Legion of Frontiersmen

Founded in 1905 in England by Roger Pocock, the Frontiersmen have historical ties to the Scout movement, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and various regiments of the  Canadian Armed Forces and British Army.

In the First World War, members of the Frontiersmen ​​helped fill a large number of the ranks in the following units:

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, C.E.F.

19th Alberta Dragoons, Canadian Light Horse, C.E.F.(Perpetuated by The South Alberta Light Horse)

49th Battalion, C.E.F.(Perpetuated by The Loyal Edmonton Regiment)

210th Frontiersmen Battalion, C.E.F.(Not perpetuated in the C.A.F.)
25th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, B.E.F.(Perpetuated by The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, H.M. Armed Forces)
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The Newfoundland Regiment, B.E.F.(now The Royal Newfoundland Regiment).

Frontiersmen also manned Fort Waldegrave, with the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve, in St. John's Newfoundland, from 1916 to 1918.

​​​An expanded history of the Legion can be found at the Frontiersmen Historian website.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Imperial Frontiersmen Canada

The Corps of Imperial Frontiersmen was founded in 1940 during a split within the Legion of Frontiersmen,

with units extending from Ontario to Nova Scotia.
In 1997 due to diminishing membership of two independent units, the Halifax Troop, C.I.F., and the Dartmouth Troop, C.I.F., amalgamated to form and raise the new 1st Halifax/Dartmouth Troop, Corps of Imperial Frontiersmen.

The unit mainly focused on clean up of public paths and wilderness events in its early years.

2012 saw 1st Halifax/Dartmouth Troop move to Scottish Command, 1st Highland L.F.V. under the name of the Canadian Corps of Frontiersmen(Imperial), the name was simplified to Imperial Frontiersmen Canada in 2016. 

Members have equated Imperial Frontiersmen Canada as a Scout Movement for the adult demographic and today the unit's community activities are limited to the clean up of public paths, food drives, bottle drives and assisting other community organizations in need of volunteers.

Located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada