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7th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force



27th Feb 1915 Instruction

26th Jun 1915 Reliefs

16th Oct 1915 Instruction  location map

16th Nov 1915 Trench Raid

16th Nov 1915 Attack Supported

30th Mar 1916 Reliefs  location map

6th August 1916 Reliefs  location map

9th August 1916 New Dugout  location map

13th June 1918 Field Exercises

8th August 1918 Assault

9th August 1918 Attack Made

31st December 1918 Chapter 6. The Final Battles.

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There are:11 items tagged 7th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force available in our Library

  These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War.


Those known to have served with

7th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Booth John Hamilton. Pte. (d.9th Jun 1915)
  • Cleeves Vincent. Pte. (d.24th April 1915)
  • Corrigan Albert Victor Ernest. (d.27th March 1917)
  • Kerr Henri Hesey. Pte. (d.21st Nov 1916)
  • Martin James.
  • O'Rourke VC MM Michael James. Pte.

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  Pte. Vincent Cleeves 7th Battalion (d.24th April 1915)

Vincent Cleeves was born in Rotherham but emigrated to Canada where he joined the 7th Battalion Canadian Infantry. He was killed in action and is buried at Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium.







   James Martin 7th Btn.

James Martin was captured at Ypres. He was sent with a work party to the Geiswand Iron Works in Westphalia.







   Albert Victor Ernest Corrigan 7th Btn. (d.27th March 1917)

Albert Corrigan was the youngest son of the late Thomas Corrigan. He died at Epsom on 27th March 1917 as the result of wounds received in action while serving with the Canadian Forces at Courcelette.

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  Pte. Henri Hesey Kerr 7th Btn. (d.21st Nov 1916)

Henry Hesey Kerr was executed for desertion 21/11/191 and buried in Les Quatre-Vents Military Cemetery, Estree-Cauchy, France. He had been absent for 24 hours

Henry Hesey Kerr was born in Montreal on 4 September 1891. After the battalion had arrived in England, Kerr was punished for 3 more periods of AWOL on 27 November 1915, 3 December 1915 and 3 January 1916. After entering France and joining the 7th (British Columbia) Battalion, Kerr's conduct continued to decline. After several more warnings about his conduct, Kerr rejoined his unit in October 1916 as it prepared to attack Regina Trench as part of the Somme Offensive. However, Kerr went absent after being warned for duty in the front line. 24 hours later, Kerr was arrested when he was discovered in some billets located some miles behind the front lines.

On 7 November 1916, Kerr was charged with desertion. His court-martial found him guilty and sentenced him to death by shooting. At 06:45 on 21 November 1916, Kerr was executed by firing squad.

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  Pte. John Hamilton Booth 7th (British Columbia) Btn (d.9th Jun 1915)

John Hamilton Booth was the son of John and Annie Booth, of 14, Grosvenor Rd., Rathmines, Dublin. He served with the Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) 7th Regiment and died of wounds aged 25 in June 1915. He is buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery.

s flynn






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