202nd (2 1st Kent) Brigade
202nd may refer to: *202nd (Sportsman's) Battalion, CEF, a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during WWI * 202nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army), an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army * 202nd NBC Defense Battalion (Romania), a Nuclear, Biological and Chemical protection unit of the Romanian Land Forces *202nd Weather Flight, an Air National Guard (ANG) weather flight that provides meteorological and atmospheric forecasting See also *202 (number) *202 Year 202 (Roman numerals, CCII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Antoninus (or, less frequently, year 955 '' ...

202nd (Sportsman's) Battalion, CEF
The 202nd (Sportsmens) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in southside Edmonton, Alberta, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in that city and surrounding district. It was formally authorized on July 15, 1916. Its headquarters were in the Sheppard Block at 10316 Whyte Avenue. Training occurred at Sarcee Camp, Calgary, Alberta, at the foot of what is now Battalion Park in the neighbourhood of Signal Hill. The battalion is one of many units whose glyphs, erected on the hillside, no longer exist as a result of a combination of indifference and neglect after the First World War as well as urbanization. After sailing to England on November 23, 1916, the battalion was absorbed into the 9th Reserve Battalion on May 27, 1917. The 202nd (Sportsmens) Battalion, CEF, had one commanding officer during its time in existence: Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Edwin Bowen, one of Alberta's best-known sportsman and one of t ...
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