Created by General Order 103a dated 15 August 1915
Recruiting Area: Toronto and area
Regimental Numbers: 141001 - 144000
Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel J. Ballantine, DSO
First Incoming Drafts from: 13th, 19th, 20th, 35th, 38th, 44th, 77th and 91st Regiments
Currently Perpetuated by: The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton) Regiment
War Diary: None
The history ends before embarkation, so I have not been able to determine the eventual
disposition, but I assume it was absorbed in the a Reserve Battalion in the UK.
 | Matrix addition: reported to have been absorbed by 36th
Battalion |
From LECM 76th Btn.:
The 76th Overseas Battalion, C.E.F., under the command of
Lt-Col. J. Ballantine, D.S.O., formerly Major with the 4th
Battalion, C.E.F., began organizing in the summer of 1915. The
battalion drew men from a number of regiments in southwestern
Ontario outside of Toronto. About half of the men were received
from the 13th Royal Regiment and the 91st Regiment, both of
Hamilton. The battalion was eventually sent overseas where it
was subsequently disbanded and its men used as replacements for
units already in the field.
See the noted web site for the complete roster (click
here). |
