FIRST WORLD WAR

Our Canadian/Scots Brothers

Canadian "Scottish" or "Highland" Overseas Battalions that fought in the First World War

Canada organised 260 overseas battalions for the Great War. These overseas battalions were sent as they were organised to strength. Originally, Canada had planed to send its men in divisions but Commonwealth politics precluded divisions in favour or the C.E.F. being organised and sent to the front as composite battalions. Below are the "Scottish" battalions by name and their overseas battalion number. The number in (italics) following the regimental name is the number of Battle Honours won.

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louises) (20), 19th, 173rd, 3rd M.G., Bns. Royal Highlanders of Canada (Black Watch) (26), 13th, 42nd, 73rd, Bns. 48th Highlanders of Canada (25), 15th, 92nd, 134th, Bns. Canadian Scottish (24), 16th Bn. Nova Scotia Highlanders, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada (24), 17th, 85th, 193rd, 219th, 246th, Bns. Nova Scotia Infantry, 112th Bn. Montreal Battalion, 23rd Bn. Cameron Highlanders, 43rd, 174th, 179th, Bns. Seaforth Highlanders, 72nd, 231st, Bns. Canadian Highlanders, 96th, 173rd, Bns. British Columbians/Canada, 102nd Bn. South Waterloo Battalion, 111th Bn. Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, 154th Bn. Bruce Battalion, 160th Bn. Cape Breton Highlanders, 185th Bn. Edmonton Highlanders, 194th Bn. New Brunswick Kilties, 236th Bn. MacLean Kilties of America/Sir Sams Own, 236th Bn. Canadian Scottish Borderers, 241st Bn. Queens University Highlanders, 253rd Bn. 50th Gordon Highlanders, Overseas Draft, 268th Bn. 14th Winnipeg Reserve Battalion, 271st Bn. Prince Edward Island Highlanders, 105th Bn. Western Scots, 67th Bn. Lethbridge Highlanders, 113th Bn. Lanark and Renfrew Scottish, 130th, 240th Bns.

SCOTLAND'S FAMILY TREE (SFT)