 On 22 June 1911, a contingent of 61 Camerons, parading with their allied regiment, participated in the coronation of King George V.

When the First World War broke out the Canadian Army did not mobilize based on its existing structure.Instead Sir Sam Hughes, the Minister of Militia created an entirely new table of organization with numbered battalions raised on geographical lines.This often meant that more than one militia regiment contributed men to a single new Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) Battalion.