1916 - Canadian Grenadier Guards WW1 Recruiting Poster - TYPE 5 Dark Blue The Call for men of Courage with gold / Dark Blue border - 245th Battalion CEF - Featuring Bugle Major Sjt W.E. Hawkins
1916 - Canadian Grenadier Guards WW1 Recruiting Poster - TYPE 5 Dark Blue "The Call for men of Courage" with gold / Dark Blue border - 245th Battalion CEF - Featuring Bugle Major Sjt W.E. Hawkins
Description
Part of the Lieutenant Michael A. Hayes-Rivet (MHR) Trust Collection *** FOR ARCHIVE PURPOSES ONLY - ARTIFACT NOT PART OF MUSEUM COLLECTION ***
There are 8 different rare or unique examples of original recruiting posters used by CGG during the First World War. Many with less than 20 original copies known to exist.
This Type 5 is Titled ‘Fall in The Guards’ – 245th Bn Recruiting Poster published in 1916 by Montreal Publishing Co. Featuring Sgt William E. Hawkins, Bugle-Major of the 245th Bn and former Coldstream Guards Imperial Army Veteran.
The poster is a portrait layout with navy-blue and gold bordered. The Text "245th Bn" is Navy Blue Headings and bold text font. It lists CGG's 2 Recruiting Depots - Less than 20 Copies known to exist
CGG: THE NAME BEHIND THE POSTER:
245th Bn CGG Bugler Sjt E Hawkins - British Egypt Campaign veteran and former Trumpet Major for the Coldstream Guards.
“One such service includes the Military Parade Service held on April 22, 1917 in Montreal to commemorate the second anniversary of "the unfaltering heroism of Canadian Soldiers at the Second Battle of Ypres and other fields of honour." Participating in the service was the band of the 5 Royal Highlanders playing hymns and the national anthem, and the buglers and drummers of the 245th Overseas Battalion performing a dirge and the Last Post.”
