28th Battalion (Northwest), CEF

The 28th Battalion (Northwest), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 29 May 1915. It disembarked in France on 18 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division, in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.[1]

28th Battalion marching past Sir Robert Borden. July, 1918

28th Battalion establishing a signal station at the Battle of Vimy Ridge

28th Canadian Infantry Battalion, CEF
Divisional (2nd Division) and brigade designation of the 28th Battalion
Active	1914–1920
Disbanded	1920
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Expeditionary Force
Type	Infantry
Part of	6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division
Mobilization headquarters	Winnipeg
Battle honours	List Mount Sorrel Somme, 1916, '18 Flers–Courcelette Thiepval Ancre Heights Arras, 1917, '18 Vimy, 1917 Scarpe, 1917, '18 Hill 70 Ypres, 1917 Passchendaele Amiens Drocourt–Quéant Hindenburg Line Canal du Nord Cambrai, 1918 Pursuit to Mons France and Flanders, 1915–18

The 28th Battalion originally recruited in Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and Fort William and Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario and was mobilized at Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2]

The battalion had five officers commanding:

• Lieutenant-Colonel J.F.L. Embury, CMG, 29 May 1915 – 17 September 1916
• Lieutenant-Colonel A. Ross, DSO, 17 September 1916 – 1 October 1918
• Major G.F.D. Bond, MC, 2 October 1918 – 6 November 1918
• Major A.F. Simpson, DSO, 6 November 1918 – 16 December 1918
• Lieutenant-Colonel D.E. MacIntyre, DSO, MC, 16 December 1918-Demobilization[3]

The 28th Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:

• MOUNT SORREL
• SOMME, 1916, '18
• Flers-Courcelette
• Thiepval
• Ancre Heights
• ARRAS, 1917, '18
• Vimy, 1917
• Scarpe, 1917, '18
• HILL 70
• Ypres 1917
• Passchendaele
• AMIENS
• HINDENBURG LINE
• Drocourt-Quéant
• Canal du Nord
• Cambrai, 1918
• PURSUIT TO MONS
• FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18[4]

The perpetuation of the 28th Battalion was assigned in 1920 to 1st Battalion (28th Battalion, CEF), The South Saskatchewan Regiment, and has been passed down as follows:[1]

• 1st Battalion (28th Battalion, CEF), The South Saskatchewan Regiment: 1920–1924
• 1st Battalion (28th Battalion, CEF), The Regina Rifle Regiment: 1924–1936
• The Regina Rifle Regiment: 1936–1982
• The Royal Regina Rifle Regiment: 1982–1984
• The Royal Regina Rifles: 1984–present