and War Aid Merit Cross (silver
It was the greatest naval defeat suffered by Ottomans since the Battle of Lepanto (1571)
Active and retired naval military personnel of any rank were eligible to become members of the Union
The 22nd was the only active French-speaking infantry battalion on the warfront to serve in the Canadian Corps
two American sloops pursued British gunboats into the Richelieu River and were forced to surrender after the wind dropped and they were trapped by gunboats and artillery firing from the river banks
Canada. An 184Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge GTRexclude and War Aid Merit CrossIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 50. 5 mm (w) x 40 mm (h), both lugs intact, greening evident on the obverse, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southern Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Sharpe with a strength of 32 officers and 1,042 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was