Canada, Cef. A 78Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Accompanied by his Wartime Identification

Accompanied by his Wartime Identification Tag (silvered iron

EIGHTH Corps

He was discharged from active service upon demobilzation on March 21st at No

and WWI Victory Medal 1914-1918 (bronze

His elder daughter became a volunteer nurse

Canada, Cef. A 78Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Accompanied by his Wartime IdentificationIn blackened copper, measuring 37 mm (w) x 45. 2 mm (h), both lugs intact, traces of the blackening remains, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 20, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Kirkcaldy with a strength of 37 officers and 1,097 other ranks. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 12th