135th Battalion CEF

The 135th battalion was recruited in Middlesex County and mobilized in London, Ontario, with a strength of 32 officers and 911 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 24 August 1916, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 29 August.

135th Bn postcard - Borden - birch bark.pdf (1.37 MB)

135th Bn postcard - Evans, John.pdf (2.21 MB)

135th Bn presentation of colours.pdf (3.58 MB)

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Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory and Popular Culture Research Collection - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario

Contemporary Accounts

First World War