The 81st Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force

The Canadian Expeditionary Force was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War. Units of the C.E.F. were divided into field formation in France, where they were organized first into separate divisions and later joined together into a single...

 during the First World War

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in the late summer of 1915 in Toronto and the surrounding district. After sailing to England in May 1916, the battalion was absorbed into the 35th Battalion, CEF on July 6, 1916. The 81st Battalion, CEF had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. B. H. Belson.