87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards), CEF

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/87th_Battalion_(Canadian_Grenadier_Guards),_CEF
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
Canadian Expeditionary Force unit
gptkbp:absorbedPersonnelFrom 245th Battalion, CEF
gptkbp:arrivedInFrance 12 August 1916
gptkbp:awardedVictoriaCross gptkb:Private_John_Francis_Young
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Passchendaele
gptkb:Ypres_1917
gptkb:Vimy_Ridge
gptkb:Hindenburg_Line
gptkb:Amiens
gptkb:Arras_1917-18
gptkb:Somme_1916
gptkb:Pursuit_to_Mons
France and Flanders 1916-18
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Canadian_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:disbanded 1919
gptkbp:embarkationDate 23 April 1916
gptkbp:embarkedFor gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkbp:formed 1915
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Montreal,_Quebec
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards), CEF
gptkbp:mobilizedAt gptkb:Montreal,_Quebec
gptkbp:nickname Canadian Grenadier Guards Battalion
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Lt.-Col._F.S._Meighen
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:11th_Infantry_Brigade
gptkb:4th_Canadian_Division
gptkbp:perpetuates gptkb:The_Canadian_Grenadier_Guards
gptkbp:role gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Private_John_Francis_Young
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7