Wwi 123Rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Hold having retired from an active

having retired from an active career in geological work

under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel W

dated January 1944)

the son of William Frederick and Ann Elizabeth Bateman

Includes four Armed Forces Air Letters

Wwi 123Rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Hold having retired from an activeWWI 123rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Blackened copper, unmarked, 45. 8 mm x 47. 5 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. B. Kingsmill, with a strength of 12 officers and 369 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was re designated the 123rd Pioneer