also a question. It was stated that the watch was for returning solders, so none were given out posthumously to family?
Good question, all of which is explained in the report. It was one of the most confusing parts of the research - probably consuming 100 hours or more of research time alone! Initially the watches were given to the wives and/or families of those killed in action. That plan changed back and forth over time. See section 4.1 starting on page 18 of the report "
Candidates Who Paid the Ultimate Sacrifice". Prior to July 1917 the deceased were included. After that they were not.
I posted here as the most significant part of the research was the hunt through records to find out if the men were "local boys", so that meant a lot of time reviewing historic atlases and census records. The Milton census for that period was created and posted on the MHS site as a result of that work. You will find that on a separate web page on the MHS site that I operate:
http://www.miltonhistoricalsociety.ca/census/I have explained there the process I used to create the census spreadsheet as well. Now that it is complete, it is being used on many other projects.
I have changed the title as you requested.
If you do move the topic/post, please let me know where it goes!
I tried several times to put in a photograph of the watch but it would not accept my image. I will come back later and put in some HTML links to the images that are on-line.
The link you posted is to download the PDF version. You can also read it on-line here if FLIP FORMAT on the ISSU site:
http://issuu.com/cefmatrix/docs/miltonscommemorativegoldwatchesThanks for the comments and the reply.
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