Canadian Corps - Canadian Divisions Under The Canadian Corps

Canadian Divisions Under The Canadian Corps

Canadian Divisions
Unit Formation patch Active Commanders Duration Major battles
1st Canadian Division
 Established: August 1914
Disbanded: November 1918		 Edwin Alderson March 1915 - Sept 1915 Second Battle of Ypres
Arthur Currie
 Sept 1915 - June 1917 Battle of Mont Sorrel
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Archibald Cameron Macdonell
 June 1917 - 1919 Battle of Hill 70
Battle of Passchendaele
2nd Canadian Division
 Established: May 1915
Disbanded : Nov 1918		 Sam Steele
 May 1915 - Aug 1915 None
R. E. W. Turner
 Sept 1915 - Dec 1916 Battle of the Somme
Battle of Passchendaele
Henry Edward Burstall
 Dec 1916 - Nov 1918 Battle of Vimy Ridge
3rd Canadian Division
 Established: Jan 1916
Disbanded : Nov 1918		 M. S. Mercer
 Dec 1915 - Jun 1916
(died in combat)		 Battle of Mont Sorrel
Louis Lipsett
 Jun 1916 - Sep 1918 Battle of the Somme
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Battle of Passchendaele
Frederick Loomis
 Sep 1918- Nov 1918 None
4th Canadian Division
 Established: Apr 1916
Disbanded: Nov 1918		 David Watson
 Apr 1916 - Nov 1918 Battle of Vimy Ridge
Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of Amiens
Battle of Arras
Battle of Cambrai
5th Canadian Division
 Established: Feb 1917
Disbanded: Feb 1918		 Garnet Hughes
 Feb 1917 - Feb 1918 None

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