Name/Title
Card, HolidayEntry/Object ID
1985.7.3Description
1918 116th (Ontario County, Ontario) Infantry Battalion Christmas card.
The cover of the card reads:"Canada Overseas Battalion, 116, Fidelis Et Paratus, Ontario County, The O.S. Battalion. C.E.F, In The Field France"
First page has a list of battalions and soldiers. It indicates those who are part of the company and also the sick and wounded from England and Canada.
The second page is in gold metallic lettering, it reads:
"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice- Ben Jonson"
"To Wish You A Happy New Year from Lieut.- Colonel Sam Sharpe, M.P.. and Officers of the 116th (Ontario County) Canadian Infantry Battn. From pt. Ross A. Harrington
Anniversary of Battalion's arrival in France, February 11th, 1918, New Year, 1918".
On the other page is a picture of the battalion with the words "my officer"
On the last page:
France and Belgium, 1917-1918
Vimy Ridge- April 9th, 1917
Vimy Village- April 14th to May, 1917
Avion- May to August, 1917
Avion Raid- July 22nd-23rd, 1917
Lens- August 22nd to September 4th, 1917
Mericourt- September 15th to September 25th, 1917
Ypres and Passchendaele Ridge- October 22nd to November 19th, 1917
Lens-Loos- December 20th to December 22nd, 1917
"And then some"Made/Created
Date made
1917 - 1918Notes
Date: 1917Inscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
accession number on back in pencil
