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The 86th Battalion (Machine Gun), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Great War Canadian Expeditionary Force. The 86th Battalion was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Britain on 19 May 1916, where it provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field until 22 June 1916, when it was reorganized as the Canadian Machine Gun Depot, CEF. The battalion disbanded on 1 September 1917.〔Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.〕 The 86th Battalion recruited in Hamilton, Wentworth and Dundas, Ontario and was mobilized at Hamilton.〔Meek, John F. ''Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War.'' Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971. ISBN 0906158109〕 The 86th Battalion had one Officer Commanding, Lt.-Col. W.W.Stewart, DSO, from 22 May 1916 to 16 March 1917 (after 22 June 1916 as the Canadian Machine Gun Depot, CEF).〔Meek, John F. ''Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War.'' Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971. ISBN 0906158109〕 The 86th Battalion was awarded the battle honour THE GREAT WAR 1916.〔Meek, John F. ''Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War.'' Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971. ISBN 0906158109〕 The 86th Battalion (Machine Gun), CEF, is perpetuated by The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment).〔Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.〕 ==References== 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「86th Battalion (Machine Gun), CEF」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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