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File contains extensive typescript notes transcribed by Gerry Boyce from newspaper, archival and secondary sources concerning recruitment of volunteers, and military action in the Rebellion of 1837. Also present are mimeographs of two essays concerning Hastings County connections and military contributions to the defence of Upper Canada during the Rebellion.
Boyce, Gerry
Part of Terry Forin collection
Poster from the town of Mons, Belgium, declaring the end of the First World War.
Translation:
TO THE POPULATION OF MONS
After 51 months of suffering caused by the iniquitous, pitiless and insolent occupation of the German army, the City of Mons is finally liberated by the heroism of the British army, which, at the time of the armistice, ends the series of its victories in the very places where on August 24, 1914, it came into contact with the enemy.
The 3rd Canadian Division, at the cost of heavy sacrifices, entered the city at 3 o'clock in the morning, thus avenging, with a resounding success, the retreat of 1914. GLORY AND GRATITUDE TO IT!
The armistice is signed. The German army has capitulated; brutal force is annihilated; justice and law triumph. Belgium emerges from the terrible ordeal it has been through, strengthened and enhanced.
The population has borne the suffering of the occupation with confidence and courage. We are convinced that in the joy of triumph, it will observe the dignity and moderation that it has always preserved.
We count on the goodwill of all so that order is observed. We also invite the population to return to work as soon as possible. The ruin inflicted by the war is great, and the cooperation, goodwill and energy of all is necessary to quickly heal the wounds it has caused.
In this solemn hour, our infinite gratitude goes to the Allied Armies and, among them, from the bottom of our hearts, to our valiant Belgian Army and to the King, its heroic leader. !
Long live the King! Long live the Belgian Fatherland!
The Municipal Secretary.
Gaston TALAUPE
Mons, November 11, 1918
The Mayor and Aldermen
Jean LESGARTS
Fulgence MASSON
Léon SAVE
Victor MAISTRIAU
Henri ROLLAND
Mons. — Printing Arthur PRINCELLE rue de Houdain, 28
This collection represents materials originating or used by W.C. Mikel.
The first folder contains three speeches delivered during his time as Police Magistrate and Mayor.
The next series of folders contains references and sources for his volume The City of Belleville History: the second folder contains correspondence regarding the book. Folders three through ten contain the notes Mikel used for each chapter (folder 5 includes an obituary for George Benjamin).
Folder eleven contains the plans for “Quinte City" and documents from the Town Planning Institute among others. Folder twelve contains unattributed reference material and general research for the book. Folder thirteen contains Mikel's collection of material for the 1924 United Empire Loyalist celebration which was held during his first term as Mayor. Folder fourteen contains Mrs. Mikel's obituary, a letter from Mikel to the Bank of Montreal, and a letterhead from the period he served as Police Magistrate. Folder fifteen contains three copies of his book, Godlove Mikel. The sixtenth folder contains a variety of newspaper clippings.
Mikel, William Charles
Photocopy of Certificate of Service for Edward Joseph Heffernan
Photocopy of First World War discharge certificate for Edward Joseph Heffernan (1898-1970) of Peterborough, Ontario.
Arthur Sherwin collection of Great Escape materials
Display materials and digital files relating to the Great Escape from the Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp in Germany. Includes digital copies of Arthur Sherwin's pilot log book, letters home, and album of photographs recording a Royal Air Force tour of duty to Aden in January 1947.
Sherwin, Arthur Francis
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Printed illustrated card with poem entitled 'The Union Jack'. The card was produced as a souvenir of the raising of the British flag on No. 3 School House, Octavia Street, Belleville on Tuesday 24 May 1892, Queen Victoria's 73rd birthday. "With Compliments of the 'Old Belleville Rifle Co.' (No. 1 Co., 49th Battalion, Hastings Rifles)."
Materials relating to Colonel William Nisbet Ponton
Photographs, correspondence and printed items formerly owned by William Nisbet Ponton.
Ponton, William Nisbet
'Hasty-Pee's' Colour Presentation 1964
File contains a printed booklet entitled “Presentation of Colours to the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment by the Honourable W. Earle Rowe, P.C.” 17 May 1964. Also present are the following printed booklets: The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Canada : a short history / by Lt. Col. K.D.H. Willcocks, ca. 1967; Guide for Officers: The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, n.d.; The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Canada : Customs and Traditions of the Regiment / by Lt. Col. K.D. H. Willcocks, 1968. File also includes newspaper articles concerning the presentation of colours on 17 May 1964, and a printed poster of the colours of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment.
Deseronto Archives photographic collection
The photographs are arranged by subject matter and cover activities in and around the town of Deseronto, Ontario. The majority date from the late nineteenth century and many depict the lumber-related industries of the Rathbun Company in Deseronto. There are also photographs of school groups, churches, railways, First World War airfields and portraits of Deseronto citizens.
A Lancaster from 630 Squadron of the Royal Air Force
Article on a Lancaster bomber which crashed near the French villages of Tramont Emy and Tramont Lassus on the night of July 24/25, 1944. One of the two men who died in the crash was Pilot Officer Ross William Lough of Belleville, Ontario.
Inès, Warme
Veterans, 1812-1815 : list of pensioners surviving in 1875
File contains typescript and manuscript lists of veterans (pensioners) of the War of 1812, surviving in 1875. Also includes an original printed and manuscript Canadian Registration Board registration card for William Edgar Harvey, Trenton, 1918.
Military : roll of Northumberland Militia with members from Sidney and Rawdon, 1828
File contains a printed extract of the Northumberland Militia Return for 1828 including annotated names of individuals from Sidney and Rawdon Townships.
Military items of Clifford Adair LeBlanc
Items relating to Clifford Adair LeBlanc, of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment.
File of publications and research notes relating to the War of 1812
Materials gathered during the bicentennial year of the beginning of the War of 1812, including notes on the involvement of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and the Hastings militia.
Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County
Honour rolls for members of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
One framed and four unframed honour rolls from the Second World War, recording the names of members of St. Andrew's Presbyterian who served in the armed forces.
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Belleville)
Scanned copies of Second World War maps
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
War memoir of Arthur Robert Jenkinson
Account of Arthur Robert Jenkinson's First World War experiences as a soldier in Europe.
Jenkinson, Arthur Robert
Prince Edward Militia : court martial, 1839
File contains a newspaper clipping regarding a document about a June 1839 court martial trial held in Consecon, Ontario, of thirty-five members of the Prince Edward Militia charged with various offences.
First World War pilot training photograph album
Forty photographs in album, a few pages with missing images. Images are signed "C.H.E."
Edgecombe, Charles Hedley
Rebellion, 1838 : Battle of Shannonville
File contains a newspaper article dated February 23, 1899 recounting an unidentified veteran's recollection of the Battle of Shannonville on February 22, 1838 when Hastings Regiment militia members engaged in a brief military engagement with rebels and American sympathizers.