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.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
CEF canonical	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	field army ⓘ military formation ⓘ
abbreviation	CEF self-linksurface differs ⓘ
allegiance	British Empire ⓘ
approximateStrength	over 600,000 personnel enlisted ⓘ
branch	land forces ⓘ
commander	Arthur Currie ⓘ Julian Byng ⓘ Sam Hughes ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Royal Canadian Army Service Corps ⓘ surface form: 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 22e Régiment ⓘ surface form: Royal 22nd Regiment Royal Canadian Regiment ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters	Ottawa ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Amiens (1918) ⓘ Battle of Cambrai ⓘ surface form: 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 (pre‑1968) ⓘ surface form: 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	Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ surface form: Gallipoli campaign Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ surface form: Palestine campaign Balkan Front ⓘ surface form: Salonika front Western Front ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canadian Expeditionary Force → alsoKnownAs → CEF ⓘ

CEF → abbreviation → CEF self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force