Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Canadian military unit expeditionary force military formation

The Canadian Expeditionary Force was the field force of Canadian volunteer soldiers raised to fight overseas for the British Empire during the First World War.

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Label Occurrences
Canadian Expeditionary Force canonical 46
Canadian Expeditionary Force cadre 1
Canadian Expeditionary Force infantry 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian military unit ⓘ
expeditionary force ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
allegiance British Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CEF ⓘ
associatedEvent Conscription Crisis of 1917 ⓘ
awarded multiple Victoria Crosses to its members ⓘ
branch land forces ⓘ
casualties over 170000 wounded ⓘ
over 60000 killed ⓘ
component 1st Canadian Division ⓘ
2nd Canadian Division ⓘ
3rd Canadian Division ⓘ
4th Canadian Division ⓘ
Canadian Corps ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War
country Canada ⓘ
demobilization post-Armistice 1918 to 1920 ⓘ
endTime 1920 ⓘ
engagement Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
Battle of Vimy Ridge ⓘ
Battle of the Somme ⓘ
Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
Second Battle of Ypres ⓘ
flag British Red Ensign ⓘ
surface form: Red Ensign with Canadian badge (in use by Canada during WWI)
garrison Valcartier, Quebec ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
laterIntegratedInto Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ
surface form: Permanent Canadian Army
mobilizationCentre Camp Valcartier ⓘ
notableCommander Arthur Currie ⓘ
Julian Byng ⓘ
notableFor major role in Canadian national identity formation ⓘ
notableUnit Canadian Forestry Corps ⓘ
Canadian Machine Gun Corps ⓘ
Canadian Railway Troops ⓘ
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ⓘ
Royal 22e Régiment ⓘ
partOf Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Army
purpose to fight overseas for the British Empire during the First World War ⓘ
recruitmentBasis voluntary enlistment ⓘ
role field force of Canadian volunteer soldiers ⓘ
size over 600000 personnel enlisted ⓘ
startTime 1914 ⓘ
subordinateTo British High Command on the Western Front ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

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

William Stephenson → militaryBranch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Canadian Army Medical Corps → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Billy Bishop → militaryBranch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Second Battle of Ypres → involves → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
1st Canadian Division → raisedFor → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Canadian Machine Gun Corps → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Canadian Forestry Corps → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Arthur Currie → militaryBranch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
2nd Canadian Division → raisedBy → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Canadian Corps → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
3rd Canadian Division → branch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Canadian Railway Troops → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
4th Canadian Division → branch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Major William Barker → militaryBranch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
subject surface form: William George Barker
Raymond Chandler → militaryBranch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Robert E. Sherwood → militaryBranch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
George Black (Canadian politician) → militaryBranch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Howard Green → militaryBranch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Canadian Cavalry Brigade → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Canadian Engineers → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Canadian Engineers → associatedWith → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force infantry divisions
Permanent Force of the Canadian Army → transformedInto → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force cadre
Red Patch Division → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
CMGC → operatedBy → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Lewis gun → usedBy → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Military Service Act → appliesTo → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Canadian National Vimy Memorial → commemoratesMissingFrom → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Andrew Hamilton Gault → militaryBranch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
The Patricias → associatedWith → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian expeditionary forces
Raymond Brutinel → militaryBranch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigades → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
8th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
8th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force → service → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
8th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force → category → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War I Canadian battalion
8th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force → force → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Major-General Frederick Loomis → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Loomis
Edwin Alderson → servedIn → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Harry Crerar → memberOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
144th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
190th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
58th Battalion (Central Ontario), CEF → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
58th Battalion (Central Ontario), CEF → associatedWith → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force infantry units
William Avery Bishop → militaryBranch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF → branch → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force infantry
195th Battalion (City of Regina), CEF → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
195th Battalion (City of Regina), CEF → force → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
195th Battalion (City of Regina), CEF → theatreOfOperations → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force operations in World War I
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion (CEF) → partOf → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Vimy Ridge → associatedWith → Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ