Arnold, Albert
Private. Princess Patricia Light Infantry.
He was born 12th November, 1890 in Mathern (Chepstow) Monmouthshire, Wales, the 5th of 9 children of Thomas and Eliza Arnold.
He emigrated to Canada in 1910 and lived with his Uncle Henry Hughs in Preston.
Upon the outbreak of the War he enlisted, 20th August, 1914, in Ottawa, as the 1019th member of the Princess Patricia's Light Infantry, and was deployed to to France Christmas 1914 as part of the 2nd British Army.
On May 25, 1915 he was severely wounded and invalided out of service on May 27, 1915.
It has not yet been confirmed if Albert was awarded the Mons Star as reported on his Soldier Information Card.
According to the 1921 Census, Arnold is shown as married and a farmer in Blair, Ontario.
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Soldier Information Cards - World War One
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Arnold, T. Albert
Driver.
Served with 3rd Canadian Divisional Train.
He won the Mons Star.
He lived in Preston.
A black and white photograph of the tombstone of Barbara Kinsey Bechtel. The headstone appears to be badly worn and broken. The top portion of the headstone is missing. A number of other tombstones can be seen in the background.
The epitaph reads: "Wife of Henry W. Bechtel. Who died Dec. 17, 1881…
A black and white photograph of the tombstone of Barbara Kinsey Bechtel. The headstone appears to be badly worn and broken. The top portion of the headstone is missing. A number of other tombstones can be seen in the background.
The epitaph reads: "Wife of Henry W. Bechtel. Who died Dec. 17, 1881 aged 75 Yrs, 3 Mos, 82 days."
Barbara Bechtel lived in Blair, Ontario, and was born 15 September 1806. She died on 17 December 1881.
This image is in excellent condition.
This image is part of the Jim Johannes Collection.
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Barker, George Charles
Private.
Regiment number: 7120
George served with the 1st Battalion (Western Ontario Regiment) in Belgium. He enlisted, and signed his attestation papers in September 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec when he was 19. He listed himself as a member of the Church of England.
George was born on January 12, 1896 in Brentwood, Essex, England to Henry and Mary Barker. She was noted as his next of kin, living at Crookston Park, Blair, Ontario, as he was unmarried. On enlistment, he worked as a Buffer and Polisher at the Galt Brass Works, and had served for a year in the 29th Waterloo Regiment.
There is some confusion about the details of his death, but he was listed as missing and presumed dead as of April 22, 1915 near Ypres (Vlamertinghe), Belgium. The Battalion had just arrived in Belgium when the Second Battle of Ypres began. The Germans attacked with the first large-scale use of chlorine gas. George is commemorated on page 4 of the First World War Book of Remembrance, as well as on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium (panel 10-26-28), and the Galt War Memorial in Cambridge, Ontario.
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Barker, George Charles
Private.
He was employed by the Galt Brass Works, Ltd. Galt.
The bridge was demolished in 1958.
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A black and white photograph of Grand Trunk train with locomotive, passenger car, and baggage car on a flood-damaged bridge in Blair, Ontario, in 1901.
A black and white photograph of Grand Trunk train with locomotive, passenger car, and baggage car on a flood-damaged bridge in Blair, Ontario, in 1901.
This image is a reproduction and is in excellent condition.
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A black and white photograph of a number of men and one boy standing in front of the Nicholson's Tavern, in Blair, Ontario.
A man and a boy are seen in the foreground carrying a number of cigar cases. A man on the far right is holding a bicycle. Two horse carriages are visible as well. Three women…
A black and white photograph of a number of men and one boy standing in front of the Nicholson's Tavern, in Blair, Ontario.
A man and a boy are seen in the foreground carrying a number of cigar cases. A man on the far right is holding a bicycle. Two horse carriages are visible as well. Three women are seen on the tavern's second story veranda.
The man and boy carrying the cigar cases are identified as "Dad and Elmer." Nicholson's Tavern was located at 1679 Blair Rd, Blair, Ontario.
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Soldier Information Cards - World War One
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Clemens, Leon Paul
Private.
Enlisted with O.A.C. Battery.
Born at Blair 24 years ago.
He was educated at Blair, at Galt Collegiate Institute and at the O.A.C. Guelph for two years.
He was killed in action September 27, 1917. His step-mother lives on Spruce St., Galt, Ontario. Mrs. W.H. Clemens.
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Soldier Information Cards - World War Two
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Cress, Robert
[clipping] 16 Apr 1944
Pte. Robert Cress son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cress R.R. 1, Blair, enlisted October 13, 1943, and is now serving in France. Born in Blair, June 12, 1923, Pte. Cress attended Blair public school and before his enlistment worked on his father’s farm. An uncle served in the last war. Pte. Cress was an ardent hunter.
Black and white photograph of people gathered in front of the Blair train station to watch Fred Milatz dynamite the ice house, just below the Blair bridge in March 1898. The crowd is a mixed group of children, adults, and older adults.
Black and white photograph of people gathered in front of the Blair train station to watch Fred Milatz dynamite the ice house, just below the Blair bridge in March 1898. The crowd is a mixed group of children, adults, and older adults.
The demolition proved futile. Nature had taken its course; heavy rain had moved the ice house down the river over the Galt dam down to Lake Eve.
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Black and white photograph reproduction of an image showing a crowd of men, horses and wagons at the farm implement dealership of George A. Tilt, in Blair, Ontario, waiting for the arrival of farm machinery and parts in 1901.
Black and white photograph reproduction of an image showing a crowd of men, horses and wagons at the farm implement dealership of George A. Tilt, in Blair, Ontario, waiting for the arrival of farm machinery and parts in 1901.
George A. Tilt was born 16 Dec. 1857 and died 21 Apr. 1927. He was a dealer of all kinds of agricultural implements in Blair and a cattle drover. Tilt served as Waterloo Township clerk from 1883 to 1918. He later moved to Preston, Ontario towards the end of his life.
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