4th Canadian Division

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Canadian Expeditionary Force formation infantry division military unit

The 4th Canadian Division was a World War I infantry division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that fought on the Western Front in major battles such as the Somme and Vimy Ridge.

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4th Canadian Division, CEF 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian Expeditionary Force formation ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance British Empire ⓘ
branch Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
composition Canadian infantry brigades ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War
country Canada ⓘ
engagement trench warfare ⓘ
era World War I ⓘ
formedAs 4th Canadian Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 4th Canadian Division, CEF
front Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front in Belgium

Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front in France
notableAction assault on Vimy Ridge in April 1917 ⓘ
operations on the Somme in 1916 ⓘ
operatedUnderCommandOf British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Amiens (1918) ⓘ
Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
Battle of Vimy Ridge ⓘ
Battle of the Somme ⓘ
Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
partOf Canadian Corps ⓘ
raisedFor service in Europe ⓘ
role infantry ⓘ
servedAlongside 1st Canadian Division ⓘ
2nd Canadian Division ⓘ
3rd Canadian Division ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Western Front ⓘ
type field division ⓘ

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1st Hussars → commandStructure → 4th Canadian Division ⓘ
Canadian Expeditionary Force → component → 4th Canadian Division ⓘ
Canadian Corps → composedOf → 4th Canadian Division ⓘ
4th Canadian Division → formedAs → 4th Canadian Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 4th Canadian Division, CEF
CEF → hasPart → 4th Canadian Division ⓘ
subject surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force
2nd Canadian Division → servedAlongside → 4th Canadian Division ⓘ