1st Canadian Division

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army division military formation

The 1st Canadian Division is a historic and still-active Canadian Army formation that first gained prominence for its major combat role on the Western Front during the First World War.

Aliases (2)

1st Canadian Infantry Division ×3
1st Canadian Division Headquarters ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army division → military formation →
alliance	NATO →
conflict	Cold War → First World War → Second World War → War in Afghanistan → War on Terror →
country	Canada →
dateFormed	1914 →
garrison	Kingston, Ontario →
historicalStatus	historic formation →
insignia	red rectangular divisional patch →
language	English → French →
militaryBranch	Canadian Army →
mottoLanguage	English and French →
nickname	Red Patch Division →
notableEngagement	Battle of Amiens (1918) → Battle of Ortona → Battle of Passchendaele → Battle of Vimy Ridge → Battle of the Somme → Gothic Line → Hundred Days Offensive → Liberation of the Netherlands → Liri Valley operations → Second Battle of Ypres →
notableFor	major combat role on the Western Front during the First World War →
partOf	Canadian Armed Forces → Canadian Army →
raisedBy	Canada →
raisedFor	Canadian Expeditionary Force →
reestablished	2010 →
reorganized	Cold War era → post-Second World War →
role	deployable joint headquarters → operational headquarters →
size	division →
status	active →
subordinateTo	Canadian Joint Operations Command →
theatreOfOperations	Afghanistan → Italian Campaign (Second World War) → Northwest Europe (Second World War) → Western Front (First World War) →
type	headquarters formation →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2nd Canadian Division → 4th Canadian Division →	servedAlongside
Battle of Ortona ("1st Canadian Infantry Division") →	combatant
Canadian Expeditionary Force →	component
Canadian Corps →	composedOf
Canadian Joint Operations Command ("1st Canadian Division Headquarters") →	hasComponent
Canadian Expeditionary Force →	hasPart
Second Battle of Ypres →	involves
Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ("1st Canadian Infantry Division") →	notableUnit
First Canadian Army ("1st Canadian Infantry Division") →	subordinateUnit