NBMHP | 64th Battalion, The Princess Louise Fusiliers, CEF Memorial

Point of Interest

64th Battalion (The Princess Louise Fusiliers) CEF Memorial

Street Address: 853 Main St, Sussex, NB

Authority to raise the 64^th Battalion for service in World War One was given on June 17^th 1915, with its headquarters located in Sussex. After completing its training in Camp Sussex, the Battalion sailed for England on April 1^st 1916, under command of Lieutenant Colonel H. Montgomery Campbell. In June 1916 the unit was disbanded and its members sent as reinforcement to France. In 1931 an impressive bronze memorial plaque was presented to Trinity Anglian Church by the 64^th Battalion Association, bearing the names of the 245 men from the unit killed during World War One. A photograph of A Company of the 64^th can be seen in the Tea House Museum on Maple Street.