The Great War Details from the 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection duties. were left out of the 1867
Confederation of Canada, and which had been garrisoned during the First World War successively by the
Royal Canadian Regiment, and the
38th Battalion (Ottawa) and
163rd Battalion (French-Canadian) of the
Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)) on garrison duty from May 1940 to October 1941 (the detachment assigned to the
Bermuda Garrison moved to
Aruba in August 1940).
Hong Kong On 27 October 1941, it embarked for
Hong Kong as a part of
C Force, where it was destroyed while fighting in defence of the colony during the
Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941). Company Sergeant-Major
John Robert Osborn, VC (2 January 1899 – 19 December 1941) was a 42-year-old warrant officer second class and the CSM of "A" Company. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the fighting for Hong Kong on 19 December 1941. His Victoria Cross citation reads, in part: File:Canadian Troops Arriving in Hong Kong.jpg|On 16 November 1941, the Winnipeg Grenadiers arrived in Hong Kong. Yet, they could not reverse the outcome of the
Battle of Hong Kong. File:John Robert Osborn.png|Company Sergeant-Major
John Robert Osborn, VC File:Hong Kong Park statue.jpg|Statue of an anonymous World War I soldier from statuary collection of
Eu Tong Sen. Also visible is the
Battle of Hong Kong memorial plaque dedicated to all the defenders of Hong Kong in December 1941 through
John Robert Osborn File:HK Central 香港公園 Hong Kong Park memory of John Robert Osborn bronze statue sign Nov-2013.JPG|Memorial plaque dedicated to all the defenders of Hong Kong in December 1941 through John Robert Osborn and to commemorate the British Garrison at Hong Kong.
Home defence The 1st Battalion was reconstituted on 10 January 1942. It served in Canada in a home defence role as part of the Prince Rupert Defences,
8th Canadian Infantry Division. It took part in the expedition to
Kiska, Alaska, as a component of the
13th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group, serving there from 16 August 1943 to 22 December 1943. It embarked for Great Britain on 25 May 1944. On 1 November 1944, it was absorbed by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Training Battalion, CASF, and designated as the
3rd Canadian Infantry Training Battalion, Type A (Winnipeg Grenadiers), CASF. On 5 July 1945, it was converted and redesignated the
No. 10 Canadian Repatriation Depot, Type "T". The depot was disbanded on 28 January 1946. File:Grenadiers durrant.jpg|Winnipeg Grenadiers Camp, 1941 == Alliances ==