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      A new portrait of Princess Mary who is raising a fund to provide Christmas gifts for British forces engaged in war.

      Robert Downie was a footman to Queen Victoria's son, the Prince of Wales. He was the brother of David Downie of Milton

      St. Martin's Church was built in 1642. John Coulson and Anne Wallis were married here on the 6 March, 1830.

      In oversize drawer

      Condition: a little worn and torn; image is browned and stained.

      Percy Spurgeon, a sergeant with the First Canadian Division, Canadian Army Special Force served in England and France, 1940-1945.

      Hornby castle in Hornby, Lancashire, where Hornby Ontario got its name.

      Alvin Bumby joined the Royal Canadian Signal Corps in Hamilton the first week after war broke out in 1939, and was overseas from 1939-1946. Irene Bumby worked "on relief" as a registered nurse in England from 1939-1944 and moved to Canada as a war bride in 1946.

      William I. Cook was a private with the Royal Canadian Ordinance Corps, Regiment from 1942-1946.

      "Jimmie" William James Andrew Gibb was a Gunner for the Second Canadian Field Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery, First Division. He served in Italy 1943-1945.

      "Jimmie" William James Andrew Gibb was a Gunner for the Second Canadian Field Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery, First Division. He served in Italy 1943-1945.

      Audrey Johnson worked with the Mobile Hospital in Banstead, Surrey from 1940-1944.

      Sergeant Harry Heath of Oakville is on the far right.

      Arthur Kemp, from Burlington, became the Honorary Colonel, Lorne Scots. Donald Elmore Leaver served as infantry reinforcment officer. He joined the Algonquin Regiment and fought as a platoon commander in France, Belgium, and Holland. He was wounded in Holland in 1944.

      The Palmers were the first Canadians to wed in England during the war. Zouch Palmer, with the Canadian Field Artillery, married Peggy Palmer, daughter of Brigadier General H.D. G. Crerar, in the garrison church in Aldershot, England. They moved to Oakville in 1947.

      The Sinclairs met in Surrey, England, during the war, and married there. Margaret came to live in Canada in May 1946 after William returned home from the war in January 1946.

      First group of Lorne Scots to go overseas.

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      Notes written by Roy Kelley accompanying this photograph are as follows: "Served with the Lorne Rifle Scottish Militia and obtained the rank of Sergeant in 1936. In 1940 he received his commission and was the platoon officer for Milton Area. He went overseas with the main body of the Lorne …

      Black and white photograph of thirty-three male lawn bowlers standing on a field. They are dressed in dark jackets and white pants, shirts, and hats. Some of the men are smoking. William Daum Euler is in the front row, far right.