Each Battalion of the Brigade had now been considerably reduced in strength, and the Canadian authorities in England decided to amalgamate the 219th with the 85th Battalion, and the 193rd with the 185th Battalion. Officers and men in any one of these four Units who were not physically fit were sent to the 17th Nova Scotia Reserve Battalion at Bramshott. The Nova Scotia Highland Brigade was no more, and the hope in every heart now was that the two Battalions—85th and 185th—which constituted what was left of that Brigade, might reach France as Units. After the amalgamation of the 193rd, the officers of the 185th were as follows:— Officer Commanding Lieut.-Col. F. P. Day. Second in Command Lieut.-Col. R. J. S. Langford. Adjutant Major J. W. MacDonald. Medical Officer Capt. J. A. Munro. Quartermaster Capt. F. C. Baird. Paymaster Capt. R. MacDougall. Assistant Adjutant Lieut. W. E. Macdonald. Machine Gun Officer Lieut. J. A. Holland. Musketry Officer Lieut. D. M. Wiswell. Scout Officer Lieut. H. N. Price. Bombing Officer Lieut. J. D. MacKenzie. “A” Company— Officer Commanding Capt. J. MacIsaac. Second in Command Capt. A. L. Macdonald. Lieutenants John MacKenzie, E. M. Johnstone, T. E. Logan, C. J. Markham. “B” Company— Officer Commanding Major J. P. LeGallais. Second in Command Capt. F. B. Schurman. Lieutenants J. A. McKinnon, J. H. MacIvor, J. Soy, P. T. Andrews, H. A. Dickson, A. D. Baxter. “C” Company— Officer Commanding Capt. W. W. Nicholson. Second in Command Capt. Alex. Macdonald. Lieutenants D. J. MacGillivray, H. F. Orman, L. G. MacCorrison, H. D. Cunningham, D. Livingstone. “D” Company— Officer Commanding Capt. R. C. Jackson. Second in Command Capt. C. W. Sutherland. Lieutenants A. M. Fraser, J. O. MacLeod, J. J. Murray, G. D. Crowell, H. C. Lowther. About this time the Battalion received permission to use as its official name, “185th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders),” instead of “185th Canadian Infantry Battalion,” as before.