257th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops Cap Badge
2 lugs to the reverse
Not maker marked but Stanley & Aylward style.
The battalion embarked for England February 16th 1917 under command of Lieutenant-Colonel L.T. Martin (43rd Duke of Cornwall’s Own Rifles), with a strength of 29 officers and 902 OR’s where on the 8th March 1917 it was re-designated as the 7th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops. The Battalion sailed for France during the first week of April 1917 and served on the Western Front until the Armistice in November 1918. The unit was disbanded along with the rest of the Canadian Railway Troops under General Order 196 of November 1st 1920.
The regimental numbers block for the 257th Railway Construction Battalion was 1,102001 - 1,105000.
Two different patterns of badges were produced for the 257th Battalion one without the word ‘Overseas’.
