afloat or at the front received a box containing a pipe
with personal message to his wife on the reverse
wear in the lining on the hinged area
He arrived in France on 7th July 1915 and was wounded in the back by shrapnel at Ypres on 4th June 1916 and was a victim of a gas attack on 22nd September 1917
Wwi 75Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive afloat or at the frontWWI 75th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Browning copper, unmarked, 46 mm x 46. 6 mm, intact lugs, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed March 29, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S. G. Beckett, with a strength of 36 officers and 1,114 other ranks. The Battalion served