Box of Mess Kits, Medical Kits, and Food – 2021800206
Box containing mess tins, emergency food packets, respirators, anti-gas ointments, prophylactic kits, field dressings, a whistle, a straight razor handle, a bottle of foot powder.
Box of flags, mess tins, and belt attachments
Various flags, canteens, cooking kits, a level, a wire cutter, and belt attachments.
Box of Items – Marked F1 – mostly WW2
6 Dutch Plaques (Wood) 2 Dutch Titles Framed 2 Dutch Titles No Frames 1 Pair of Clogs 1 Glass Wall Shield 2 Crest Copies Laminated 1 Arm Band Dutch Resistance 1 Plaque Liberation of Apeldoorn 1 Plaque Penny Coin 1 Plaque Compass and case and Telescope Plaster Regimental Crest Life Membership Card RE Spence White […]
Thomas Clark Cole – Medals (LT. A. McBride)
Two WWI medals, mounted, in Thomas Clark Cole personal items are a) British War Medal 1919 and b) Victory Medal 1919 and both are engraved with Lt. Andrew McBride. It is unknown if Thomas Cole wore these medals as earned or not but they were included in the Cole collection.
WW1 Prisoner of War Postcard by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte – March 26, 1916
Postcard sent home from a German prisoner of war camp, Kriegsgefangenenlager Göttingen in Göttingen, Hannover, Germany, by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte to his wife in Toronto, Canada. RSM Lewis E. DeHarte was a prisoner of war from 1915-1919. The postcard is cardstock and a yellow-brown colour, with writing in pencil on both sides of the […]
John Pollands Girvan Mentioned in Dispatches document from Sir Douglas Haig dated March 16th, 1919.
Notice from Secretary of State for War that LCol. J.P. Girvan had been mentioned in a dispatch from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig on 16-Mar-1919. The dispatch in question noted Girvan’s “gallant and distinguished services in the Field”.
Mention in Dispatch notice of Brig. J.P. Girvan
Small card noting certificate of Mention in Dispatch (2023001013), addressed to Brig. J.P. Girvan from the Major-General, Adjutant-General.
Invitation from King to Brig Girvan to Buckingham Palace
Card invited Brig. J.P. Girvan to an event at Buckingham Palace. The card reads: ADMIT BEARER/ To BUCKINGHAM PALACE, on the occasion of an/ INVESTITURE BY H.M. THE KING/ on the 21 DEC. 1918/ DEREK KEPPEL,/ Master of the Household.
Newspapers Clippings of Brig. J.P. Girvan
5 cut-outs from a 1961 newspaper article, presumed to be from the London Gazette, announcing his retirement, two are nearly identical. The cut-outs are labelled a-e, with the same accession number.
Department of Veterans Affairs Envelope of Brigadier John Pollands Girven
Department of Veterans Affairs Envelope of Brigadier John Pollands Girven including documents and photos with accession numbers. Newspaper clippings (2023001010 a-e and 2023001024); Invitation to ‘International Celebration at Niagara’ (2023001032); Photos (2023001004, 2023001012, 2023001028, 2023001029, 2023001030, 2023001031); Admission Bearer card to Buckingham Palace 21-Dec-18 (2023001011); Letter forwarding a medal for Their Majesties’ Silver Jubilee 06-May-35, medal elsewhere […]