Canadian Independent Force

Canadian Independent Force was a non field or administrative corps grouping of specialized units of serving in World War I.^[1] It played an important role in the Battle of Amiens in the second half of 1918.^[2]

These units were:

• Canadian Forestry Corps
• Canadian Machine Gun Corps
• Corps of Guides (Canada)
• HQ Corps of Military Staff Clerks
• Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
• Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps
• Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
• Royal Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
• Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
• Canadian Military Engineers
• Canadian Postal Corps

Not included were:

• Canadian Cavalry Brigade was not a member as it included a British Army regiment.
• Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery - artillery units in World War I were assigned within the divisions in the Canadian Corps as well as Canadian Cavalry Brigade.

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