There it provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field until 7 January 1917, when its personnel were absorbed by the 26th Reserve Battalion, CEF.

[1] The 219th Highland Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF was authorized on 15 July 1916 and embarked for Great Britain on 12 October 1916.

The unit arrived by train from Scotland in the Farnborough / Cove area of Surrey on New Year's Day 1940 and were billeted at Guillemont Barracks.

On 19 March 1945, the battalion moved with the I Canadian Corps to North West Europe, where it fought until the end of the war.

[1]Individual members of the West Nova Scotia Regiment with Canadian Contingents on United Nations and NATO peacekeeping missions in countries such as the former Yugoslavia, Cyprus and the Middle East.