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[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Maria

Okay, it was I`m pleased now to tell you the Carleton&York Reg.
So pleased to be able to tell you that . Have you heard of that Regiment? I now want to try and find out as much as I can about my dear Dads old Regiment and where he fought......

Hi Hilary;

The Carleton and York Regiment:

The Carleton and York Regiment, C.A.S.F. was authorized and mobilized as a unit ot the Canadian Active Service Force under the authority of General Order Number 135 of 1939, effective 1 September, 1939, being brigaded into the 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division, C.A.S.F.

The Carleton and York Regiment, C.A.S.F., Depot was authorized and mobilized at Woodstock, New Brunswick, within Military District No. 7 under the authority of General Order Number 140 of 1939, effective 2 September, 1939.

Under the authority of General Order Number 26 of 1941, effective 25 July 1940, The Carleton and York Regiment, C.A.S.F., Depot was absorbed into No. 7-A District Depot (Woodstock, New Brunswick, within Military District No. 7)

The Carleton and York Regiment was allocated to the Canadian Infantry Corps under the title of: 1st Battalion, The Carleton and York Regiment, C.I.C. under the authority of General Order Number 485 of 1942, effective
3 September 1942.

1st Battalion, The Carleton and York Regiment, C.I.C. was disbanded under the authority of General Order Number 85 of 1946, effective 30 September, 1945.

War Service in Brief:

- sailed from Halifax aboard the SS Monarch of Bermuda on 10 December 1939, part of Convoy TC 1
- arrived Greenock, UK, on 17 December 1939 and into Delville Barracks, Aldershot
- bulk of the battalion sails from Gourock aboard H.M.T. Batory on 28 June 1943
- lands in Sicily on 10 July 1943
- lands in Italy on 3 September 1943
- leaves Italy aboard Landing Craft Tank (vehicles) and on Landing Ship Tanks (personnel) - spread over four days, from 16 to 19 March 1945, from Leghorn
- lands in Marseilles, France (between 16 - 19 March 1945)
- battalion arrives in Wavre, Belgium, having travelled by road from Marseilles, on 27 March 1945
- moves into the Reichwald on 4 April 1945 and resumes active operations
- September 1945, sails aboard the Dutch ship Nieuw Amsterdam for Halifax, arriving on 30 September 1945, by train to Fredericton, New Brunswick and disbandment.

They were a part of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Infantry Division from September 1939 to September 1945.

Cheers