Houghton was appointed as a Naval Cadet in January 1913 and served at the Royal Naval College of Canada in Halifax
seeking additional treatment at the Military Hospital at Shorncliffe (Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) and later
Purdy first fell back to the river bank opposite De Salaberry's front line
and Victory Medal (785011 SPR
The front is completed by a vertical row of four gilt aluminum buttons on the right side
A First War 202Nd Canadian Infantry Battalion Collar Tab Pair Archive Houghton was appointed as a"Edmonton Sportsmen's Battalion": Pickled copper, unmarked, 29 mm x 29. 5 mm each, intact lugs and pins, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Edmonton, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 24, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel P. E. Bowen, with a strength of 27 officers and 746 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into