Canada, Cef. A 40Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude E Gatehouse

E Gatehouse

He joined the Royal Navy in 1885 and went to sea in the autumn of 1887

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Canada, Cef. A 40Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude E GatehouseIn pickled copper, blackened, maker marked "R. J. INGLIS LIMITED" on the reverse, measuring 36 mm (w) x 41 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia, under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1st 1915, with mobilization headquarters at Halifax (Aldershot). The Battalion left Canada on October 8, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. Vincent with a strength of 45 officers and 1,090 other ranks. In