Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) RHLI Cap Badge

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The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) is a Primary Reserve unit of the Canadian Army based at John W. Foote VC Armoury in Hamilton, Ontario. The RHLI is part of the 31 Canadian Brigade Group which is part of 4th Canadian Division.

The Great War: Details of the 77th Wentworth Regiment were called out on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection duties. The 120th Battalion (City of Hamilton) CEF was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Britain on 14 August 1916 where it provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field until 20 January 1917, when its personnel were absorbed by the ‘2nd Reserve Battalion, CEF’. The battalion was subsequently disbanded on 17 July 1917. The 129th Battalion (Wentworth), CEF was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Britain on 24 August 1916 where its personnel were absorbed by the 123rd Battalion, Royal Grenadiers, CEF and 124th Battalion (Governor General’s Body Guard), CEF on 18 October 1916 to provide reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field. The battalion was subsequently disbanded on 21 May 1917. The 205th Battalion (Hamilton), CEF) was authorized on 15 July 1916 and sent two reinforcing drafts overseas on 28 March and 29 April 1917. On 20 December 1916, it was reorganized in Canada as a draft-giving depot machine gun battalion, and on 31 October 1917, its personnel were absorbed by the ‘Machine Gun Corps, CEF, Military District No. 2’. The battalion was subsequently disbanded on 12 July 1918.

The Second World War: The regiment mobilized The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, CASF for active service on 1 September 1939. It was redesignated as the 1st Battalion, The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, CASF on 7 November 1940. It embarked for Britain on 22 July 1940. The battalion took part in OPERATION JUBILEE, the raid on Dieppe on 19 August 1942. It returned to France on 5 July 1944, as part of the 4th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, and it continued to fight in North-West Europe until the end of the war. The overseas battalion was subsequently disbanded on 31 December 1945.

Post-War: On 4 May 1951, the regiment mobilized two temporary Active Force companies designated “E” and “F” Company for service on NATO duty in Germany and United Nations duty in Korea respectively. “E” Company was reduced to nil strength upon its personnel being incorporated into the ‘1st Canadian Rifle Battalion’. “F” Company was initially used as a reinforcement pool for “E” Company until 15 May 1952 when it was reduced to nil strength, upon its personnel being absorbed by the newly formed ‘2nd Canadian Rifle Battalion’.

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