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- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF abstract "The 31st Battalion (Alberta), 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 17 May 1915. On 18 September 1915 it disembarked in France, where it fought with 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 battalion commander until late in the war was Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Henry Bell of Calgary. On 17 May 1915, the battalion sailed for England on the RMS Carpathia, with a complement of 36 officers and 1033 other ranks. After initial training in England, the battalion fought in Belgium and France, and was often at the forefront of the fighting at St. Eloi Craters, the Ypres Salient, Vimy Ridge (Thélus Village), Fresnoy, the Somme, Passchendaele Village, the Battle of Amiens, the Battle of Arras, Drocourt-Quéant Switch, Valenciennes, Mons, and the occupation of the Rhine. The bulk of the battalion returned to Canada on the SS Cedric on 27 May 1919, and to Calgary on 1 June 1919. Through the course of World War I, the 31st Battalion suffered losses of 941 dead, and an additional 2,312 non-fatal casualties. A total of 4,487 men served in the battalion.The 31st Battalion recruited in Alberta and was mobilized at Calgary. The 31st battalion had three Officers Commanding:Lt.-Col. A.H. Bell, DSO, 29 May 1915-23 April 1918Lt.-Col. E.S. Doughty, DSO, 23 April 1918-6 October 1918Lt.-Col. N. Spencer, DSO, 6 October 1918-DemobilizationThe 31st Battalion was awarded the following honours:MOUNT SORRELSOMME, 1916, ’18Flers-CourceletteThiepvalAncre HeightsAncre, 1916ARRAS, 1917, '18Vimy, 1917ArleuxScarpe, 1917, '18HILL 70Ypres 1917PasschendaeleAMIENSDrocourt-QuéantHINDENBURG LINECanal du NordCambrai, 1918PURSUIT TO MONSFRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18The 31st Battalion (Alberta), CEF, is perpetuated by The South Alberta Light Horse. Perpetuation of the 31st Battalion was assigned to The Alberta Regiment in 1920. When this regiment split in two in 1924, both The South Alberta Regiment and The North Alberta Regiment carried the perpetuation. The North Albertas disbanded in 1936. The South Alberta Regiment merged into the South Alberta Light Horse (29th Armoured Regiment) in 1954.".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF activeYearsEndYear "1920".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF activeYearsStartYear "1914".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF battle Battle_of_Amiens_(1918).
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF battle Battle_of_Passchendaele.
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF battleHonours "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval Ridge, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Arleux, Scarpe, 1917, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Somme, 1918, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders, 1915–18".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF commandStructure 2nd_Canadian_Division.
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF country Canada.
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF disbanded "1920-09-15".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF mascot "'Heinie' (Russian pony)".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF militaryBranch Canadian_Expeditionary_Force.
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF militaryUnitSize "1,030 soldiers".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF notableCommander Arthur_Henry_Bell.
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF notableCommander Nelson_Spencer.
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- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF battleHonours "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval Ridge, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Arleux, Scarpe, 1917, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Somme, 1918, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders, 1915–18".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF battles "St. Eloi Craters, Ypres, Vierstraat, The Somme, Vimy Ridge, Lens, Passchendaele, Amiens, Arras, Cambrai, Valencienne, Mons".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF branch Canadian_Expeditionary_Force.
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF commandStructure "6".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF country "Canada".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF dates "--11-17".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF disbanded "1920-09-15".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF mascot "'Heinie'".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF nickname "'Bell's Bulldogs'".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF notableCommanders "LCol Arthur Henry Bell, CMG, DSO".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF notableCommanders "LCol Nelson Spencer".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF size "1030".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF type "Infantry".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF unitName "31".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF subject Category:Battalions_of_the_Canadian_Expeditionary_Force.
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF subject Category:Military_history_of_Canada.
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- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF comment "The 31st Battalion (Alberta), 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 17 May 1915. On 18 September 1915 it disembarked in France, where it fought with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war.".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF label "31st Battalion (Alberta), CEF".
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- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF name "31st Battalion".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF name "Canadian Expeditionary Force".
- 31st_Battalion_(Alberta),_CEF nick "'Bell's Bulldogs'".