page_title: 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles
hierarchical_section_title: 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles
context_page_description: The 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, was authorized on 7 November 1914 as the 2nd Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF. The battalion recruited in Victoria and Vernon, British Columbia and was mobilized in Victoria. An earlier incarnation was raised for Boer War.
context_section_description: The 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, (known colloquially as the 2nd Battalion, CMR or simply 2 CMR) was authorized on 7 November 1914 as the 2nd Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF. The battalion recruited in Victoria and Vernon, British Columbia and was mobilized in Victoria.  An earlier incarnation was raised for Boer War.
caption: The distinguishing patch of the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF.