11th Canadian Mounted Rifles

08/07/2023

Good day fellow enthusiasts of the 11th Canadian Mounted Rifles. I set up this site in order to gather more information on this regiment. My Great-Uncle George Alfred Harwood joined this unit back in 1916 and went overseas to the UK in late 1916. This regiment was absorbed into the 3rd Division, 8th Brigade, 2nd CMR before they went to France. My Great-Uncle was KIA at Vimy Ridge on 9 Apr 1917.

Please provide your reasons for joining and share your thoughts, pictures and information that you might have.

Regards

Steve Harwood CD Major (Ret’d)

22/11/2022

Here is a useful War Diary of 2 CMR after when 11 CMR merged with them in the UK in the winter/spring of 1917

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11 CMR departed Halifax N.S. for Southhampton England on the SS Scandinavian.

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Troops Departing Union Station, Vancouver B.C. for Halifax N.S.

Photograph depicts soldiers aboard a Canadian Northern train at Union Station, Vancouver. In this photo, a woman has climbed up the side of the train to hug two soldiers goodbye. Children and other civilians watch the scene and on the far right, a woman appears to be in tears. Soldiers lean out the train windows to say goodbye to friends and family. (BC Archives)

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11 CMR boarding on Princess Charlotte to go to the mainland. Next stop would be Vancouver to board the train. After a long train ride across the country, 11 CMR troops would board the SS Scandinavian in Halifax in the fall of 2016.

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All 4 Companies of 11 CMR on Parade 1916 (BC Archives)

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D COY, 11 CMR 1916 (BC Archives)

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C COY, 11 CMR 1916 (BC Archives)

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B COY, 11 CMR 1916 (BC Archives)

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A COY, 11 CMR 1916 (BC Archives)

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Officers of 11 CMR 1916 before heading overseas.

Photograph depicts the officers of the 11th CMR (Canadian Mounted Rifles) at Willows Camp, Victoria B.C. The soldiers pictured are: Back Row (L-R): Lieutenant H. R. Jepson, Lieutenant W. Brown, Captain C. Tupper, Captain L. G. Rietchel, Lieutenant A. Gray, Captain S. C. Sweeny (later Major), Honorary Captain Reverand J. M. Comyn-Ching, Lieutenant E. J. Feary, Lieutenant C. T. Rush, Lieutenant W. J. E. Howard, Lieutenant C. C. Tunnard, Lieutenant T. B. Inglis. Middle Row: Honorary Captain W. Charles (paymaster), Captain H. H. MacKenzie (CAMC), Major T. H. Callaghan, Major R. F. Hickey, Major W. D. Bruce (adjutant), Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Kirkpatrick, Major M. A. Curwen, Major J. D. Quine, Captain W. J. Loudon, Captain E. J. G**k (later Major), Honorary Captain and Quartermaster R. Fitzmaurice. Front Row: Lieutenant T. W. Pares, Lieutenant T. E. Dent, Lieutenant T. B. Barrie (assistant adjutant), Lieutenant J. A. Norris, Lieutenant L. J. Bettison, Lieutenant S. R. Say, Lieutenant J. M. Kerr, Lieutenant J. W. Dowler. (BC Archives)

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This page has been created to remember those brave Canadians who joined the 11th Canadian Mounted Rifles to join the CEF during WW1