Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00156 2009-15/1
Title
First World War materials
Date(s)
- 1916-1918 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
This file includes:
- Two lieutenant's commissions for Edward James Elliott
- Framed letter written by Edward from the R.M.S. Baltic, approaching Ireland in September 1916 with two photographs of a man in uniform
- Three letters from Edward to his future wife, Theda, September 1916
- Framed shadow box with First World War Victory Medal and British War Medal.
Context area
Name of creator
(1897-1974)
Biographical history
Edward James Elliott was born on 14 February 1897 in Bradford, Ontario, the child of John Elliott and Eva (Speight). He served as a lieutenant in the First World War, and married Theda Grant McCargar in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1919. He died in 1974 and was buried in the Belleville cemetery.