One of the friends of the museum WO (Ret) Bruce Walter CD, sent us a great photo of the HQ Lewis Gun section of the 3rd Canadian Battalion, Toronto Regiment taken on January 1st, 1919 “on the Rhine, Germany”. The photo includes his wife’s grandfather – James Herbert Smith.
Bruce recently wrote to us with an update and a request:
"It's been almost a year since I sent those pictures and I've even met a descendant of one of the guys who served with Leanne's grandfather! The guy on the far left of the 2nd row is Frank Adderley (mis-spelled on the back). He sits beside Leanne's grandfather, Herb Smith (2nd from left in the 2nd row). Maureen Adderley is the granddaughter of Frank and we met her (finally) this past Remembrance Day. I'd like to initiate a search to find present day descendants of these men. I'll be using the information from the back of the picture and also information taken from their Attestation papers. From there I hope to "reach out" to localities and newspapers. I was wondering if you could initiate an item on the QOR web page in case there are any descendants still contact with the QOR (or possibly still serving)!"
So we’re doing just that. Below is the information from the back of the photograph about the soldiers.
If you have any information that you think might be able to help Bruce, you can contact him directly via email by clicking here.
| Service # | Name | Initials | Address | Town |
| 138005 | BESSO | J.W. | 30 Murial or 30 ½ Hebet Ave | Toronto |
| 1096162 | CHURNSIDE | F. | 464 Euclid Ave | Toronto |
| 916307 | WILKES | T.E. | Lovering, Ont | |
| 757560 | ISHERWOOD | S. | 34 Primrose Ave | Hamilton |
| 800109 | BRIGGS | J. | Box 17 | Holland Landing |
| 202004 | WINDLE | F.W. | 2 Fermenaugh Ave | Toronto |
| 201523 | ADDERLEY | F.d.S. | 19 Lyall Ave | Toronto |
| 785103 | SMITH | J.H. | 443 Wilson St | Hamilton |
| A4197 | SHARLAND | T.S. | 2185 Gerrard St. E. | Toronto |
| 139211 | WIGGINS | W.R. | 1032 Ossington Ave | Toronto |
| 757162 | PAGE | T.W. | Bronte, Ont | |
| 784781 | LEWIS | C. | 172 East 23rd St | Mt Hamilton |
| 238196 | HOUCHEN | E.V. | c/o W.J.H. Miller RR2 No. 8 | St Thomas |
| 669487 | KERBY | W.D. | Copleston, Ont |
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum and Archive 
John, My wife Gail’s great-grandfather served in the QOR prior too and during the 1866 Fenian Raids at Ridgeway….I know Regiment or Museum had or used to have photos from that time,
His name was James Bedley. My wife’s brother has James’s 1866 Fenian Raid Medal so, we know that he was there for sure.
Any info you can provide would be great….or…if you could point me in the right direction, that would also be good. This is especially desirabel considering next year is the 150th Anniversary. I remember participating at Ridgeway when we celebrated the 100th Anniversary of Ridgeway.
Thanks, Harry
Major (Ret’d) Harry McCabe RSM QOR 1980 – 1985
On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 7:14 PM, The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
LikeLike
Dont you just love this stuff
LikeLiked by 1 person
Bruce should enter this information on the CEF Study Group Forum. They have the experts at tfracing soldiers and families http://cefresearch.ca/phpBB3/index.php?sid=902b312f31ff331aeb03f72f0ad8a9a4
For instance one of our members, Dan Mowat, just wrote a detailed book on the 123rd Battalion (one of the reinforcement battalions to the 3rd Battalion) it is loaded with personal quotes and details. Several of the service numbers listed came from the 129th (Wentworth) Battalion which is turn sent a draft to the 123rd Battalion (784781, 785103 etc.) Shouldn’t be too hard to find some if not not, of the relatives. I have done it with my grandfather’s photos.
Cheers
Bob
LikeLike