Editing 3rd Canadian Division (section)

===First World War===

The 3rd Canadian Division was formed in France in December 1915 under the command of [[Major-General]] [[Malcolm Mercer]]. Its members served in [[Western Front (World War I)|France and Flanders]] until [[Armistice Day]]. While with the 3rd Division at [[Ypres]], Mercer became the highest-ranking Canadian officer killed in action during the First World War. On the same day, [[Brigadier]] [[Victor Williams (general)|V. A. Williams]], commanding the 8th Infantry Brigade, became the highest-ranking Canadian officer captured in the First World War, also at the [[Battle of Mount Sorrel]]. Mercer was replaced by [[Louis Lipsett]], who commanded the division until September 1918, shortly before he too was killed in action on 14 October 1918, while commander of [[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|British 4th Division]].<ref>[http://canadiansoldiers.com/organization/fieldforces/3rddivision.htm 3rd Canadian Division page at canadiansoldiers.com]</ref> Major-General [[Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis|Frederick Loomis]] closed out [[World War I]] as the commander.

====Battles and engagements on the Western Front====

'''1916:'''
*[[Battle of Mount Sorrel]] – 2–13 June
*[[Battle of Flers-Courcelette]] – 15–22 September
*[[Battle of Morval]] – 25 September
*[[Battle of Thiepval]] – 26–28 September
*[[Battle of Le Transloy]] – 1–18 October
*[[Battle of the Ancre Heights]] – 1–11 October<ref name="3a">[http://www.1914-1918.net/3candiv.htm 3rd Canadian Division] retrieved 20 November 2007</ref>

'''1917:'''
*[[Battle of Vimy Ridge]] – 9–14 April
*[[Attack on La Coulotte]] – 23 April
*[[Battle of Arras (1917)#Third Battle of the Scarpe (3–4 May 1917)|Third Battle of the Scarpe]] – 3–4 May
*[[Affairs South of the Souchez River]] – 3–25 June
*[[Capture of Avion]] – 26–29 June
*[[Battle of Hill 70]] – 15–25 August
*[[Second Battle of Passchendaele]] 26 October – 10 November<ref name=3a/>

'''1918:''' 
*[[Battle of Amiens (1918)|Battle of Amiens]] – 8–11 August
*[[Actions round Damery]] – 15–17 August
*[[Battle of the Scarpe (1918)|Battle of the Scarpe]] – 26–30 August (including the capture of [[Monchy-le-Preux]])
*[[Battle of the Canal du Nord]] – 27 September – 1 October (including the capture of [[Bourlon Wood]])
*[[Battle of Cambrai (1918)|Battle of Cambrai]] – 8–9 October (including the Capture of [[Cambrai]])
*[[Battle of Valenciennes (1918)|Battle of Valenciennes]] – 1–2 November
*Pursuit [[Capture of Mons|to Mons]] – 11 November<ref name=3a/>