A HISTORY OF THE 3RD (TORONTO REGIMENT) BATTALION, PART 9

SETTLING UP

During the war 245 officers and 8096 N.C.O.'s and men have passed through the 3rd Battalion and it has suffered battle casualties amounting to 181 officers and 4596 other ranks.

The Honors awarded it include:

• Victoria Crosses                         2
• C.M.G.                                        1
• Distinguished Service Order       11
• Bars to the D.S.O.                       2
• O.B.E.                                          1
• Military Crosses                           50
• Bars to the M.C.                           11
• Distinguished Conduct Medals    42
• Military Medals                            233
• Bars to the M.M.                          23
• Second Bar to the M.M.                1
• Meritorious Service Medals           6
• Foreign Decorations                     9
• Mentioned In Dispatches             44    

The battalion took a great pride in the turnout of the horses and vehicles of its transport which was successful in winning, 7 times out of 11, the whip awarded by the Brigade Commander for the best transport in the 1st Brigade.

3rd Battalion marching into Germany, 1919

The Band of the battalion was formed in the Autumn of 1915, all of the bandsmen being men who were then doing duty in the trenches, The original instruments were provided through the generosity of a few Toronto friends.

3rd Battalion Band, 1915

The battalion received a great deal of assistance from the 3rd Battalion, Toronto Regiment, Women's Auxiliary, which under the Presidency of Mrs. Amilious Jarvis, was untiring in supplying socks and other comforts and helped each year to provide the men\s Christmas Dinner, besides performing a multitude of services for the women relatives of the men of the battalion. Shortly after the Armistice this association presented the battalion with its regimental colours.

In 1916 an Association, of which Major Ward Wright was President, was formed in Toronto, for the purpose of keeping together ex-members of the battalion.

The Following Officers, N.C.O.'s and Men Who Went To France With The Toronto Regiment Returned To Toronto With It:-

• Lieut. - Col. J.B.Rogers, C.M.G.,D.S.O.,M.C.
• Lieut. - Col. D.H.C.Mason, D.S.O., O.B.E.
• Capt. E.H.Minns, M.C.
• Capt. A.K.Coulthard, M.C., M.M.
• Capt. H.T.Lord, M.C.
• Lieut. A.V.Noble
• Lieut. D. Morrison, M.M.
• Lieut. J.L.Austin

• 9356  R.Q.M.S. G.R.Pollock
• 9068  Sgt. H.V.Spence, D.C.M., M.M., Belgium Crosse de Guerre
• 9306  Sgt. R.J. Clapton, M.S.M.
• 9070  Sgt. N.Thorn, M.S.M.
• 9265  Sgt. R.H. Williams
• 10153 Sgt. W.H. Minett
• 9074  Cpl. J. Mullen, M.M.
• 9226  Cpl. R.J.Murdock
• 9606  L.-Cpl. G.Spraggett
• 9889  Pte. W.Bennett
• 18171 Pte. J.Bodell
• 18761 Pte. J.J.Burns
• 9900  Pte. T.Clarke
• 9434  Pte. G.W.Dent
• 10026 Pte. T.Franklin
• 9513  Pte. H.Kingsley, M.M.
• 9801  Pte. W.J.Leatham
• 9463  Pte. W.C.Legier
• 18213 Pte. Ed Lindsay
• 9332  Pte. A.S.Lukeman
• 9073  Pte. W.Maitland
• 9105  Pte. R.G.Ottey
• 9748  Pte. S.H.Pilling
• 9714  Pte. Wm.Renfrew
• 9251  Pte. H.Sanderson
• 9373  Pte. H.F.Smith
• 9057  Pte. P.C. Stephenson
• 10171 Pte. G. Stretton, M.M.
• 9497  Pte. E.W.Thorne
• 9494  Pte. P.H.Theberge
• 9385  Pte. H. Webster
• 10079 Pte. G.White