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      "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.

      Kenneth Dean Marlatt joined the 9th Mississauga Horse during the First World War. He went overseas in France with the 4th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles.

      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.

      Audrey Johnson was a Civil Defence Ambulance Driver in England, 1942. She worked with the Mobile Hospital in Banstead, Surrey from 1940-1944.

      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.

      3rd overseas draft of the Cobourg Heavy Battery, December 1915/January 1916. Left Cobourg for overseas late in March, 1916. Recruiting officer (left centre) Major James McKinnon, Captain (right centre) Arthur Hopper. Photo also includes Melville Thomas Lean (3rd row, 1895-1957) and Leslie Bowman (4th row, 1896-1958)

      The parcel from home meant a great deal to the soldiers overseas.

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 Porcupine Advance, 3 May 1916, Section 1, p. 7     Tommy (sometimes Tommy Atkins) is a generic slang name for an English soldier; Jack is a generic slang name for a sailor. The last line of the poem is an allusion to the song "Rule, Britannia!"

      Agnes Macphail's commentary about the last time spent before departing for Canada. Two postcards show the Houses of Parliamant, London, England and the Tower Bridge, London, England. Part of her 1952 Scrapbook.

      Photographs from Agnes Macphail's visit to Windsor Castle. Top photograph mounted improperly. Part of her 1952 Scrapbook.

      Two soldiers talking, one with back to the camera and the other in side view. Overhead is a dirigible.