The Wentworth Regiment was an infantry regiment of the

Non-Permanent Active Militia The Non-Permanent Active Militia (NPAM) was the name of Canada's part-time volunteer military force from 1855 to 1940. The NPAM (also called "the Militia" though that term could also encompass the full-time standing army known as the Permanent ...

of the Canadian Militia (now the

Canadian Army The Canadian Army (french: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also res ...

). In 1936, the regiment was Amalgamated with The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry to form

The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) (RHLI) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army, based at John Weir Foote VC Armoury in Hamilton, Ontario. The RHLI is part of 31 Canadian Brigade Group, which is part of ...

Lineage

The Wentworth Regiment

* Originated on 23 May 1872, in Dundas, Ontario, as the 77th Wentworth Battalion of Infantry. * Redesignated on 8 May 1900, as the 77th Wentworth Regiment. * Redesignated on 1 May 1920, as The Wentworth Regiment. * Amalgamated on 15 December 1936, with The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry and Redesignated as The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment).

Perpetuations

129th (Wentworth) Battalion, CEF The 129th (Wentworth) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Dundas, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in Wentworth County. After sailing to England in August 1916, the ...

History

Early history

On 23 May 1872, the 77th Wentworth Battalion of Infantry was authorized to be formed. Its Regimental Headquarters was at Dundas and had companies at Dundas, Waterdown, Binbrooke, Rockton,

Saltfleet Saltfleet is a coastal village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately north of Mablethorpe and east of Louth. The village is part of the civil parish of Skidbrooke with Saltfleet Haven, which had a popu ...

and Glanford, Ontario.

Great War

On 6 August 1914, Details from the 77th Wentworth Regiment were placed on active service for local protection duties. On 22 December 1915, the 129th Battalion (Wentworth), CEF was authorised for service and on 24 August 1916, the battalion embarked for Great Britain. After its arrival in the UK, its personnel were absorbed by the 123rd Battalion (Royal Grenadiers), CEF and 124th Battalion (Governor General's Body Guard), CEF on 18 October 1916, to provide reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field. On 21 May 1917, the 129th Battalion, CEF was disbanded.

1920s–1930s

Following the

Otter Commission The Otter Commission, or Otter Committee, was established after the First World War to tackle a problem created by the chaotic mobilization of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. In 1919 units of the CEF, intended as a wartime expeditionary force, ret ...

and the accompanying post-war reorganization of the Canadian Militia, on 1 May 1920, the 77th Wentworth Regiment was Redesignated as The Wentworth Regiment. As a result of the 1936 Canadian Militia Reorganization, The Wentworth Regiment was Amalgamated with The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry to form

Alliances

* The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (1911-1936)

Battle honours

Arras, 1917 The Battle of Arras (also known as the Second Battle of Arras) was a British offensive on the Western Front during the First World War. From 9 April to 16 May 1917, British troops attacked German defences near the French city of Arras on the ...

Hill 70 The Battle of Hill 70 took place in the First World War between the Canadian Corps and five divisions of the German 6th Army. The battle took place along the Western Front on the outskirts of Lens in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France ...

Ypres, 1917 The Third Battle of Ypres (german: link=no, Dritte Flandernschlacht; french: link=no, Troisième Bataille des Flandres; nl, Derde Slag om Ieper), also known as the Battle of Passchendaele (), was a campaign of the First World War, fought by t ...

Notes and references

{{Reflist Infantry regiments of Canada Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) Military units and formations of Ontario Military units and formations disestablished in 1936