Christmas Card from the 116th Battalion
This 1916 Christmas card bringing greetings from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Sharpe and the officers of the 116th Battalion appears to have been sent by Lieutenant Morley Jacobi. The photo was…
This 1916 Christmas card bringing greetings from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Sharpe and the officers of the 116th Battalion appears to have been sent by Lieutenant Morley Jacobi. The photo was…
An unidentified battalion drills at Camp Niagara in the 1890s. Library and Archives Canada photo. Historical note: For most of the era covered by this article the name of the…
August 28, 2022 marks the 90th anniversary of the presentation to the Ontario Regiment of its third set of Colours. A Regiment’s Colours are essentially two flags – one is…
I had overlooked James Fenwick when I was doing my original research. Fenwick was the third BattalionSergeant Major of the 116 th Battalion and followed WOI Fred Palmer in the…
1. Major Irwin, 2. Lieutenant Kennedy, 3. Captain Whitelaw, 4. Lieutenant Ecclestone, 5. Lieutenant Campbell, 6. Either Lieutenant Harrod or Lieutenant Coutts, 7. Either Lieutenant Harrod or Lieutenant Coutts The…