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Archer, Matthew

Archer, Matthew

Matthew Archer, the son of Thomas and Jennie May Archer. He served in the First World War and died in France.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Sturgeon, Pte. William R.

Sturgeon, Pte. William R.

Private William R. Sturgeon, Service No. 3038445 of the Central Ontario Regiment, World War I.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Bond Head Cenotaph plaque - WWI

Bond Head Cenotaph plaque - WWI

Photograph of the Bond Head Cenotaph plaque - memorial to the soldiers who lost their lives in the Great War from Bond Head. Plaque reads:
"In Memoriam
Sgt. James Edward Cassells.
Robert Everett Carter.
Leonard Averill.
William J.M. Wood.
Who fell in the Great War."

Peter Wilson

Downer, Frank George obituary

Event Date : Friday, September 08, 1944
Event Type : Death

Description : Veteran of South African and World War 1 died at Christie Street Hospital in his 82nd year.

McKinstry, Jack obituary

Event Date : Monday, January 17, 1955
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Dearborn, Michigan

Description : "A message has been received by Mr. B. B. Collings informing of the death of Jack McKinstry of Dearborn, Michigan, on Monday, January 17. Mr. McKinstry was born in Bradford in 1899, attended Bradford public and high schools, where he established an enviable reputation in athletics as a runner. He, with the late Job Morris and Norman Spence, enlisted and went overseas in the first Great War with Major Stoddart. He returned from war to Bradford, then went to Detroit where he had since been with the Ford Motor Company. He had been in poor health for about two months before his death. Mr. McKinstry was predeceased by his wife. A son and a daughter in Dearborn, Michigan, survive him."

Bradford Witness

World War I Soldiers

World War I Soldiers

World War I soldiers. From left: Harry Brown, Thomas Bonnville, Chas. Hansford, Ed Harper and his brother Jim Harper.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Military Post Card

Military Post Card

Military post card published by J.H. Douse of Lefroy. This post card was sent by Charles Houghton to Miss Ethel Hughes. Charles, who served in the medical corps during World War I, was one of the men in the picture.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

World War I Medals

World War I Medals

The back of two World War I medals. The one on the left is the British War medal and the one on the right was given to soldiers returning from World War I by the community of Bond Head.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

World War I Medals

World War I Medals

Two World War I medals. The medal on the left is a British War Medal, awarded to all who saw action from 1914-1918 in World War I and all who served in Russia from 1919-1920. The one on the right was made by Andrew Neilly, a jeweller in Bradford, and was given to soldiers returning from World War I by the community of Bond Head.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

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