4th Infantry Brigade (Canada)

The 4th Infantry Brigade (Canada) was a First World War Canadian Army brigade. It was part of the 2nd Canadian Division.

World War I History
The formation of the 2nd Canadian Division began in May 1915 in Britain following the arrival of a large contingent of soldiers from Canada. The Division remained in Great Britain only a short time before embarking for France in September 1915. Under the command of Major-General R.E.W. Turner, its members spent a long and bitterly cold winter in a Belgian section of the front between Ploegsteert Wood and Saint-Eloi, south of Ypres. Infantry units as well as artillery units of the 2nd Canadian Division served in both France and Flanders until Armistice Day.

Composition

 * 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion Canadian Infantry. October 1, 1914 - November 11, 1918;
 * 19th (Central Ontario) Battalion Canadian Infantry. October 19, 1914 - November 11, 1918;
 * 20th (Central Ontario) Battalion Canadian Infantry. October 1914 - November 11, 1918;
 * 21st (Eastern Ontario) Battalion Canadian Infantry. October 19, 1914 - November 11, 1918.

1916

 * Battle of Flers-Courcelette
 * Battle of Thiepval
 * Battle of Le Transloy
 * Battle of the Ancre Heights

1917

 * Vimy Ridge
 * Hill 70
 * Passchendaele

1918

 * First Battle of the Somme (1918)
 * Battle of Amiens
 * Second Battle of the Somme (1918)
 * Drocourt-Quéant
 * Battle of the Hindenburg Line
 * Canal du Nord
 * Pursuit to Mons