The Story of the Forty-Ninth

Explore the history of the 49th Battalion (Edmonton Regiment) during the Great War of 1914-1919.

1915-1916: New Beginnings

From it's founding to the bloody battles of 1916

1916-1917: Endurance

The winter at Vimy to the horror at Passchendaele

Rebuilding, defending and attacking. Victory & homecoming

1917-1919: Perseverance