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These are the children of Charles and Emily (Johnson) Adams, farmers of Bradford. David and John in the back row, and their sisters Bertha, Lilly (Perry) and Emily (Else). Jessie Lawrence is not pictured as she lived in Saskatchewan. David and John fought in World War I, though John died in Belgium on November 10th, 1917 and is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
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Picture of the Emity May Anchor in Anchor Park, Holland Landing. This anchor was made in England and was being transported to Lake Huron during the War of 1812. When the war ended the achor was no longer needed and it was abandoned in what is now Anchor Park.
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Matthew Archer, the son of Thomas and Jennie May Archer. He served in the First World War and died in France.
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Attestation Paper - Elwood Belfry
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Attestation paper, page 1, for Elwood James Belfry for World War One.
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Attestation Paper, page 2 - Elwood Belfry
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Description of Elwood James Belfry upon enlistment. Pg 2
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Harry Brown, who served in World War I.
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Photograph of John A. Collis, soldier from World War II. John was born on October 14th, 1915 in Lowville, Ontario to parents George and Florence May Collis. He later married Dorothy Ruby in Bradford, Ontario and had a daughter, Joan Yvonne Collis, and a son, John Neill Collis. He was killed in action on July 25th, 1944 in Caen, France, and is buried in the Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France.
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Photograph of World War I soldier J. William Dale, who lost his life in St. Eloi on May 10th, 1916.
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Photograph of Flight Sergeant Hedley G. Dimock of the RCAF, who died June 26, 1944 in a take-off accident in India.
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Hilliard Fennell, son of James Fennell, served in the infantry during the First World War.
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