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Trafalgar Historical Society - Resources
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society. Documenting, celebrating and preserving the agricultural heritage of North Oakville". Family Heritage Day - Doors Open. Halton-Peel Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. Source for historical online books. Our Ontario (For searching Trafalgar Township Images). Trafalgar War Memorial Page. Other Halton-Peel Region Historical Societies. United Empire Loyalists Association.
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Showcase: see the sites and contributing agencies | VITA
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Pricing & Plans. Pricing & Plans. For Museums & Archives. Who’s Using VITA. Site (Alphabetical by title). Niagara Falls History Museum. Niagara Historical Society and Museum. Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum. A Historical Journey: North of Huron. Heritage Park Museum (Little Rapids). Huron Shores Museum (Iron Bridge). Thessalon Union Public Library. Agnes Macphail Digital Collection. Grey Highlands Public Library. Grey Roots Museum and Archives. Ajax Public Library Digital Archive. Chatham-Kent...
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Oakville at War
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Just over a year later, from a small population of 3900, there were 500 Oakville men and women in the active service forces. By 1945, the number had climbed to 782 enlistments, reported to be the one of the highest percentage of volunteers per capita of any municipality in Canada. An equally determined Robert W. Davis was also rejected for service. Turned down in Toronto because he was employed in an essential war-time industry, the undeterred Davis offered his services again in Hamilton. Thi...In Oakvil...
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Oakville at War
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4th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery. Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve and Royal Navy. 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery. Lorne Scots and Algonquin Regiment. Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve and Royal Canadian Air Force. Bernard W. Rich. Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve. Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve. Canadian Women's Army Corps.
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Oakville at War
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John MacMorran "Jock" Anderson Chaplain to the Highland Light Infantry of Canada. Landed at Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Received two Military Crosses for courage and initiative in evacuating casualites under heavy enemy fire. [ Image Details. William James Archibald Flight Sergeant with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Buried at Dunkirk, France, September 30, 1941. William is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll [ Image Details. Don Bastead Sergeant, Middle Upper Gun...
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Oakville at War
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Niagara-on-the-Lake Training Camp for The Halton Rifles Home Guard, c.1916. The Halton Rifles were reorganized in 1931 as teh Lorne Rifles (Scottish) and later amalgamated with the Peel and Dufferin Regiment to form The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment). From left to right: M. Marks, Tom Leaver, Sam Leaver, Henry Leaver, and Bill Pell. [ Image Details. Members of Original 4th Canadians, West Sandling, September 3, 1917. [ Image Details. Circumstances of Death Report for Captain William Sin...
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Oakville at War
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The support of the Government of Ontario, through the Ministry of Culture, is acknowledged. This online exhibition is a digital rendition and extension of the original 1999 exhibition, Shadows of War: Not So Long Ago in the 20th Century,. Created by the Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate. We hope you enjoy it. Remembrance Day 2005, Georges Square, Oakville. The Oakville cenotaph was erected in 1924 to commemorate those who had fallen in the 1914-1918 War. Additional benches were added in 19...Audrey Joh...
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Oakville at War
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John W. Barnes served in the Royal Canadian Army (4th Battalion). [ Image Details. Leonard Bradford (Lieutenant) served overseas during the First World War. He married Gertrude Winter in England in 1919, and returned with her to live in Oakville. [ Image Details. OL Calverley of the 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles at the CNE grounds in Toronto. The photo was taken before the unit was sent overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. [ Image Details. John Cramp enlisted with the 7th Battalion Ca...
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Oakville at War
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What was it like to fight in the war? The following excerpts from letters, documents, and news reports give brief but valuable glimpses into the experiences of three servicemen. Members of the "Devil's Brigade" training for paratrooping and sabotage missions behind enemy lines. Oakville's William Cutmore served with them and was killed in action in 1944 on the brigade s last mission. [ Image Details.
