The 222nd Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War.
Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the unit began recruiting in early 1916 throughout the province.
The 222nd Battalion, CEF had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. James Lightfoot.
He became a pastor, and preached in Neepawa and Peguis before war broke out in 1914.
Following the war, he returned to Canada, retiring in British Columbia, where he stayed till his death in 1948.