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1905 Ontario Lacrosse Association Champion pendant
Part of Local History Collection
Pendant from the 1905 OLA Championship for Bradford. Walter Reeves, Town Constable of Bradford from 1929-1946, was a well known lacrosse star from this match. The medal is inscribed with Walter's name on the back.
Bill Marks
1909 Canadian Lacrosse Association Inter-Champion medal
Part of Local History Collection
Medal from the 1909 Canadian Lacrosse Association Championship for Bradford. Walter Reeves, Town Constable of Bradford from 1929-1946, was a well known lacrosse star from this match.
Bill Marks
1923 Bradford vs. Oxford-Cambridge Lacrosse guest ribbon
Part of Local History Collection
Ribbon for the guests of the August 17, 1923 lacrosse match between Bradford and Oxford-Cambridge. Walter Reeves, Town Constable of Bradford from 1929-1946, was a well known lacrosse star who was invited to this match.
Bill Marks
Anglican Young People's Association pin
Part of Local History Collection
Pin of the Anglican Young People's Association, part of the Walter Reeves, Town Constable collection.
The Anglican Young People's Association was devised by the Anglican Church for its younger members. There was a branch of the Association based on Canada, and began in 1902.
Bill Marks
Part of Local History Collection
Fabric badge for the Auxiliary OPP detachment, attached to the Walter Reeves badge collection. The Auxiliary OPP Force came into practice in 1960, after Walter had died, so it could have been acquired as a memento to his work.
Bill Marks
Ontario Government Protective Service badge
Part of Local History Collection
Fabric badge for the Ontario Government Protective Service, owned by Walter Reeves as a Town Constable.
Bill Marks
Part of Local History Collection
A recent fabric badge for the OPP detachment, acquired in memory of Walter Reeves as a Town Constable.
Bill Marks
Part of Local History Collection
Fabric badge for the OPP detachment, owned by Walter Reeves as a Town Constable.
Bill Marks
Part of Local History Collection
Fabric badge for the St John's Ambulance, part of the Walter Reeves, Town Constable collection
Bill Marks
Walter Reeves - Badge Collection
Part of Local History Collection
This collection of pins, medals, and badges, once owned by Walter Reeves, comes to us in digital format from his descendant, Bill Marks. They were collected from Walter's career as Chief of Police for the Town of Bradford, his participation as a Lacrosse player in the 1909 championship, and his St. John's Ambulance badges.
The Ontario Provincial Police began to operate in the area in the 1930s as a motorcycle patrol, working in conjunction with the Chief of Police of the Town. Walter "Gunch" Reeves assisted the first constable posted to the area, I.R. Spencer, in many of these cases. The first OPP detachment office in West Gwillimbury opened on January 1, 1949, where they worked from the second floor of the township building under Corporal D. Adair.
Walter Arthur Reeves was born in England in 1886, and moved to Bradford when he was 13 years old. He was known as a lacrosse star as he was part of Bradford's 1909 O.A.L.A. Intermediate Lacrosse champion team (medal which is included in this collection). He married Sarah "Sadie" Saint in February 1909. He was a train inspector, and was appointed Town Constable in 1929, a position which he served until his death in 1946 from a heart attack.
Bill Marks