4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles
MILITARY UNIT
4th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles; 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF
The 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles was authorized on 7 November 1914 as the 4th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF and embarked for Britain on 18 July 1915. It disembarked in France on 24 October 1915, where it fought as part of the 2nd Brigade Canadian Mounted Rifles until 31 December 1915, when it was converted to infantry and allocated to the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division.