Personnel files of one hundred and seventy-eight personnel who served in World War I with ties to South Simcoe. Research was commenced by Jan Coward. After her passing, a group of research assistants are working to verify the research and share this publicly. Original database exists as an online spreadsheet. Reseach assistants have identified which personnel files have been verified.
Bond Head Memorial Plaque for Soldiers who lost their lives in World War II from the Bond Head area. Plaque reads: "In Memoriam Harold Wilson Laurie Melbourne Ross Rutherford Walter Aelick Walter Andrews Earl Slack Robson Jewitt Who lost their lives in the Second World War."
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
"Mr. and Mrs. Daniel wilson, of Bond head, have been notified by Ottawa that their second son, Flt.-Sgt. Harold (Chub) Wilson, is missing after air operations over enemy territory. The entire crew of his craft failed to return and as yet there is no information regarding their fate, although authorities assure the parents that information is being sought through the Red Cross regarding them."
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
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.
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.
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."
