Transcribed and submitted by
Del Dunlop
Published in the LCGS Newsletter, August,
1999.
In 1972 the Military Collectors’ Club of Canada produced a list which
purported to include all recipients of the General Service Medal of 1866-70
which was issued to all participants in the conflict that is now referred to
as The Fenian Raids and later in 1870 to the Red River affair.
Among recipients of this medal were the members of these Rifle and
Infantry Companies from the immediate Lanark County area:
ALMONTE INFANTRY COMPANY |
| Barnett, Aaron |
Berryman, Sam J. |
| Bond, George |
Brown, John |
| Brown, Lyman |
Bryan, Chas. H. |
| Coleman, Abel |
Cram, Joseph |
| Douglass, Thos. D. |
Edwards, Charles |
| Gemmell, James D. |
Gilmour, John |
| McDougall, Peter |
McEwen, Dugald |
| McPhee, Arch |
Mitcheson, Thomas |
| Murray, James |
Nicholson, Wm. |
| Rosamond, James |
Russell, Gavin |
| Russell, Nath. M. |
Scott, Sep |
| Simpson, Charles |
Somerville, Jas. H. |
| Templeton, William |
Tennant, Thomas |
| Teskey, Ang. M. |
Wilson, Peter C. |
| Wilson, Robert |
CARLETON PLACE INFANTRY COMPANY |
| Adams, Abr. |
Bell, Jos. J. |
| Bell, Robt. W. |
Burke, M. |
| Coleman, Andrew |
Coleman, James |
| Cram, Wm. C. |
Dowdal, William |
| Duff, William |
Fleming, Robert |
| Grey, William B. |
Kilpatrick, Ephr. |
| Kirkpatrick, Jas. T. |
Leslie, Jacob |
| McArthur, Dan C. |
McCallum, Archb. |
| McCallum, Lachlan |
McFadden, James |
| McNab, David |
McNeely, Drum |
| McNeely, John |
McPherson, David |
| McPherson, George |
McVean, Archibald |
| Moffat, James |
Moore, James |
| Moore, Wm. H. |
Patterson, Wm. |
| Pattie, William |
Rorison, William |
| Sinclaire, John |
Sumner, John O. |
| Tucker, Pat |
Willis, James |
| Wilson, John M. |
PAKENHAM RIFLE COMPANY |
| Allison, And. |
Anderson, John |
| Baird, James G. |
Berlangett, John |
| Bradley, Mich. |
Cameron, James |
| Clarke, Henry |
Cowan, James |
| Cowan, William |
Dark, Thomas |
| Dryman, Jas. |
Dudley, William |
| Farrell, James |
Lowe, And. |
| McKeown, John |
Mann, James |
| Moore, And. |
Needham, Sam |
| Needham, Thomas |
Owens, William |
| Scott, Robert |
Simpson, James |
| Smith, James |
Tait, Ralph |
| Woods, John |
PERTH INFANTRY COMPANY |
| Best, Henry |
Best, John |
| Binks, Thomas C. |
Binks, Wm. J. |
| Burns, Pat |
Campbell, David |
| Davis, James |
DeWitt, Henry |
| Dittrich, John |
Douglas, Thomas |
| McCullouch, George |
McCullough, Chris |
| McCullough, John |
McLean, Neil |
| McLenaghen, James |
McVitty, Simon |
| Marks, Dan |
Matheson, Arthur J. |
| Matheson, Ch. A. |
Mitchell, George |
| Farmer, Sam |
Farmer, Thomas |
| Farmer, William |
Field, John |
| Field, William W. |
Fisher, John P. |
| Glossop, Dan |
Glossop, Franc. H. |
| Hayhurst, James D. |
Hendry, John |
| Hetherington, Frank |
Hughes, Robert S. |
| Jamieson, Arch. |
Joynt, Chris |
| Livingston, Sim. |
Moore, George |
| Oliver, George |
Riddell, Russ. C. |
| Scott, Thomas |
Smith, James C. |
| Steele, William J. |
Stewart, Robert |
| Stone, George |
Thompson, John T. |
| Walker, James M. |
Walker, Robert H. |
| Williams, Wm. |
Wilson, John |
PERTH RIFLE COMPANY |
| Baird, And. |
Bell, Chas. N. |
| Cameron, Ben |
Campbell, John M. |
| Cavanagh, William H. |
Checkley, John B. |
| Cherry, George |
Dennison, Wm. J. |
| Douglas, John W. |
Dunlop, Peter |
| Fairbairn, Wm. L. |
Fisher, Sam |
| Flett, Thomas |
James, Wm. |
| Judson, Lor. H. |
Kellock, Wm. L. |
| Kippen, Alec. |
Kippen, John |
| Larivee, George H. |
Lavergne, Pet. |
| Lawson, Wm. |
Lillie, Rob. |
| MacMartin, Malc. M. |
McIntosh, John B. |
| Mitchell, David G. |
Moffat, Thomas |
| Moore, James |
Norton, Th. H. |
| Patterson, Mann |
Robertson, Jas. W. |
| Scott, William |
Spillman, Ed. |
| Steele, George |
Storey, Sam |
| Thornton, Jn. |
Warren, Ben |
| Watson, Wm. |
Wylie, Wm. H. |
SMITHS FALLS INFANTRY COMPANY |
| Anderson, Wm. J. |
Calladine, Wm. |
| Caswell, Wm. H. |
McGregor, Alex. |
| Percy, And. |
Wood, David F.
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Each name on these lists represent a medal issued by the Canadian
government in appreciation for these individuals volunteering to answer the
call for a nation in distress. Any medal that is not being carefully preserved
by the families of these men should be presented to the local museums for safe
keeping and preservation. They could be shared with others with an historical
interest. Two other local companies were the Burritt’s Rapids Infantry
Company and the Merrickville Rifle
Company. |
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