1st Canadian Division

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The 1st Canadian Division (French: 1re Division du Canada) is the Canadian Army's manoeuvre division headquartered at CFB Edmonton. Largely a Regular Force formation, it is "the Canadian Army's primary force responsible for generating high-readiness, deployable combat power for large-scale combat operations and crisis response, both in Canada and abroad." Formed during the First World War in August 1914, the 1st Canadian Division was a formation of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The division contained a cavalry squadron and a cyclist company, three infantry brigades (the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigades, each of four battalions), representing all parts of Canada, three field artillery brigades (roughly equivalent to modern regiments) armed with 18-pounders and engineers, together with elements of the Army Service Corps and the Army Medical Corps. The total war establishment of the division was 17,873 all ranks, with 4,943 horses. During its service in the First World War...

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