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The 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF (also known as "MacKenzie Battalion", "Master Raiders", "Raiding Battalion") was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great World War. It was the first of three to be raised entirely in Nova Scotia during the war.〔Clements. Merry Hell: The Story of the 25th Battalion. University of Toronto Press. 2013, p. xviii. The two other battalions were The Royal Canadian Regiment and 85th Battalion.〕 The 25th served in Belgium and France as part of the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division from September 16, 1915 until the end of the war. Regimental headquarters were established at the Halifax Armouries, with recruitment offices in Sydney, Amherst, New Glasgow, Truro and Yarmouth. Of the 1000 Nova Scotians that started with the Battalion, after the first year of fighting, 100 were left in the Battalion, while 900 men were killed, taken prisoner, missing or injured. The 25th Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 20 May 1915. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920.〔Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.〕 The 25th Battalion recruited throughout Nova Scotia and was mobilized at Halifax.〔Meek, John F. ''Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War.'' Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971. ISBN 0906158109〕 == Commanding Officers == The 25th battalion had eight Officers Commanding: *Lt.-Col. G.A. LeCain, 20 May 1915 – 26 October 1915 *Lt.-Col. E. Hilliam, 26 October 1915 – 18 January 1917 *Maj. J.A. De Lancy, MC, 18 January 1917 – 4 April 1917 *Lt.-Col. D.S. Bauld, DSO, 4 April 1917 – 9 July 1917 *Lt.-Col. A.S. Blois, DSO, 9 July 1917 – 19 April 1918 *Lt.-Col. J.W. Wise, DSO, MC, 19 April 1918 – 8 August 1918 *Lt.-Col. F.P. Day, 9 August 1918 – 13 October 1918 *Lt.Col. C.J. Mersereau, DSO, 13 October 1918-Dmobilization〔Meek, John F. ''Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War.'' Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971. ISBN 0906158109〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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