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.



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

The 28th battalion had five Officers Commanding:


 * Lt.-Col. J.F.L. Embury, CMG, 29 May 1915 – 17 September 1916
 * Lt.-Col. A. Ross, DSO, 17 September 1916 – 1 October 1918
 * Maj. G.F.D. Bond, MC, 2 October 1918 – 6 November 1918
 * Maj. A.F. Simpson, DSO, 6 November 1918 – 16 December 1918
 * Lt.-Col. D.E. MacIntyre, DSO, MC, 16 December 1918-Demobilization

The 28th Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:

28th Battalion (Northwest), CEF, is perpetuated by The Royal Regina Rifles.
 * 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