Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

LETHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEER (CAP UNIFORM)

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1944

Materials

GILT METAL

No. Pieces

1

Length

4.4

Width

4.4

Description

"LETHBRIDGE VOLUNTEER F.D." ON FACE OF BADGE. EMBOSSED ON LEFT SIDE IS A FIRE HYDRANT. EMBOSSED ON RIGHT SIDE IS A LADDER AND HOSE.CONSERVATION REPORT ON FILE.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

SAFETY SERVICES

History

DONOR'S 1 HUSBAND, JOHN H. STAFFORD, WAS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN BETWEEN 1940-44. THE BADGE BELONGED TO HIM. DURING THIS TIME, WHEN SHORT STAFFED,THERE WERE PERMANENT FIRE FIGHTERS PLUS VOLUNTEERS WHO STAYED AT THE FIREHALL AT NIGHT AND RECEIVED 75 CENTS FOR A FIRE CALL TURNED OUT TO. J.H. STAFFORD WORKED DURING THE DAY AT BUY-RITE MEN'S WEAR. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A COLLECTIONS AUDIT, WHICH INCLUDED ITEMS DONATED BY FLORENCE FLAVELL. FURTHER RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED INTO THE DONOR’S FAMILY, INCLUDING HER FIRST HUSBAND, JOHN “JACK” HARRISON STAFFORD. ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE THE COUPLE’S NEXT-OF-KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH ARCHIVAL RESEARCH. ACCORDING TO HIS WWI ATTESTATION PAPER, STAFFORD WAS BORN IN BOSTON, MASS. ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, HE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1910. HIS SERVICE RECORDS INDICATE HE ENLISTED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR FROM EDMONTON AND WENT OVERSEAS WITH THE 49TH BATTERY. UPON HIS RETURN, HE HOMESTEADED IN PEACE RIVER COUNTRY UNTIL 1935 WHEN HE RETURNED TO LETHBRIDGE. HE MARRIED THE DONOR, FLORENCE LORETTA TAYLOR, IN 1941. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SALVATION ARMY, LIKE TAYLOR’S PARENTS. HE PASSED AWAY IN CALGARY ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1957 AND WAS LAID TO REST IN LETHBRIDGE. ACCORDING TO THE DONOR’S OBITUARY PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON 24 JUNE 1989, FLORENCE LAURETTE FLAVELL (NEE TAYLOR) WAS BORN IN PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, MANITOBA ON MAY 17, 1902. SHE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE AS A CHILD WITH HER PARENTS. SHE WAS A GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING GRADUATE, STUDYING AT THE SCHOOL FROM 1919 TO 1923. SHE PRACTICED NURSING UPON GRADUATION UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 1967. FLAVELL PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON 21 JUNE 1989 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19760020000 FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING HARD COPIES OF ARCHIVAL RESEARCH.

Catalogue Number

P19760020000

Acquisition Date

1976-07

Collection

Museum

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