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| country = Canada
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The Sikh Museum has an exhibition about [http://www.sikhmuseum.com/buckam/ Private Buckam Singh] who 'served with the 20th Canadian Infantry Battalion in the battlefields of Flanders during 1916'.
 
The Sikh Museum has an exhibition about [http://www.sikhmuseum.com/buckam/ Private Buckam Singh] who 'served with the 20th Canadian Infantry Battalion in the battlefields of Flanders during 1916'.
  
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Latest revision as of 09:47, 11 March 2016

20th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)
Years active: –
Country: Canada
Service: Canadian Army
Branch: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry battalion
Full size: 1000
Sources for overview:
Created:
Sources for created:
Name1: 20th Battalion (Central Ontario), Canadian Expeditionary Force
Name1 Start:
Name1 End:
Reason for change:
Sources for name1:
Alternate names: 20th Canadian Battalion
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded:
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 4th Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)
Parent level: Brigade
Start date:
End date:
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered:
Date left:
Sources:


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The Sikh Museum has an exhibition about Private Buckam Singh who 'served with the 20th Canadian Infantry Battalion in the battlefields of Flanders during 1916'.

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