Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SCARLET MILITIA JACKET

Date Range From

1912

Date Range To

1914

Materials

WOOL

No. Pieces

1

Length

69.0

Width

41.0

Description

SIZE 36. 7 BRASS BUTTONS ON FRONT, BREAST POCKETS WITH BUTTON ONE EACH. "CANADA" "HONI-SOIT-QUI-MAL-Y-PENSE" EMBOSSED ON BUTTONS. "ALLAN SANDEMIN" INKED ON NECK LABEL. JACKET IS RED WITH BLACK TABS. LABEL READS "W.E...CO. LTD" & "W...LE CLOTHIERS", "1909-?" & "HAMILTON ONT".

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

UNIFORM APPROPRIATE TO W.W.I PERIOD. *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE FOUND THE WRITING ON THE JACKET TO READ, “ALLAN SANDERSON”, AND SPECULATES THAT THE JACKET'S ASSOCIATION LIES WITH THE 23RD ALBERTA RANGERS. AS INDICATED BY THE 1901 CENSUS OF CANADA, ALLAN SANDERSON WAS LIVING WITH HIS FAMILY IN PETERBOROUGH ONTARIO. SOME TIME BEFORE 1914, THE SANDERSON FAMILY MOVES TO MACLEOD ALBERTA. ACCORDING TO PRIVATE ALLAN ETHELBERT GORDON SANDERSON’S ATTESTATION PAPER TO THE CANADIAN OVER-SEAS EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON MAY 18TH 1915, HE SERVED ONE YEAR WITH THE 23RD ALBERTA RANGERS BEFORE ENLISTING. THE MACLEOD SPECTATOR FROM JUNE 29, 1916 MENTIONS PRIVATE A. SANDERSON AS ONE OF THE “MACLEOD BOYS” PART OF THE 13TH OVERSEAS MOUNTED REGIMENT. THIS REGIMENT WAS LATER AMALGAMATED WITH THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA LIGHT HORSE AND WAS LATER DISSOLVED TO PROVIDE REINFORCEMENTS FOR ENGLAND. PRIVATE ALLAN E. G. SANDERSON DIED OF UNKNOWN CAUSES ON APRIL 28, 1917. HIS LAST SERVICE WAS WITH THE EATON’S MOTOR MACHINE GUN BATTERY BATTALION IN THE CANADIAN MACHINE GUN CORPS REGIMENT. HE WAS 28 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED AND IS BURIED AT THE ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY IN PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. DESPITE THEIR SIGNIFICANT SIZED HOUSEHOLD, THE SANDERSON FAMILY IS NOT REFERENCED IN THE MACLEOD OR SURROUNDING AREA HISTORY BOOKS. FOLLOWING ALLAN SANDERSON’S ATTESTATION HIS YOUNGER BROTHER FRANCIS GRAHAM SANDERSON ENLISTS FIVE MONTHS LATER. FRANK RETURNED FROM THE WAR AND WAS LIVING IN MACLEOD UNTIL AT LEAST 1952. FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING SERVICE RECORDS FROM LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19739406000

Acquisition Date

1973-09

Collection

Museum

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