The 82nd Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force

The Canadian Expeditionary Force was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War. Units of the C.E.F. were divided into field formation in France, where they were organized first into separate divisions and later joined together into a single...

 during the First World War

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. Based in Calgary, Alberta, the unit began recruiting in the late summer of 1915 in that city. After sailing to England in May 1916, the battalion was absorbed into the 9th Battalion, CEF, on July 18, 1916. The 82nd Battalion, CEF, had one officer commanding: Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. Lowry.

The perpetuation of the 82nd Battalion was assigned to the Calgary Regiment in 1920. When this regiment split in two in 1924, perpetuation of the 82nd passed to the Calgary Highlanders.