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8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)
« on: February 17, 2014, 08:27:33 am »
8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)


The 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The Battalion was authorized on 10 August 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 1 October 1914. It disembarked in France on 13 February 1915, where it fought as part of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920.

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Re: 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2014, 08:42:18 am »
Rifes eh? I like it, Count me in!
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Re: 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2014, 01:51:04 am »
If we use sniper, I got dibs. Count me in.
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Re: 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2014, 02:48:04 am »
We Canadian regiments should make a brigade, no?

Perhaps we should talk on Steam.
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Re: 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2014, 05:08:56 am »
Oh gee i should join  :D
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Re: 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2014, 10:11:48 am »
Hello chap,I've made the 8th battalion of the British rifle brigade,tags for my lot will be 8RFL so do ensure yours are nice and different.
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Re: 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2014, 08:23:19 pm »
id prefer to have this conversation in pm
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Re: 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2014, 02:54:15 am »
We aren't doing so shabby.  :P
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Re: 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2014, 09:14:32 am »
being the 8th Battalion Winnipeg Rifles does help make the Canadians want to join  :P
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Re: 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2014, 09:44:31 am »
Good luck/ :)
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Re: 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2014, 11:23:38 pm »
lol gl
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Re: 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2014, 03:37:18 am »
I am held captive in Captains basement, two days have passed and he doesn't know about my secret escape tunnel. So far it's be-...Oh no he's coming back, wish me luck he uses the whip again!
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Re: 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles)
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2014, 03:41:08 am »
Quote from: Wuffles on February 21, 2014, 03:37:18 am
I am held captive in Captains basement, two days have passed and he doesn't know about my secret escape tunnel. So far it's be-...Oh no he's coming back, wish me luck he uses the whip again!
Get back in there! And i found your tunnel and filled it with peanut butter! You are getting twice as much whip tonight!
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