The Flags of Our Fighting Army: Including standards, guidons, colours and drum bannersJohnson, Stanley C. (Stanley Currie)
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The Flags of Our Fighting Army: Including standards, guidons, colours and drum banners
Johnson, Stanley C. (Stanley Currie)
Flags -- Great Britain
=69th “French Canadian” Battalion.=
Colours made by ladies of Montreal, but not finished in time to be
presented to Battalion before it left for England. Now deposited in St.
James’s Cathedral, Montreal.
=70th Battalion=
Colours presented by the Sportsmen’s Patriotic Society of London, Ont.,
Feb. 17th, 1917, and deposited in Westminster Abbey on Aug. 14th, 1916,
for duration of war.
=75th Mississauga Battalion=
Colours deposited in Westminster Abbey.
=76th Battalion=
Colours presented by the Public Schools of Simcoe County, Ont., and
deposited in the Methodist Church, Georgetown, Ont.
=77th “Ottawa” Battalion=
Colours given by Mrs. Thomas Ahearn, the President, the Directors and
Employees of the Ottawa Light, Heat, and Power Company, with which
Company Col. Street has been connected for many years. Presented on June
8th, 1915, by General Sir Sam Hughes; now deposited in Westminster
Abbey.
=80th Battalion=
Regimental colours presented by the Ketcheson family on July 20th,
presentation being made by Miss Nelly Ketcheson, daughter of the Mayor
of Belleville, Ont.
=81st Battalion=
Colours left in Canada when Battalion embarked for England.
=85th “Nova Scotia Highland” Battalion.=
Colours made by Lady Borden, and presented to the Battalion, Sept. 25th,
1916; deposited in Parish Church, Witley.
=86th Battalion=
Colours donated by Mrs. Sandford; presented by Lady Aberdeen, on May
16th, 1916; deposited in Canterbury Cathedral on Oct. 21st, 1916.
=87th Battalion “Canadian Grenadier Guards.”=
Colours deposited in Canterbury Cathedral.
=91st Battalion=
Colours deposited in Canterbury Cathedral.
=92nd Battalion=
Colours of the parent Militia Regiment, “48th Highlanders of Toronto.”
=98th Battalion=
Colours presented by Citizens and School Children of Niagara Falls; not
finished in time to be brought to England with Battalion; now deposited
in the Armouries at Niagara Falls.
=99th Battalion=
Colours deposited in Windsor Parish Church, England; presented to
Battalion by the Daughters of the Empire, Windsor, Ont.
=100th Battalion “Winnipeg Grenadiers.”=
Colours deposited in Canterbury Cathedral, March 2nd, 1917.
=104th Battalion=
Colours deposited in St. Paul’s Cathedral.
=108th Battalion=
Colours donated by the ladies of Ottawa; presented by Lady Borden, wife
of the Prime Minister, on Sept. 5th, 1916.
=109th Battalion=
Colours donated and presented by Lady Eaton, in presence of Sir Sam
Hughes, on May 24th, 1916.
=111th Battalion=
Colours presented by the Ladies of South Waterloo County through the
Daughters of the Empire, Galt, Ont. Deposited in Trinity Church, Galt,
Ont.
=112th Battalion=
Colours made by Miss Pratt, of Windsor, Nova Scotia, and presented to
the Battalion by Mrs. Tremain, wife of the O.C., July 21st, 1916;
deposited in Christ Church, Windsor, N.S., Canada, on following day.
=115th Battalion=
Colours left in Canada.
=116th Battalion=
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