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
Description : The West Gwillimbury History Project (WEGWHIST) meets Weds., Oct. 1st, in the Compton Room of the Bradford Library, 100 Holland Court, at 2 p.m. There are still some "missing families"... If you want your family history to be included, the Project must receive your information by October 1st! WWI Vetereans...To date, the project has the names of only 2 persons who served in WWI and returned home.
Continuation of veteran biographies (see Related Description: "The noise of the aircraft, the guns..."):
Gunner John Douglas Breeze,
1st Lieutenant Arthur Kneeshaw,
Flight Officer James M. Booth,
Corporal James G. McKinstry,
Signalman Lester B. Woolven,
Brigadier-General (Padre) Ormand A. Hopkins
One of the military metals received by Myra Wood. This is the back of the Victory Medal, for all who served in the First World War or in Russia from 1919-1920.
