253rd Battalion (Queen’s University Highland Bn.) Cap Badge
2 lugs to the reverse
Maker Marked Kinnear
66 mm high
The 253rd (Queen’s University Highlanders) Battalion the battalion was recruited partially from faculty and students of Queens University at Kingston October 25th 1916 under General Order 48 of May 1st 1917. The 253rd Battalion embarked for England April 29th 1917 under command of Lieutenant-Colonel P.G.C. Campbell (14th Princess of Wales Own Rifles), with a strength of 17 officers and 461 OR’s where the battalion was absorbed into the 5th Reserve Battalion. Being fully depleted of all ranks the 253rd Canadian Infantry Battalion was disbanded December 8th 1917 under General Order 82 of June 1st 1918. The 253rd Battalion had a pipe band with seven pipers and five drummers.
