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91st Battalion, C.E.F.
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91st Battalion, C.E.F.
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- 1954-2016
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- Box 201, File 25
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal newspaper articles relating to the 91st Battalion, C.E.F., 1954-1981.
- "Men of St. Thomas and Elgin County: The Empire Needs You": Aylmer Express, September 16, 1915. Reprinted in June 2016.
- "Downtown banners honour 100th anniversary of the 91st", June 24, 2016.
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - 40th Anniversary
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- 1956
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - 51st Anniversary
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- 1967
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - 52nd Anniversary
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- 1968
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- C1 Sh2 B1 F22 12
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- 1968
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- 2 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 18 cm or smaller
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- Two black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published June 24, 1968 with captions:
- " Members of the 91st Overseas Battalion Association and guests attended a dinner Sunday afternoon as part of the program for the battalion's 52nd anniversary. Guest speaker at the dinner was Rev. J.M. Colling, the associate minister of Grace United Church. Taking part in the celebrations were (left to right) Rev. J.M. Colling, the associate minister of Grace United Church. Taking part in the celebrations were (left to right) Rev. J.M. Colling; Mayor V.A. Barrie; J.T. Baron, vice-president; Rev. J.L. Petrie, president and C.E. Baldwin, secretary."(12a)
- " The members of the 91st Overseas Battalion Association held a memorial service and wreath-laying at the Cenotaph on Pearl Street Sunday to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the battalion's departure for overseas in World War I. Rev. J.L. Petrie, president of the association, conducted the service and the wreath was laid by, left to right, C.E. Baldwin, and James Baron."(12b)
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - 55th Anniversary Celebrations
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- 1971
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- C1 Sh2 B1 F22 18
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- 1971
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- 3 photographs : b&w ; 12.5 x 19 cm or smaller
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- Three black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published June 28, 1971 with captions:
- " Roy Palmerston, left, and the bugle held by Ken Barrett, were two of the oldest veterans of the 91st Overseas Battalion to gather in St. Thomas, Sunday, on the 55th anniversary of the battalion's leaving for overseas. Mr. Palmerston, 93, and a veteran of the South African War, is believed the oldest surviving member of the 91st, whose members are scattered around the world. The bugle held by Mr. Barrett, was played by his father, the late F.L. "Pat" Barrett, also a member of the 91st. The bugle, manufactured in England, is 82 years old, and saw service in the Second World War as well." (18a)
- " Some of the surviving members of the 91st Overseas Battalion, marking the 55th anniversary, Sunday, of their leaving for overseas in June of 1916, posed on the steps of the St. Thomas Memorial Hospital after laying a wreath at the Pearl Street Cenotaph. From left, (front row): Jim Baron, Clarence Rock, Charlie Watling, Stan Swift, Rev. J.L. Petrie, Roy Gorvett; (second row) Reg Mayne, Art Freeman, Jack Wardell, Fred Ellis, Bert Watson, George Walker, (third row) Charles Baldwin, Ab McVicar, Bert Mitchell, Tommy Bell, Harvet Pettit, Sam Armstrong, John Williams, Fred Morley; (back row) Bill Rutter, Harold Sawyer, Jim Glover, Fred Mitchell, Ellis Walker, George Hambleton and Fred Lawson." (18b)
- " Roy Gorvett of Buffalo, left, and Bert Michell of Toronto, members of the 91st Overseas Battalion, laid a wreath at the Pearl Street, Cenotaph, Sunday morning on behalf of the 100-odd surviving members of the 91st around the world. Over 30 of the veterans, who left for overseas in June of 1916, joined in commemorative services and a reunion, Sunday, at the St. Thomas Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. At right is Rev. J.L. Petrie, padre of Branch 41 (St. Thomas) of the legion and president of the 91st Battalion Association. Beside him is Ken Barrett of Port Stanley, son of the 91st's Bugle Major, the late F.L. "Pat" Barrett." (18c)
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - 62nd Anniversary
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- 1978
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- C1 Sh2 B1 F22 28
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- 1978
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- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 25.5 cm
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- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published June 26, 1978 with caption:" Members of the 91st Battalion gathered at the Legion Hall Monday to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the day "Elgin's Pride" left for overseas. Front row, sitting, are left to right, Harold Sawyer, Rev. G.L. Petrie, Ellis Walker, Ernie Mitchell, Max Moorriss, and Thomas W. Bell; second row, sitting, Charles S. Graves, Art Gale, Roy Gorvett, Charlie Baldwin, W. Rutter, A.B. Freeman, and Bruce Laver. Behind them are an unidentified Legion member, Howard Vair and David Ryaf."
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - 64th Anniversary
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- C1 Sh2 B1 F22 31
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- 1980
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- 2 photographs : b&w ; 10.5 x 24 cm or smaller
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- Two black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published June 24, 1980 with captions:
- " Thirteen surviving members of the 91st Overseas Battalion which was originally based in St. Thomas at the Elgin Regiment took part in the 64th reunion of the battalion on Sunday. There are less than 50 surviving members today of more than 600 who left to fight in the First World War in 1916. Those attending wreath-laying ceremonies were from left, front row: F.G. Ellis, Charles Caves, William Rutter, A.B. Freeman, Earl Lemon, Roy Gorvette, H. Watson, and Rev. J.L. Petrie, president of the 91st Battalion Association. In the back are Charles Baldwin, secretary-treasurer of the association, Art Gale, Ernie Mitchell. John Williams, and M. Morris." (31a)
- " The 64th annual reunion for the 91st Battalion Sunday also marked the first time in 50 years that the swagger stick shown in the photo above was on parade. The stick was given to St. Thomas Legion Branch 41 by Col. Warren Andrews, a former colonel with the Elgin Regiment. The stick is said to have been on parade with the 91st during its final parade before the Battalion went overseas under the command of Col. W.L. Green in 1916. Shown above with the stick are Johnnie Dunn, of the Legion, who was the sargeant-at-arms for the parade at the 64th reunion and who carried the stick in the parade; Charles Baldwin, of the 91st, who helped organize the event; Rev. J.L. Petrie, president of the 91st Batallion Association; Jim Baron, vice-president of the association; Max Morris, of the 91st and Reg Wilson, a Legion member." (31b)
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - 91st Battalion Association Elections
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- C1 Sh2 B1 F22 8
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- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 18 cm
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- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published May 8, 1967 with caption:" The 91st Batalion Association elected their new officers on Saturday afternoon and discussed future plans. Re-elected were, Rev. J.L. Petrie, president; Jack Orrell, vice-president and Charles E. Baldwin, secretary-treasurer. Members decided the 51st anniversary service of the First World War would be held on Sunday, June 25. A wreath will be placed at the cenotaph on Pearl Street at 2 p.m. and a rememberance service will be held at 3 p.m. in the Legion Hall conducted by Mr. Petrie and Rev. Charles Cook. Shown from left to right are. Mr. Petrie, Jim Baron, Harvey Petit, Art Freeman, and Mr. Baldwin."
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - 1976 Reunion
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- C1 Sh2 B1 F22 39
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds - 91st Battalion, C.E.F. file
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- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 30.5 cm
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- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published June 28, 1976 with caption: "It might be history to some people, but to the men of the 91st Battalion it is a memory of the men who fought and died beside them in the trenches and fields of Europe. The men met at the meorial Hospital Cenotaph on Pearl Street for a wreath-laying ceremony Sunday morning at 11 a.m. and then went to the Legion Hall on John Street for dinner." St. Thomas alderman Donald R. Stokes is seen second from the left.
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - All Officers Re-elected
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - Anniversary Preparations
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - Annual Display
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - Annual Reunion 1979
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - Assembly at Barracks with Goat Mascot
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- ca. 1916
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - Brothers Reunited
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- 1966
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- C1 Sh2 B1 F22 7
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds - 91st Battalion, C.E.F. file
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- 2 photographs : b&w ; 10.5 x 13.5 cm or smaller
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- Two black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published September 20, 1966 with captions:
- " Rev. J.L. Petrie, associate minister of Central United Church, St. Thomas, was recently reunited with his brother Tom Petrie, of Edinburgh, Scotland, after a period of 50 years. Left to right, Andrew Petrie, Aliquippa, Penn,; Tom Petrie, youngest of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Petrie, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Petrie, Rev. J.L. Petrie and William Petrie." (7a)
- 7b was not published in the paper. Retained for reference by the St. Thomas Times-Journal. Pictures the four Petrie brothers at their reunion in St. Thomas on September 20, 1966.
- Rev. J.L. Petrie was for many years the President of the 91st Battalion Association.
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - Bugle
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - Bugle Player
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- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 15.5 cm
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- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published June 29, 1970 with caption:" Bugler Ken Barrett is shown above at the Sunday morning service of the 91st Battalion playing the same bugle that his father, Bugle Major Pat Barrett, played when he was with the battalion. The service, held at the World War One cenotaph, Pearl Street, was in observance of the 54th anniversary of the battalion's departure for overseas. Mr. Barrett's bugle, which has been stolen twice and recovered each time, was made in 1889 by Henry Potter Co., London Eng."
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - CEF Association
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91st Battalion, C.E.F. - Church Service
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- 1958
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- C1 Sh2 B1 F22 6
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- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 20 cm
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- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published June 23, 1958 with caption:" The members of the 91st Batallion held their annual reunion at the Legion Hall in St. Thomas at the weekend. Approximately 30 of the veterans attended a church parade at Trinity Anglican Church on Sunday. Lt.-Col. Warren Andrews read the lesson for the morning service. In the above photo some of the veterans gather for a picture on the front steps of Trinity Church following the service. In the front row, centre, wearing light suit, is Lt.-Col. W.J. Green St. Thomas, commanding officer of the 91st Batallion when they went overseas in 1916."
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