Reunions

Reunion dinner of cavalrymen

Among the attendees at this 1947 cavalry reunion was Eric Flowerdew, whose brother Gordon had won the Victoria Cross for leading the charge by a squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse at Moreuil Wood in March 1918.

CCBVA Reunion.pdf (21.71 MB)

A reunion of gunners

On the ninth anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, veterans of this Toronto artillery battery met to relive old times and remember their dead.

15th Battery.pdf (18.65 MB)

Veterans return to a French village

The 1938 Canadian Corps reunion featured a full-size replica of a typical French village in which soldiers could relive the good times of the First World War.

The Emma Gees

Every November, former machine gunners in British Columbia assembled to remember fallen comrades and enjoy an evening together. On this evening, they were all too aware that another generation of Canadians had been forced to go to war.

The 240th Battalion re-forms

Survivors of the 240th Battalion, formed in 1916 in eastern Ontario, came together in Renfrew, Ontario, thirty-two years after the end of the First World War.

The Dumbells, “Watchman, What of the Night?”

The Dumbells were the most popular soldiers’ concert party in the First World War, and indeed into the 1920s.

78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) Reunion

The 78th Battalion of Winnipeg continued to hold reunions long after the end of the First World War, including this dinner in 1928.

Canadian Corps Reunion, Toronto, 1934

This program was distributed at a church service held in Toronto as part of a 1934 reunion of Canadian veterans.

ccrprogram.pdf (4.36 MB)

26th Battalion Overseas Club

The 26th Battalion of New Brunswick continued to hold reunions long after the end of the First World War, including this dinner in 1960.

26banniversary.pdf (2.13 MB)