8-8, 8th Reserve Regiment Officer's Enamelled Cap Badge
2 lugs
Some enamelled chipping on the front.
Not maker marked but these type are believed to be by Tiptaft.
The 8th Reserve Battalion (2nd Central Ontario Regiment) The 8th Reserve Battalion established at Witley Camp 2nd January 1917 by the amalgamation of the 110th Bn., 147th Bn., 157th. Bn. and 159th Infantry Battalions under command of Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. McFarland to supply reinforcements to the 50th Infantry Battalion and the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles serving with the Canadian Corps on the Western Front. Also to the 119th Bn. assigned to the 15th Brigade, 5th Canadian Division then in formation in England. In August 1917. The 8th Reserve Battalion also started supplying reinforcements to the 54th and 102nd (former B.C. Battalions). Due to the small population base in BC at that time the province could no longer provide enough reinforcements to maintain these B.C. battalions in the field. During the period of its operations the 8th Reserve Battalion absorbed the remainder of the 126th Bn. (Broken up October 13th 1916 with drafts to the 126th and 109th battalions), the 135th Bn. (Broken up October 15th 1916 with drafts to the 116th, 125th and 134th Battalions). The 164th Bn. (April 16th 1918) and the 227th Battalion (April 22nd 1917). In February 1918 the 8th Reserve Battalion absorbed the 2nd Reserve Battalion and 119th and 125th Infantry Battalions, these both having been held in England assigned to the 5th Division which was broken up for reinforcements. In April 1918 the 8th Reserve Battalion became the sole reinforcing Battalion for the 2nd Central Ontario Battalion, authorized under General Order 77 of April 15th 1918, henceforth supplying reinforcements to the 54th, 58th, 102nd and 116th Infantry Battalions serving with the Canadian Corps on the Western Front. The 8th Central Ontario Regiment was disbanded under General Order 213 of November 15th 1920.
