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 […]
Envelope of Pte. Mary Ruby Revere’s Military Medals and Documents
A yellow manila paper envelope containing various documents from during time of military service in a leather bound cover noted as MILITIA BOOK M.1 and titled as CANADIAN ARMY – SOLDIER’S SERVICE AND PAY BOOK, and two medals, each in their own small white cardboard box, all belonging to Pte. Mary Ruby Revere. The two […]
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 […]
Various Regimental Books
Dileas with cover box Blue Book Dress Regs Marksmanship Records
Pte Burke, Carl Victor – Died of Wounds – 23 July 1943
Wounded on 20 July 1943 by German medium artillery as the battalion advanced, in well-spaced 5 yard intervals along the road from Assoro, Sicily to the main Adrano road. The barrage caught two companies in the open 1 1/2 miles short of the road junction. Pte Burke died of his wounds three days later. NOK: […]
Pte Chilvers, Harold – kia 18 July 1943
Killed in action on the advance preparing for the assault up the mountain to Assoro, Sicily.
Pte Lloyd Duncan – kia 25 July 1943
Killed in action during the assault to take the town of Nissoria, Sicily. NOK: Son of Andrew and Clara May Duncan, of Toronto, Ontario.
Pte Douglas Murray Holmes – kia – 22 July 1943
B75065 Pte Holmes was killed in action by a German medium artillery barrage as the battalion had formed-up on the road from Assoro, 1 1/2 miles short of the crossroads of the road to Adrano their next goal. 2 Highlanders were killed and 4 wounded in the barrage. Higher casualties had been avoided as the […]
Pte Cameron, James – KIA 22 July 1943
Pte Cameron was killed by German medium artillery as the battalion advanced on the road from Assoro, spaced at 5 yard intervals, to a form up point 1 1/2 miles short of the Adrano crossroads. 2 Highlanders were killed and four wounded in the barrage.