"The following message from 4th Cdn.Division received while Bn. was on parade at 09.00 hours:-
"Cdn.Corps 06.45 hours. Hostilities will cease at 11.00 hours on November 11th. Troops will stand fast on the line reached at that hour which will be reported to Corps H.Q. Defensive precautions will be maintained. Their will be no intercourse of any description with the enemy. Further instructions follow."
Parades were dismissed for the day. Major Millar received information at Brigade Conference that the Bn. in common with the remainder of the Cdn.Corps, would form part of the Army of occupation. Probable time of commencement of move, 17th instant."-Extract from the war diary.
On November 11th, 1918, Germany was forced to capitulate and sign an armistice. The men were ecstatic, celebrating for the duration of the day. Due to the nature of the armistice, the battalion was forced to stay on guard until April of 1919, when they shipped out to England for the victory parade. During the parade, the 4th division was lead through London by the pipes and drums of the 85th battalion, and followed by the brass band.
On May 30th, the battalion handed in the last of their barracks stores and loaded a ship for home. The war was over, but the men still had one parade left. Upon arriving in Halifax, the men paraded through the city. The streets were crowded, as the whole province had come to see their boys come home. The men proudly wore their kilts for the people of Halifax. There was a few months of demilitarizing before, in September, the battalion was finally disbanded, but their legacy would live on, the Neverfails, the Highlanders Without Kilts, the Nova Scotia Highlanders.
"Cdn.Corps 06.45 hours. Hostilities will cease at 11.00 hours on November 11th. Troops will stand fast on the line reached at that hour which will be reported to Corps H.Q. Defensive precautions will be maintained. Their will be no intercourse of any description with the enemy. Further instructions follow."
Parades were dismissed for the day. Major Millar received information at Brigade Conference that the Bn. in common with the remainder of the Cdn.Corps, would form part of the Army of occupation. Probable time of commencement of move, 17th instant."-Extract from the war diary.
On November 11th, 1918, Germany was forced to capitulate and sign an armistice. The men were ecstatic, celebrating for the duration of the day. Due to the nature of the armistice, the battalion was forced to stay on guard until April of 1919, when they shipped out to England for the victory parade. During the parade, the 4th division was lead through London by the pipes and drums of the 85th battalion, and followed by the brass band.
On May 30th, the battalion handed in the last of their barracks stores and loaded a ship for home. The war was over, but the men still had one parade left. Upon arriving in Halifax, the men paraded through the city. The streets were crowded, as the whole province had come to see their boys come home. The men proudly wore their kilts for the people of Halifax. There was a few months of demilitarizing before, in September, the battalion was finally disbanded, but their legacy would live on, the Neverfails, the Highlanders Without Kilts, the Nova Scotia Highlanders.