in Britain, following the arrival of a large contingent of soldiers from Canada. The 2nd Division remained in Great Britain only a short time before embarking for the Western Front in September 1915. It joined the 1st Canadian Division to form the Canadian Corps. The division was under the command of Major General R.E.W. Turner, and its members spent a long and bitterly cold winter in a Belgian section of the front between Ploegsteert Wood and St. Eloi, south of Ypres. The 2nd Canadian Division served on the Western Front until the Armistice of 11 November 1918. Infantry units 4th Canadian Brigade: (Formed after the original 4th Brigade was dispersed) 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion Canadian Infantry. 1 October 1914 – 11 November 1918; 19th (Central Ontario) Battalion Canadian Infantry. 19 October 1914 – 11 November 1918; 20th (Central Ontario) Battalion Canadian Infantry. October 1914 – 11 November 1918; 21st (Eastern Ontario) Battalion Canadian Infantry. 19 October 1914 – 11 November 1918. 5th Canadian Brigade: 22nd (Canadien Francais) Battalion Canadian Infantry. 21 October 1914 – 11 November 1918; 24th (Victoria Rifles) Battalion Canadian Infantry. 22 October 1914 – 11 November 1918; 25th (Nova Scotia) Battalion Canadian Infantry. 28 October 1914 – 11 November 1918; 26th (New Brunswick) Battalion Canadian Infantry. 2 November 1914 – 11 November 1918. 6th Canadian Brigade 27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion Canadian Infantry. 21 October 1914 – 11 November 1918; 28th (North West) Battalion Canadian Infantry. 19 October 1914 – 11 November 1918; 29th (Vancouver) Battalion Canadian Infantry. 24 October 1914 – 11 November 1918; 31st (Alberta) Battalion Canadian Infantry. 16 November 1914 – 11 November 1918. Pioneers: 2nd Canadian Pioneer Battalion. March 1916 – June 1917. To the 2nd Canadian Engineer Brigade. Battles and engagements on the Western Front 1916: Actions of St. Eloi Craters: 27 March – 16 April Battle of Mount Sorrel: 2–13 June Battle of Flers - Courcelette: 15–22 September Battle of Thiepval: 26–28 September Battle of Le Transloy: 1–18 October Battle of the Ancre Heights: 1 October – 11 November 1917: Battle of Vimy Ridge: 9–14 April Attack on La Coulotte: 23 April Battle of Arleux: 28–29 April Third Battle of the Scarpe: 3–4 May Battle of Hill 70: 15–25 August Second Battle of Passchendaele: 26 October – 10 November Battle of Cambrai (1917): 20 November – 3 December 1918: First Battle of Arras: 28 March Battle of Amiens: 8–11 August Actions