CEF

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field army military formation

CEF is the abbreviation for the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the field force of the Canadian Army raised for service overseas during the First World War.

Aliases (1)

Canadian Expeditionary Force ×50

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	field army → military formation →
abbreviation	CEF →
allegiance	British Empire →
approximateStrength	over 600,000 personnel enlisted →
branch	land forces →
commander	Arthur Currie → Julian Byng → Sam Hughes →
conflict	First World War →
country	Canada →
endTime	1920 →
hasPart	1st Canadian Division → 2nd Canadian Division → 3rd Canadian Division → 48th Highlanders of Canada → 4th Canadian Division → Canadian Army Medical Corps → Canadian Army Service Corps → Canadian Cavalry Brigade → Canadian Corps → Canadian Engineers → Canadian Forestry Corps → Canadian Machine Gun Corps → Canadian Railway Troops → Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry → Royal 22nd Regiment → Royal Canadian Regiment →
language	English → French →
locationOfHeadquarters	Ottawa →
notableEngagement	Battle of Amiens (1918) → Battle of Cambrai (1918) → Battle of Passchendaele → Battle of Vimy Ridge → Battle of the Somme → Hundred Days Offensive → Second Battle of Ypres →
notableFor	high casualty rate relative to population of Canada → major role in Canadian national identity formation →
partOf	Canadian Army →
reasonForAbolition	demobilization after First World War →
recruitmentArea	Dominion of Canada →
startTime	1914 →
subordinateTo	British Expeditionary Force →
successor	Permanent Force of the Canadian Army →
theatreOfOperations	Gallipoli campaign → Palestine campaign → Salonika front → Western Front →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Canadian Expeditionary Force →	abbreviation
Canadian Expeditionary Force →	alsoKnownAs