Point of Interest

26th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force Memorial Plaque at Pugsley Warf

Street Address: 355 Water St, Saint John, NB

A plaque located on Pugsley Wharf commemorates the 26th Battalion CEF, the only infantry battalion raised in New Brunswick hich saw action in World War One. It departed Saint John in June 1915 and returned on the SS Olympic on May 16th, 1919. The plaque lists the Battalion's battle honours and notes it suffers 918 dead, 2977 non-fatal casualties, won 334 honours and awards and had a total strength of 5,719.