(This
page last
updated September 03, 2012
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The Summary Tables have grown in size and have now expanded
to include both the Army Corps and the Army Troops. As such, we
have split up the summary table format to include both groups. The
initial Matrix Project was based on the Infantry Brigades in the 4
Canadian Divisions, however we quickly appreciated the fact that such an
approach, although of primary interest to many of the members, did not
do justice to all the other soldiers and support members in the Canadian
Expeditionary Force.
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you are looking for information on the Infantry Reserve
Battalions, please note that they can be found within the Matrix
Reserve Battalion Utility. If you are uncertain as to a
"Regular" versus "Reserve" Battalion, please
first consult the "Infantry Battalions" below and
check their transfer status to the Reserves. |
In order to allow you to move quickly to the summary table that will
best answer your immediate needs, we have prepared this "quick
connect" listing: (just click on the hyperlinks and/or
bookmarks to go direct to
that component)
Army
Corps
(3 separate tables) |
Army
Troops
(all in one table at present) |
 | Division
Field Artillery
 | Field Batteries |
| Howitzer Batteries
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| Division
Infantry Battalions
| Numbered Battalions 1-260 |
| Named Battalions
 | Canadian Mounted Rifles |
| Royal Canadian Regiment |
| Princess Patricia's Canadian Light
Infantry
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| Division
Corps Other Units
| Ammunition Columns |
| Canadian Engineers |
| Signal Companies |
| Trench Mortar Batteries |
| Machine Gun Corps |
| Divisional Train / Army Service Corps |
| Field Ambulances |
| Employment Company |
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| 1st Echelon
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| 2nd Echelon
| Engineers |
| Construction |
| Signal Companies |
| Cyclists |
| Mechanical Transport |
| Railway Troops
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| 3rd Echelon
| Medical |
| Dental |
| Labour / Employment |
| Veterinarian |
| Forestry |
| Schools |
| Reinforcement Camps |
| Miscellaneous |
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Please keep in mind that these are only the "Summary
Tables" and the details of all of these units are (or will be)
found within the bowels of the Matrix Web Site. At present, the
level of detail is more or less dictated by the interest expressed by
the members of the CEFSG, as they are the resources that result in
information being added to the Matrix.
For the original listing of the Regimental Lists, please see the Library
and Archives Canada Regimental Number List. Thanks to Bill
Smy for pointing out the location of this list! To assist
fellow researchers, I have collect all 47 pages from this site and put
them into a single PDF file that is now available in the Matrix
Utilities (download PDF file).
We ask for your patience, as well as your comments and input, as this
is a "work in progress" that will be adjusted, expanded,
corrected and optimized as the Matrix Project continues to
develop. The Matrix, as it turns out, appears to be about as
"fluid" as the movement of the Army Corps and Army Troops were
during the Great War. As soon as you think you "have
it", it changes. That was and still is the CEF.
| Summary Table - Army Corps
In the early versions of the Summary Table for the Army Corps, we
only referenced the Battalions that were classified under the term
of "Infantry Brigades". Generally an Infantry
Brigade consists of 4 Battalions (After reorganization to the UK
model) and a Trench Mortar Battery. In the initial table we
included all 260 of the raised Infantry Battalions, even if they
were not in one of the 12 Infantry Brigades in the 4
Divisions. This supported the purpose of the first Summary
Table in the Matrix to allow researchers to track individual
soldiers from the units they attested with, to those that they were
subsequently transferred to by way of absorption into Reserve
Battalions or Replacements.
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| Summary Table - Army Troops
As work progresses on the Summary Tables, we are starting to add
the components of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that were not
listed in the "Composition of Divisions" (the Army Corps)
but are more or less described in the Three Echelons of the Army
Troops.
Differentiation of the Army Troops from the Army Corps can be
visualized when one starts to look at individual battles with
movement of Corps Units (the Divisions) and Troop Units (not linked
to a specific Division). For example, and as best understood
at this time, when the First Division Infantry Brigades moved, the
associated Divisional Units of the Canadian Field Artillery,
Ammunition Columns, Engineers, etc. moved with the Division.
This differs from the movement of an Army Troops unit in that they
did not necessarily move when the Division moved.
We have taken the various units of the Army Troops, as listed in
Appendix B of Nicholson's text and classified them into the 3
Echelons, as described in Loves' text and others. These are
now listed as follows:
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