In Vladivostok, CSEF marches in the peace parade celebrating the WWI Armistice
Active
1918–1919
Disbanded
September 15, 1920
Country
Canada
Type
Expeditionary Force
Role
Suppression of the Bolshevik Revolution
Size
approx. 6,000
Commanders
Commanding Officer
James H. Elmsley
Military unit
Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force (1918–1919)
Components
259th Battalion (Canadian Rifles)
260th Battalion (Canadian Rifles)
B Squadron, RNWMP
Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force ride in a truck near Vladivostok, Jan–May 1919
The Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force (French: Corps expéditionnaire sibérien) (also referred to as the Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia) or simply the C.S.E.F.) was a Canadian military force sent to Vladivostok, Russia, during the Russian Revolution to bolster the allied presence, oppose the Bolshevik Revolution and attempt to keep Russia in the fight against Germany. Composed of 4,192 soldiers and authorized in August 1918, the force returned to Canada between April and June 1919. The force was commanded by Major General James H. Elmsley. During this time, the C.S.E.F. saw little fighting, with fewer than 100 troops proceeding "up country" to Omsk, to serve as administrative staff for 1,500 British troops aiding the anti-Bolshevik White Russian government of Admiral Alexander Kolchak. Most Canadians remained in Vladivostok, undertaking routine drill and policing duties in the volatile port city.[1]
^Isitt, Benjamin (2010). From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada's Siberian Expedition, 1917-19. University of British Columbia Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-1802-5. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
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