5th Mounted Rifles or 5th Canadian MR
Could the badge issue be clarified? There was a CEF battalion designated the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. It served with great distinction in France and Flanders during WW1. Two members of the unit won the Victoria Cross, George Pearkes and Charles Rutherford. The unit was recruited in the Eastern Townships area of Quebec and was raised along with the other Canadian Mounted Rifle units for service in the middle east. When that requirement was changed, the 5th CMR, along with the 1st, 2nd and 4th were converted to infantry and served with the Canadian Corps. These CMR units were disbanded after WWI and are perpetuated by various militia units of the modern Canadian army. The soldiers of other CMR battalions (3rd, 6th etc) recruited at the time were put into the reinforcement pool. None of the units ever served operationally as mounted rifles.
Being in Canada, could it be that this is the unit in question?
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21-09-03, 13:18
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