Sir Douglas Haig's List of Mentions of Gallant Service on the Western Front, Decemeber 13, 1917

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Title:
Sir Douglas Haig's List of Mentions of Gallant Service on the Western Front, Decemeber 13, 1917
Description:
This newspaper clipping was published in the The Times on December 31, 1917. The article presented is a continuation of another article published in a supplement to the London Gazette on December 28, 1917 in which Sir Douglas Haig gives special mention to several names working in the YMCA, including Springfield College alumni such as Frank B. Wilson, Alfred A. Campbell, and James H. Wallace. Frank B. Wilson (1889-1969) was born in Kingston, Ontario. He attended school in Ottawa, where his father opened a bicycle store which ultimately developed into one of the city's first automobile sales outlets. Frank attended Stanstead College (Class of 1908) and later enrolled at Springfield College (Class of 1916). Wilson went overseas in World War I as a captain in the 2nd division, being attached to the Canadian YMCA war services. In 1917 he was promoted to the Adjutant of the Overseas War Services. On his discharge he served for a year with the National Council of YMCA and, prior to his return to Montreal, studied education psychology at Columbia University. It was in 1928 that he first became associated with the Mutual Life Assurance Company. At the outbreak of World War II, he volunteered for overseas duty but was turned down. Instead he chose to contribute his services by organizing entertainment for the armed forces, becoming chairman of the Auxiliary Services Entertainment Committee for the Montreal Military District No. 4. In 1941 he was appointed personnel superintendent of the D.I.L. shell-filling plant at Bouchard near Ste. Therese, which post gave him the opportunity to boost the morale of hardworking employees there. After 2.5 years he was able to return to his insurance post. He passed away on May 27 1969. This item was original held loose within a bound book titled “War-Work Courses in Great War, 1917-1918 Incomplete.” This volume was unbound and its contents foldered in the original order, which is chronological. The binding string was cut and the glue was removed with a razor blade. The edges are intact and the placement of stitches are visible. Each page or booklet was individually lifted out of the binding and placed in their own folder or a folder with like materials. Oversized materials were removed and placed in the oversized materials collection.
Creator:
The Times (London, United Kingdom)
Date:
December 31, 1917
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
Springfield College Armed Forces Collection
Subjects:
International Young Men's Christian Association
Young Men's Christian Association of North America
World War, 1914-1918
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Springfield College
International Young Men's Christian Association College
Campbell, A. Allen
Wallace, James H.
Wilson, Frank B.
YMCA
War
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll16/id/3842
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Publisher:
The Times (London, United Kingdom)
Language:
English
Identifier:
rg104-04-b-05-03-004