Wwi 226Th Infantry Battalion "Men Of The North" Shoulder Title GTRexclude – Soviet made screw back

– Soviet made screw back

He was discharged from the Canadian Army on February 19

with his mother Louisa receiving his Memorial Cross

serving aboard a variety of ships

colourized

Wwi 226Th Infantry Battalion "Men Of The North" Shoulder Title GTRexclude – Soviet made screw backWWI 226th Infantry Battalion "Men of the North" Shoulder Title Pickled copper, maker marked "DINGWALL WINNIPEG" on the reverse, 27. 2 mm x 59. 3 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Dauphin, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed December 15, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. A. G. Gillespie with a strength of 32 officers