Canada, CEF. A 103rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive Fuentes D’Onor

Fuentes D’Onor

Fred Hall and Robert Shankland

interior white silk lid marked A

He and Lieutenant Colonel MacDonnell were made Companions of the Bath after the war for their parts in the battle

Canada, CEF. A 103rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive Fuentes D’OnorIn blackened brass, unmarked, measuring 46. 5 mm (w) x 47. 2 mm (h), intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion itself was raised and mobilized in Victoria, British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed July 24, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. C. J. Henniker with a strength of 37 officers and 939 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 16th Reserve Battalion.