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The 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles were a mounted infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during World War I. The unit was raised from volunteers of the 7th and XIth (Canadian) Hussars from the Eastern Townships of Quebec. [1] [2] Formed in 1915, they were transported to England later that year.
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2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles: 7 November 1914 6 November 1920 The British Columbia Dragoons: 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles: 7 November 1914 6 November 1920 Governor General's Horse Guards: 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles: 7 November 1914 30 August 1920 The Sherbrooke Hussars: The Royal Canadian Regiment: 21 December ...
4th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles (later 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles) The Governor General's Horse Guards [1] [16] [30] 5th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles (later 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles) The Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles [1] [30] [31] and the 7th/11th Hussars (now part of the Sherbrooke Hussars) [1] [32]
5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles: 7 November 1914 30 August 1920 The Sherbrooke Hussars: 6th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles: 7 November 1914 18 February 1918 87th Field Battery, RCA, 88th Field Battery, RCA, and 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) 7th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles: 7 November 1914 11 April 1918
The 5th Battalion was authorized on 10 August 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 29 September 1914. It entered the theatre of operations in France on 14 February 1915, where it fought as part of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war.
On 3 January 1916, the regiment was converted to infantry and Redesignated as the 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles and was assigned to the 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division where it fought in France and Flanders until the end of the war in November 1918. On 30 August 1920, the battalion was disbanded.
Charles Smith Rutherford VC, MC, MM (9 February 1892 – 11 June 1989) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.