75th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force Window

Toronto, Ontario
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Other

At St. John the Baptist Norway Church, three stained glass windows were unveiled in memory of those who served in the First World War and one was dedicated to the 75th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.

Authorized in the summer of 1915, the 75th Battalion was made up of recruits from Southern Ontario and arrived in Europe in the spring of 1916. They were engaged in the following operations: Battle of the Somme, Ancre Heights, Ancre, Arras, Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Ypres, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Valenciennes and Sambre.

Inscription

OVERSEAS BATTALION
75

1914 1918

To the Glory of God and to honour the memory of the 1,082 Officers,
non-Commissioned Officers and men of the Seventy-fifth Canadian
Infantry Battalion, C.E.G., who gave their lives in the Great War.

Location
75th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force Window

470 Woodbine Avenue
Toronto
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 43.6746853
Long. -79.3082184

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