st Battalion, The South Saskatchewan Regiment, and has been passed down as follows:

1st Battalion, The South Saskatchewan Regiment: 1920–1924
1st Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment: 1924–1936
The Regina Rifle Regiment: 1936–1982
The Royal Regina Rifle Regiment: 1982–1984
The Royal Regina Rifles: 1984–present