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File contains a newspaper article dated 7 May 1945 with a historical retrospective of W.W.II from 1939-1945 and an account of the Allied Victory in Europe.

File contains a photocopied printed article which relates the numbers of enlistments in 1940 from Hastings County by various communities. Also contains a brief profile of Belleville resident Lt. W.A. Argue of the Royal Canadian Navy.

File contains a photocopied, printed alphabetical list of individuals who served in World War One who were residents of Belleville, prior to, during or following the War. Those killed in action are identified.

File contains a typescript copy of the list of honours of Lieutenant E.F. Lynn, Canadian Engineers, who served at Ypres, Belgium and Festubert and Givenchy, France in 1915.

File contains a printed booklet entitled 2nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force Bulletin. Includes news of the war and a list of officers, staff, regimental N.C.Os and men belonging to the 2nd Battalion by company in World War I.

File contains several newspaper articles concerning the signing of the armistice to end the Great War on November 11, 1918.

File contains two newspaper articles dated 3 September 1964 and 5 November 1968, providing historical retrospectives on the declaration of W.W.II on September 3, 1939 and Canada's entry into the War.

File contains a photocopied printed article concerning the establishment of the Royal Canadian Air Force training station in the Township of Sidney, in what is now Quinte West, in 1931.

File contains a typescript copy of a letter from Lt. Col. W.N. Ponton to Hon. Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia and Defence, 17 June 1915 concerning a presentation of regimental colours by the 39th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Also contains a letter from Lt. Col W.N. Ponton, 10 June 1915 to the Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, Canadian Artillery, British Expeditionary Force seeking information on the status of Driver Rufus Gulliver. Also present is a printed business card for W.N. Ponton, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, Belleville.

File contains a publication "Reconstruction" March 1918 published by the invalided Soldiers Commission, Ottawa. A copy of The Standard, Montreal November 11, 1916 Where our brave and gallant Canadian lads won victory, fame and immortality.

File contains a printed menu for the 3rd Ypres Anniversary dinner of the Officers' Association of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Canadian Expeditionary Force, 20 April 1918. Includes a newspaper article concerning the event. Also present is a printed ticket of admission to the 2nd Battalion Reunion Dinner, 31 August 1935.

File contains a printed programme for a ceremony of consecration of the Colours of the 80th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, at the Belleville Armouries, 20 April 1916.

File contains typescript correspondence between Lt. Col. W.N. Ponton and the Canadian Department of Militia and Defence concerning requests for accurate lists of casualties among Canadian soldiers serving with the British Expeditionary Force. Includes a letter of complaint dated 13 July 1915 by Lt. Col. Ponton regarding the failure of the department to provide notification of the hospitalization of his son, Capt. H.D. Ponton.

File contains several printed posters instructing soldiers on proper conduct of marching and receiving orders. Also contains two printed booklets : How Goes the War, concerning the causes and conduct of World War I, and a printed essay entitled “War: Unnecessary and UnChristian,” by Augustine Jones, Boston: The American Peace Society, 1895.

File contains four manuscript envelopes addressed to W.N. Ponton. Cancelled Canadian stamps are present on the envelopes. Items are derived from the W.N. Ponton Military Papers.

File contains a completed printed Ministry of National Defence certificate of appointment of William Nisbet Ponton as Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the Argyll Light Infantry On 1 October 1928

File contains two copies of a reproduction of an affidavit by James Whiteman regarding his service as a volunteer in the militia during 1837-8. He volunteered in Shannonville, attempted to search for Hayden, arrested Joseph Canniff, and marched as far as Napanee on his way to Prescott before being discharged. He was 76 when he made the declaration. The original document was owned by Clarence Whiteman of Albert Street inn Belleville, James' great nephew.

File contains printed and manuscript lists of officers and other militia members of the Regiment of Hastings Militia serving in the War of 1812.

File contains a printed colour poster by artist G.P. Beadle, issued by the British National War Savings Committee in 1917.

File contains several newspaper articles concerning the state of Saigon in February, 1968 during a massive attack by Viet Cong commando squads