Contains items relating to Simcoe County servicemen and women in World War II, including veterans related articles, artifacts and photographs, and the Roll of Honour
Contains items relating to Simcoe County servicemen and women in World War I, including veterans related articles, artifacts and photographs, and the Roll of Honour
Contains information relating to the military presence, recruitment, and police force in Bradford. Headings include:
1837 Rebellion
Attestation Papers
Battalions Served by Canadians
Bond Head Armson Crash
Boyd Gang
Bradford West Gwillimbury Policing
Col. Tyrwhitt
Earl Bowles
Early Militia
Fenian Raids
Korean War
Photographs
Royal Canadian Legion
Veterans
War Effort at Home
World War I & World War II *Military/Policing - Other
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.
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.
A collection of items relating to Hon. Earl Rowe; Sir William Mulock; The World War I Roll of Honour and Veterans; The World War II Roll of Honour and Veterans; Soldiers of Simcoe County.
Event Date : Sunday, January 04, 1942 Event Type : Death
Description : Husband to Agnes Cerswell (nee Speers), father to Mrs. Jeffery (Christeen) of Detriot, Mrs. Heppleston (Jean) of Toronto, Mrs. Kract (Alice) of Niagra Falls NY and one son, Gordon who died at war. He died in his Bradford home in his 74th year and will be interred at Bond Head Cemetery.