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Attestation Paper - Elwood Belfry

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-OS10002
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1916

Part of Local History Collection

Attestation paper, page 1, for Elwood James Belfry for World War One.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Fennell, Hilliard

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-OS8727
Item

Part of Local History Collection

Hilliard Fennell, son of James Fennell, served in the infantry during the First World War.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Wood, Myra

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-OS9031
Item
1916

Part of Local History Collection

Myra Wood was a nursing sister during the First World War.

Panoramic Letter from WWI

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-OS10516
Item
1915

Part of Local History Collection

A panoramic letter card received by Birdie Webb from a member of the Saint family who was fighting overseas in WWI in 1915. This type of card had a letter as well as photos like a postcard inside.

Soldiers in Bradford

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-OS9525
Item
1917-10

Part of Local History Collection

Soldiers in front of Queen's Hotel on Holland Street, taking a break on their long march to Fort York for their winter dwelling and training. The soldiers were stationed at Camp Borden, but lack of shelter and proper living conditions forced nearly 5000 troops to march from Barrie to Toronto in October 1917.

Whiteside, Frank

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-OS9200
Item

Part of Local History Collection

Frank Whiteside with a fellow soldier at the Niagara Falls training area during World War I.

Neilly, Scott

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Item
1940s

Part of Local History Collection

Sgt. Pilot Scott Neilly, Flight Instructor for the R.C.A.F. He died during the Second World War in a training accident in New Brunswick on May 28, 1942.