87th Battalion CEF
The 87th battalion was recruited in Gaspé, Eastern Townships, Pembroke, Dundas County and the mining districts of Ontario and Quebec and mobilized in Montreal, Quebec, with a strength of 36 officers and 1026 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 25 April 1916, on the troop ship Empress of Britain, and disembarked in the UK on 5 May.
87th Bn postcard - Platoon No.2.pdf
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87th Bn postcard - CMGC.pdf
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87th Bn postcard - Godsall, George.pdf
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87th Bn postcard - Clarke, Maxwell.pdf
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Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory and Popular Culture Research Collection - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario
First World War