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127th Battalion, CEF - Timeline for Canada
| 1914 | |
| July 29 | Britain warns Canada of situation in Europe |
| Aug 2 | Canada offers Britain troops for overseas service |
| Aug 5 | Britain declares war |
| Aug 6 | Britain accepts Canada's offer of troops |
| Aug19 | The first volunteers begin to arrive at Valcartier Camp, Quebec |
| Sept 4 | Approximately 32,000 men have assembled at Valcartier |
| Oct 3 | 1st Contingent Canadian Expeditionary Force sails for England |
| Oct 14 | 1st Contingent CEF arrives in England |
| Dec 21 | Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry arrives in France They are the first Canadian unit committed to battle in the Great War |
| 1915 | |
| Feb 07 | 1st Canadian Division begins moving to France |
| Mar 03 | 1st Canadian Division is responsible for 6,000 metre of front near Fleurbaix |
| Apr 01 | 1st Canadian Division is moved north to Ypres Salient |
| Apr 22 | Battle of Ypres. First use of poison gas against the French |
| Apr 24 | Battle of St. Julien. First use of poison gas against the Canadians |
| May 05 | Lt-Col John McCrae of CEF writes In Flanders Fields |
| May 18 | Battle of Festubert |
| May 25 | 2nd Canadian Division formed in Canada |
| June 15 | Battle of Givenchy |
| Sept 19 | Newfoundland Regiment lands at Suvla Bay in Gallipoli |
| Nov 16 | Canadian launches their first trench raid at Riviere Douve |
| Dec 20 | Newfoundland Regiment evacuated from Suvla Bay |
| Dec 25 | 3rd Canadian Division formed |
| 1916 | |
| Apr 06 | The Battle of St. Eloi Craters |
| Jun 02 | Battle of Mount Sorrel. Major General Mercer killed |
| Sept 15 | Battle of Courcelette. First use of the tank and rolling barrage |
| Sept 26 | Battle of Tiepval Ridge |
| Nov | Sir Samuel Hughes, Minister of Militia and Defense fired by Prime Minister Borden |
| 1917 | |
| Apr 09 | The Battle of Vimy Ridge |
| Jun 11 | Prime Minster Sir Robert Borden |
| Aug 15 | Battle for Hill 70. Firs use of mustard gas against Canadians |
| Aug 29 | Conscription became law in Canada |
| Oct 26 | The Battle of Passchendaele |
| Nov 20 | The Battle of Cambrai |
| Dec 06 | The Halifax Explosion - French munitions vessel Mont Blanc explodes in Halifax Harbour killing almost 1600 people |
| 1918 | |
| Jan | Conscription now in force |
| Mar 21 | German offensive begins |
| Mar 30 | Canadian Cavalry attack at Moreuil Wood |
| Aug 08 | The Battle of Amiens - the beginning of what is known as Canada's Hundred Days |
| Aug 26 | The Battle of Scaarpe |
| Sep 02 | The Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line |
| Sep 27 | The Battle of the Canal Du Nord and Cambrai |
| Nov 02 | The Canadian Corps capture the town of Valenciennes in its last major battle |
| Nov 10 | The Canadian Corps reached the outskirts of Mons |
| Nov 11 | At 10:58 am Private George Price of the 28th Battalion is killed by a sniper Two minutes later at 11:00 am. The armistice came into effect. The war was over |
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