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CA ETRC P997-003-06-001 · Item · 1967
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

Item consists of digital reproduction of a poster advertising the Sherbrooke Hussars' Centennial Guard activities in Sherbrooke in 1967. The poster features an illustration of a soldier in a 19th-century uniform, holding a musket. The activities included a program of drill and 1867 battle tactics and a concert by the Sherbrooke Hussars Band to commemorate Canada's Centennial and the 100th Anniversary of the Regiment. Activities were to take place at the Parade Grounds (Champ-de-Mars) off of Queen Street (now Boulevard Queen-Victoria) in Sherbrooke on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons.

Battle of Hong Kong
CA ETRC P997-003-02-001 · File · Dec. 1941-Jan. 1942
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file consists of a letter by James Barnett about the battle at St. Stephens College Hospital in Stanley, in Hong Kong, during World War II, dated 1941 and an issue of the Montreal Standard that includes a profile the Heroes of Hong Kong, dated 1942. The documents provide information on the siege laid by Japanese troops to St. Stephens College Hospital where the Royal Rifles of Canada were established as well as published photographs of the Royal Rifles. Included among the officers shown in the photographs are: W. B. C. LeBoutillier, J. C. Gavey, E. E. Denison, M. A. Parker, C. A. Young, F. T. Atkinson, W. J. Home, J. H. Price, T. G. MacAulay, D. C. M., H. L. Lamb, W. A. Bishop, C. Baillarge, J. Barnett, K. R. Strang, P. L. MacDougall, W. A. B. Royal, F. G. Power, C. A. Blaver, W. E. Tulk, S. M. Banfill, W. F. Clarke, H. C. Laxson, R. F. Thorn, C. E. Price, F. D. Ross, J. S. McHarg, W. S. Fry, F. H. Royal, Ian Breakey, C. D. Johnston, F. N. Lyster, E. N. Denison, A. R. S. Woodside, R. E. Simons, J. F. Ross and G. M. Williams.

Canadian Grenadier Guards
CA ETRC P997-003-01-002 · File · Photocopied 1988
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file consists of a photocopy of a book entitled Photographic Record and Souvenir of the Canadian Guards Overseas Battalion Eighty Seven. The file contains the nominal roll of the officers of the First Regiment Canadian Grenadier Guards after its reorganization, and provides information on their records of service.

CA ETRC P997-003-02-003 · File · 1943 [transcribed 2019]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file contains a transcription and indexation of the Eastern Townships Honour Roll for soldiers serving in World War II (WWII) that appeared in the Sherbrooke Daily Record on 27 February 1943, along with the addition of service numbers and dates of death where the information was available, prepared by Allan Rowell.

117th Battalion reunion
CA ETRC P997-003-01-001-005 · Part · 1965
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The item is a photograph from a reunion of the 117th Battalion at the Chateau Frontenac in Sherbrooke on 14 August 1965. Among those pictured in the photograph are James McCallum (front row, second from left ), Ed Kingsland (front row, centre), E.P. Hall (front row, third from right), and Fred Evans (back row, far left).