Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00156 TR/2164
Title
Boer War Medal : presented to Major Franklin Lynn, 1901
Date(s)
- 1901 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 file
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs. Mabel Gertzeit of Bath, Ontario.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
File contains a newspaper article of March 31, 1960 concerning the presentation of a medal to the Hastings County Historical Society on behalf of Major G. Franklin Lynn, former Belleville resident, who served in the Canadian Contingent in the South African [Boer] War. The medal, of which Major Lynn was one of the recipients, was originally presented to Belleville members of the Contingent by the Belleville City Council in 1901.