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The 10th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was a unit of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), specifically in the 1st Canadian Division from 1914 to 1919. The battalion participated in every major Canadian battle of the First World War, and set a record for the most decorations earned by a Canadian unit in a single battle at Hill 70. The unit was known to its contemporaries simply as The Fighting Tenth. The 10th Battalion is perpetuated by The Royal Winnipeg Rifles and The Calgary Highlanders.

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  • The 10th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was a unit of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), specifically in the 1st Canadian Division from 1914 to 1919. The battalion participated in every major Canadian battle of the First World War, and set a record for the most decorations earned by a Canadian unit in a single battle at Hill 70. The unit was known to its contemporaries simply as The Fighting Tenth. The 10th Battalion is perpetuated by The Royal Winnipeg Rifles and The Calgary Highlanders. (en)
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  • 1920-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1914-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Amiens
  • Ancre Heights
  • Arleux
  • Arras, 1917, '18
  • Canal du Nord
  • Dorcourt–Quéant
  • Festubert, 1915
  • France and Flanders, 1915–18
  • Gravenstafel
  • Hill 70
  • Hindenburg Line
  • Mount Sorrel
  • Passchendaele
  • Pursuit to Mons
  • Scarpe, 1918
  • Somme, 1916
  • St. Julien
  • Thiepval
  • Vimy, 1917
  • Ypres, 1915, '17
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  • One battalion
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  • 0001-04-22 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • Amiens (en)
  • Passchendaele (en)
  • (en)
  • Ancre Heights (en)
  • Arleux (en)
  • Arras, 1917, '18 (en)
  • Canal du Nord (en)
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  • Festubert, 1915 (en)
  • France and Flanders, 1915–18 (en)
  • Gravenstafel (en)
  • Hill 70 (en)
  • Hindenburg Line (en)
  • Mount Sorrel (en)
  • Pursuit to Mons (en)
  • Scarpe, 1918 (en)
  • Somme, 1916 (en)
  • St. Julien (en)
  • Thiepval (en)
  • Vimy, 1917 (en)
  • Ypres, 1915, '17 (en)
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  • Amiens (en)
  • Passchendaele (en)
  • (en)
  • Canada's Hundred Days (en)
  • Hill 70 (en)
  • The Somme (en)
  • Vimy (en)
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  • Cap badge of the 10th Battalion, C.E.F. (en)
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  • September 1914 – 1920 (en)
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  • The Fighting Tenth (en)
  • White Gurkhas (en)
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  • Lieutenant-Colonel Russell Lambert Boyle (en)
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  • The 10th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force was a unit of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), specifically in the 1st Canadian Division from 1914 to 1919. The battalion participated in every major Canadian battle of the First World War, and set a record for the most decorations earned by a Canadian unit in a single battle at Hill 70. The unit was known to its contemporaries simply as The Fighting Tenth. The 10th Battalion is perpetuated by The Royal Winnipeg Rifles and The Calgary Highlanders. (en)
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  • Canadian Expeditionary Force (en)
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