Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
X.1962.630.001 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
Sons of England Society |
Description |
A flag made from cream-coloured sateen with wide red ribbon in a cross. There are orange maple leaves outlined in gold handpainted on the red ribbon, green maple leaves outlined in gold on the cream-coloured cloth. There are sepia-toned photographic prints mounted on all but two of the maple leaves. The prints are head-and-shoulders shots of men in uniform. The name and rank of the man is handwritten below each print. The title is: Sons of England Society Lodge Royal Oak/ Galt Ontario Honor Roll of the Great War 1914-1919. There are 77 photographic prints. The 11 photos on the red ribbon are the men who were killed in action. Handwritten at bottom left: Photos by ----- Darragh. Handwritten at bottom right corner: R.A. Watson/ Painter. The flag is covered with plastic and in a frame with a plywood back painted brown and with round trim edging. |
Date |
1914 |
Date |
1919 |
Photographer |
Darragh, Robert |
Copyright |
Expired |
History |
The Sons of England Benefit or Benevolent Society was a Canadian society for Protestants that existed from 1876 to 1971. The primary objective of the society was to provide insurance to members in need but it also existed to foster the British connection and love of Empire in Canada. The Galt Royal Oak Lodge erected a monument to the 11 members who were killed during the First World War in the Mountview Cemetery in Cambridge. The monument was installed on August 24, 1919 and, as of 2020, still stands in the cemetery. |
Search Terms |
Sons of England Benefit Society First World War |
People |
Bailey, W.B. Bailey, W.W. Baker, C. Barber, W. Barnes, R.C. Boardman, G. Clark, L. Cluney, A.E. Cluney, H. Collingwood, J.P. Crocker, P. Darragh, Robert Dawse, G.E. Dimmock, G.E. Drew, A.A. Drew, A.H. Eldred, W.J. Evans, W. Figgans, A.J. Finnegan, C. Franks, W. Gould, T. Haisell, W. Hawe, A.D. Hill, P. Hornsey, W.H. Hutchinson, E. Hutchinson, G. Ladbrook, W.W. Lambden, E. Lanning, H.A. Lavander, P.S. Luck, H. Mann, H. Mason, A. Mason, R. McDonald, A. Merchant, G. Millar, J. Neal, A.E. Patoent, J. Percival, J. Perkins, R. Petty, R.J. Pinnegar, J. Pointer, R. Porter, W. Porter, W.B. Reynolds, G.W. Ridley, S. Rowe, E.J. Showsall, F. Showsall, H.S. Sims, T. Spiers, F.W. Thomas, S. Walters, T. Ward, J.F. Warrington, E.A. Watson, R. A. West, W.W. Westrop, L. Westwood, G. Williams, W.A. Wray, J. Yarrow, J. |