Rev. Bob Brownlie will be talking about “The Art of  Charles Wm. Jeffery”, a historical illustrator, impressionist of landscapes in particular of Western Canada.

When: Monday, February 15th
Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Where: Waldie Blacksmith Shop, 16 James Street, Milton
Details:

Family Day 2016

The Milton Historical Society will be open from 10 am to 2 pm offering children’s activities which will include – games, crafts and displays.  We invite you to please drop by with your children.

Places, People and Events through slides presented by Gloria Brown, Bruce Carlin and Marsha Waldie. Join us for a delightful evening of remembering and in some cases guessing where or when these occurred in Milton’s past.  A great way to highlight our Heritage in Feb. during Heritage Week.

For the Year 2016 “Executive & Coordinators“:

The elections will be followed by a “Show and Tell” time where all members of the society are encouraged to bring along an item of historical interest along with a story as to what makes the item unique and significant to you!

As always there will be refreshments. See you there!

The web site of the Milton Historical Society contains considerable detail on Milton Soldiers and in particular the Milton Soldiers of the First World War, as all of their records are in the public domain. That information is in the process of being updated with the Service Files that are being digitized by Library and Archives Canada. Once available, those links appear on the MHS web site in the section on WWI Service Records.

In the future, we will also be going back to all the records that were posted to the old MHS site so that all the links are up-to-date. In addition we will be adding information for those that were KIA (killed in action) that have no known grave, thus they are listed on one of the major memorials for the unknown (Vimy Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial, Arras Flying Services Memorial, Halifax Memorial or the Canada Book of Remembrance).

To provide an example of how this will work, we have added the new information to the file for Private Orville Fletcher #410093 who served with the 38th Infantry Battalion, 12th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Private Fletcher was killed in the Battle of Ancre Heights in the area between Courcelette and Grandcourt (France) on November 18, 1916. To date it is unknown if his remains were recovered, thus he has no recorded burial and his name is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (Pas-de-Calais, France). With information now available, coupled with the advent of computers, we can locate the area where many of the CEF soldiers were when they fell in battle and from that determine where they are (or may be) buried.

We know the exact location where Private Fletcher was killed in action and we are working on his case to try to locate his burial site. All of the details are in his file on the MHS web site at the link provided above.

Private Fletcher KIA at 57d.R16.c.4.5 SE of Grandcourt, France.

If you lost an ancestor in the Great War (First World War) and you are seeking additional information, just e-mail the MHS at miltonsoldiers@gmail.com.

In the past year, the Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group (which is closely associated with the MHS Soldiers Project) has identified the burial location of more than 50 soldiers of the First World War. Reports on those investigations are sent to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Canadian Agency Offices in Ottawa, Ontario for review. Once approved the documents are forwarded to the CWGC Head Office in Maidenhead, U.K. to request a change in commemoration for the soldier. For details on how the process works and the results to date, please refer to the CEFSG Unknowns Project.

Military / First World War / WWI Service Records

The digitization of all Canadian Service Files is being undertaken by Library and Archives Canada. For more information on that project please see:

Digitization of Canadian Expeditionary Force Service Files

For more information on any of the projects relating to the “Milton Soldiers” (War of 1812 – Current), please send an e-mail to miltonsoldiers@gmail.com at your convenience.

https://miltonhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/

Unfortunately, since that was a “free site” it became the target of a growing number of inappropriate advertising and spammers. We had no option but to lock it and move the blog over to our paid site. It was previously at the free site so that a number of MHS Members could add to the blog, without needing access to the main site.

The new system also has the advantage that all blog posts are immediately fed out on the MHS Twitter account. There may be some “tweaking” to this new system over the upcoming days. If you have any questions or comments, please send them to:

web@miltonhistoricalsociety.ca

The error page was altered so that you should have seen this message:

It seems we can’t find what you’re looking for. Most likely you arrived here from a link on a search engine that used the old web site address. Try the tabs in the menu bar at the top of the page. If not, try the search box below or one of the links below, can help.

For example, if you were looking for this link:

http://www.miltonhistoricalsociety.ca/Research/Web Sites/Milton Soldiers/WWI Soldier Details/

you would now go to the MILITARY section at

http://www.miltonhistoricalsociety.ca/military/

to find the new page.

Until such time as all the pages are moved to the new site, you can also check the MHS Old Site or insert the folder /oldsite/ in the link, such as:

http://www.miltonhistoricalsociety.ca/oldsite/Research/Web Sites/Milton Soldiers/WWI Soldier Details/

If all else fails, send me an e-mail web@miltonhistoricalsociety.ca