A First War Cef 238Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Auction on May 1st

on May 1st

and attached to the 7th Destroyer Flotilla based at Dover

Frederick Marsden of Hamilton

at the age of 96

who resided in Canada on August 4

A First War Cef 238Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Auction on May 1stCanada; Blackened brass, voided, unmarked, 40. 7 mm x 45. 2 mm, both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario and Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Valcartier under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed September 11, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. R. Smith with a strength of 44 officers and 1,088 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the Canadian