SWE Highlight - C28 Its Record of Service

Hello, my name is Ben Neudorf. I am the new Technical Coordinator for the Saskatchewan Digital Alliance's Saskatchewan War Experience project.

One of the most recent additions to the SWE project is this "C28: Its record of Service" pamphlet from the University of Saskatchewan Special Collections "Canadiana Pamphlets" collection. It contains a brief history of the 28th battalion, commanded by Brigadier-General J . F. L. Embury, and its service in World War I.

Here is an excerpt from the history:
"On the night of september 25, the 28th Battalion first went into the trenches in France. The battle of Loos, which opened on September 26, 1915, marked the advent of the 2nd Canadian Division on the Western front. . .
The 28th carried out it first important raid on the last night in January, 1916. It was a brilliant operation, and the raid was led by Captain D. E. McIntyre, now Lieut. -Colonel McIntyre, D.S.O., officer commanding the unit. In the trench warfare in the early months of 1916 the marksmen of the 28th established a record which was a tradition with the brigade and division" (p6-7).

If you are interested in the 28th Battalion, and Saskatchewan's contributions to World War I, I will be working on a more extensive history of the 28th Northwest Battalion, compiled and edited by Major D.G. Scott Calder, over the next couple of days.

Ben Neudorf, Technical Coordinator