WWI Uniform
Francis Wayne Elliot wore this uniform during his enlistment in World War I. Elliot signed up for the war effort on May 17, 1918, after the Military Service Act drafted him. As the son of a farmer from Euphemia township in Lambton County, Francis likely needed to help keep the farm going to feed the hungry people at home and abroad. Like many soldiers drafted from the Military Service Act, Elliot never saw action on the front lines. He arrived at a staging camp in Britain but caught the 1918 influenza during the pandemic and transferred to the No. 12 Canadian General Hospital in Bramshott, England, on August 26, 1918. He stayed in hospitals until September 25th, 1918, and discharged from the military on October 1, 1919.
Guarding the Marconi Wireless Station, Point Edward
The 27th Lambton Regiment began as a volunteer force protecting the Canadian border. During the First World War the Regiment continued to protect important transportation and communication links throughout the County. This scrapbook page shows men from the 27th as they guard a wireless telegraph station at Point Edward.
70th Battalion pin
Men from Lambton County also travelled overseas as part of the 70th Battalion raised in Watford and Petrolia. A pin such as this might have been worn of the collar of a soldier’s uniform. Many were kept after the war as keepsakes and passed along to family members.
Great European War Certificate of Service
This colourful certificate records the service of J Edwards, a Lambton Private who served in World War I. Edwards first travelled overseas in 1916. He fought at Ypres and was wounded at the Somme in France. Edwards fought at Vimy Ridge and suffered a gas attack in the winter of 1917. He eventually made it home to Canada in January of 1919.
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