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3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade

Infantry brigade of the Canadian Army

Field	Value
unit_name	3rd Canadian Brigade
3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
image	Personnel of Le Royal 22e Régiment getting ready for disembarkation.jpg
image_size	250px
caption	Troops from the Royal 22e Régiment getting ready to disembark, Italy, September 1943
dates	1914–1919
1939–1945
country	Canada
branch
type	Infantry
size	Brigade
command_structure	[1st Canadian Division](1st-canadian-division)
battles	World War I
notable_commanders	Richard Turner
George Tuxford

3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade 1939–1945

Second Battle of Ypres
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Battle of Passchendaele World War II
Invasion of Sicily
Italian campaign George Tuxford The 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade was a formation of the Canadian Army in both World War I and World War II. The brigade fought on the Western Front during the First World War, and in Sicily and Italy during the Second World War.

History

World War I

First formed on 29 August 1914, the brigade was initially made up from provisional battalions that were named after their province of origin, but these titles were replaced with numerals before the brigade arrived in Britain on 14 October 1914. On arrival in Britain, it consisted of four infantry battalions, numbered 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th. As part of the 1st Canadian Division, the brigade fought in every major Canadian engagement on the Western Front between 1915 and 1918. Its first commander was Colonel Richard Turner.

After training on Salisbury Plain in late 1914, the brigade moved as part of the 1st Canadian Division to the Western Front. During its deployment on the Western Front, the 3rd Brigade fought in the following battles and engagements on the Western Front:

1915:

Second Battle of Ypres
- Battle of Gravenstafel: 22–23 April
- Battle of St. Julien: 24 April – 4 May (see also Saint Julien Memorial)
Battle of Festubert: 15–25 May
Second Battle of Givenchy: 15–16 June

1916:

Battle of Mount Sorrel: 2–13 June
Battle of the Somme
- Battle of Flers-Courcelette: 15–22 September
- Battle of Thiepval: 26–28 September
- Battle of Le Transloy: 1–18 October
- Battle of the Ancre Heights: 1 October – 11 November

1917:

Battle of Vimy Ridge: 9–14 April
Battle of Arleux: 28–29 April
Third Battle of the Scarpe: 3–4 May (including the capture of Fresnoy)
Second Battle of Passchendaele: 26 October – 10 November

1918:

Battle of Amiens: 8–11 August
Actions round Damery: 15–17 August
Battle of the Scarpe: 26–30 August
Battle of Drocourt-Quéant: 2–3 September
Battle of the Canal du Nord: 27 September – 1 October
Battle of Cambrai: 8–9 October

World War II

During World War II the brigade, again as part of the 1st Canadian Division, participated in the Allied Invasion of Sicily and then later fought in the Italian campaign. It was demobilized for the second time at the end of the war.

Order of battle

World War I

13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF (August 1914 – 11 November 1918)
14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment), CEF (August 1914 – 11 November 1918)
15th Canadian Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada), CEF (August 1914 – 11 November 1918)
16th Canadian Battalion (The Canadian Scottish), CEF (August 1914 – 11 November 1918)

World War II

1st Battalion, The Carleton and York Regiment
1st Battalion, The West Nova Scotia Regiment
3rd Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots)

References

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;Bibliography

References

Nicholson, p. 22.
"Brigadier-General George Stuart Tuxford".
"1st Canadian Division".
"1st Canadian Infantry Division".
"1st Canadian Division". The Long, Long Trail.
"1st Canadian Infantry Division Units: Sicily 1943".

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