52nd Battalion (New Ontario), CEF
The 52nd Battalion, CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War.
History
The 52nd Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 23 November 1915. It disembarked in France on 21 February 1916, where it fought as part of the 9th Canadian Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.The 52nd Battalion recruited in Port Arthur, Kenora, Fort Frances and Dryden, Ontario and was mobilized at Port Arthur.
The 52nd Battalion had seven Officers Commanding:
- Lt-Col A.W. Hay, 23 November 1915 – 3 June 1916
- Lt.-Col. D.M. Sutherland, 27 July 1916 – 25 September 1916
- Lt.-Col. W.B. Evans, DSO, 25 September 1916 – 11 July 1917
- Maj. E.A.C. Wilcox, 11 July 1917 – 4 August 1917
- Lt.-Col. W.W. Foster, DSO, 4 August 1917 – 24 September 1918
- Lt.-Col. D.M. Sutherland, DSO, 24 September 1918 – 9 October 1918
- Lt.-Col. W.W. Foster, DSO, 9 October 1918-Demobilization
Battle honours
The 52nd Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:- Mount Sorrel
- Somme, 1916
- Flers-Courcelette
- Ancre Heights
- Arras, 1917, '18
- Vimy, 1917
- HILL 70
- Ypres 1917
- Passchendaele
- Amiens
- Scarpe, 1918
- Drocourt-Quéant
- Hindenburg Line
- Canal du Nord
- Cambrai, 1918
- Valenciennes
- France and Flanders, 1916-18