215th Battalion (Canada)

The 215th Battalion (2nd Overseas Battalion of 38th Regiment Dufferin Rifles), CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War.

[1] Based in Brantford, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in early 1916 in the counties of Brant, Norfolk, and Haldimand.

The 215th Battalion, CEF had two Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. H. E. Snider and Lieut-Col. H. Cockshutt.

In 1920, the perpetuation of the 215th Battalion, CEF was first assigned to The Dufferin Rifles of Canada,[2][3] and is now held by the 56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA.

The Canadian Infantry in the First World War.