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You will be thrilled with its pleasing, harmonious appearance and longâ€"lasting protection. Specify "Brantford" for your new home, or when reâ€" roofing the old. : T he Manufacturers Life Brantford Roofing Company Limited Braniford > Ontario HARRY L. WILSON DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE will guarantee an adequate solution. * APE THE NATURAL THING! For sale by GRIMSBY 3.45 LINCOLN AND WELLAND REGT. HAS AN ENVIABLE RECORD One of the regiments fighting in this present war that has made an enviable name for itself is our own Lincoln and Welland unit, know as the "Lincs and Wells." A ‘conâ€" densed history of this unit from its formation in the 1700‘s up to the present time, with the unit in Gerâ€" many, is herewith presented. When the Thirteen Colonies beâ€" gan their revolt in 1775, the Colâ€" ony of Canada made no move to join them, chiefly asa result of the scarcity of English speaking setâ€" tlers, but after Great Britain acâ€" cepted the independence of the new United States in 1783, there was an influx of antiâ€"revolutionary settlers (the United Empire Loyalists) into the Province, and most of these people found their way into the hinterland west of the Ottawa Rivâ€" er into what is now Ontario. Following the division of the Colâ€" ony into the two Provinces of Upâ€" per and Lower Canada a legislative Assembly was set up with Limited powers, but the mainspring of the new provincial government was the Governor and his Executive Counâ€" cil. The first Governor was Majorâ€" General John Graves Simcoe whose appointment indicated that the priâ€" mary interest of the British Govâ€" ernment was in making the Proâ€" vince of Upper Canada an effectâ€" ive barrier to the northward expanâ€" sion of the United States, with whom relations were most unâ€" friendly. £ One of the first acts of the new government was to pass tthe Milâ€" itia Act of 1793 to bolster the bordâ€" er defences provided by a small force of British Regulars. Under this actevery male betwwen 16 and 60 was made liable for service by means of an annual registratâ€" ion and muster; this regulation still continues in Section 8 of the present Militia Act, where provisâ€" ion is made for a callâ€"up of all males between 18 and 60 in case of necessity. The Niagara Peninsula, being a natural route for invasion from the United States, was settled in large part by exâ€"soldiers who had fought against the Colonies in the Revolâ€" utionary War; a whole Regiment, Butler‘s Rangers, who had raided the colonies from Maine to Kenâ€" tucky, was first kept intact with its headquarters at Niagara Falls and then settled on specially allotted land on being disbanded in 1784. These exâ€"soldiers provided _ the backbone of the Militia which was organized in Lincoln County by the Militia Act of 1793, and known as the Lincoln Militia. Lincoln County which was at that time the area bounded by Lake Ontario, the Niaâ€" gara River, Lake Erie, and the Grand River, was organized to supply six regiments: the Lincoln & Welland Regiment traces itself to the First, Second, and Third Reâ€" giments, being the ones drawn from the townships along and imâ€" mediately behind the Niagara River. When the United States gttacked , the Province of Upper Canada in; 1812, the population of Lincoln County was 12,000 and the strengâ€" th of the Lincoln Militia was 2400 or 20%, of whom many had beâ€" longed to Butlers Rangers. All six Regiments participated in the war ‘ of 1812 and Lincoln County was a principal theatre of operations. Some of the Militia accompanied Generalâ€" Brock in his rapid march on Amherstburg and the subseâ€" quent capture of Detroit, but they were chiefly employed in their home county. It was the War of 1812 which provided the early hisâ€" tory of the Lincoln & Welland Regâ€" iment: Battle Honours are carried for Queenstoh 1812, Fort George 1812 and 1813, Frenchman‘s Creek 1812, Fort Erie 1813, Black Rock 1813, Niagara 1813, Buffalo 1813, Stoney Creek 1813 and Lundy‘s Lane 1814. The association with Sir Isaac Brock gave the Lincoln & Welland Regiment the centreâ€" piece of its present badge, the shell from the arms of Sir Isaac, which he in turn took from the arms of Reading Abbey. As Colonel of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, with its headquarters at Reading, Brock also gave the Regiment its assocâ€" iation with that famous British unit. . After the War of 1812, the Militâ€" ia fell into neglect as attention: turned more and more to internal politics. When the increasing politâ€" ical rivalry resulted in open rebellâ€" ion in 1837, the Lieutenantâ€"Goverâ€" nor of Upper Canada sent a special order to the Sheriff of Lincoln to despatch "as many volunteers as possible to assist in saving the City of Toronto and quelling the rebels;" 95 men proceeded to Toronto the same afternoon by boat. Throughâ€" out the rebellion the chief function of the Militia was blocking the reâ€" ‘bels off from the United States ‘border, which was the source of their encouragement. Three thouâ€" sand of the Lincoln Militia were mobilized to guard against an inâ€" ‘ vasion of the rebels from the U.S. There followed a period of reâ€" organization. In 1846 Lincoln Couâ€" nty divided into two counties of Lincoln and Welland and the 2nd THE GRIMSBY â€"INDEPENDENT Lincoln Militia became the 1st Welland, As interest in the militia once more fell off, enlistment did likewise, despite the repeated pleas of the British government that Upâ€" per Canada set up a permanent force of its own, to release British troops for use elsewhere. Meantime the organization of the Militia unâ€" derwent a change: instead of six regiments raised by compulsion and meeting for training one day per year, independent companies of volunteers who met to train several nights per week, became the prinâ€" cipal element in national defence, ‘although the old militia continued to exist along side the new. Finâ€" ally in 1859 â€"the Volunteer Comâ€" panies were organized into battalâ€"| ions, but continued to train as be-i fore, so that much the same system | was in effect as in 1938, when Fort Erie, Niagara Falls, and St Cathâ€" arines each had their own comâ€" panies under a headquarters in the last city. In 1863 under the threat of invasion from the Armies of the North, the eight Volunteer Compaâ€" nies of the two contries were formâ€" ed into the nineteenth Battalion Volunteer Militia, which was called into action during the Fenâ€" ian Raids of 1866. Immediately after these raids the 19th Battalion was divided, so that the Welland County companies made up the 44th Battalion and the companies from Lincoln County formed the 19th Battalion. It was while this arâ€" rangement prevailed that war broke out in 1914. In the war of 1914â€"18 both the 19th and the 44th Battalions sent companies to France but neither battalion went as a separate Unit. In perpetuating the 81st, 98th and 176th Battalions CEF, the Lincoln & Welland Regiment won Battle Honours at the Somme, Arras, Hill 7O, Ypres, Amiens, the Hindenburg Line and the Pursuit to Mons. In 1986 the 19th Battalion (the Lincoln Regiment) and the 44th Battalion (the Lincoln & Welland Regiment) united to form the Linâ€" coln & welland Regiment NPAM, standing eleventh in â€" seniority among the ninety odd infantry reâ€" giments in the Canadian Army. St. Catharines had HQ and D Companâ€" ies Niagara Falls had A and B Companies, and Fort Erie had C Company; Support Company was then part ‘of Headquarters Comâ€" pany. The badge of the Lincoln Reâ€" giment had been a maple leaf in a circle, with underneath a scroll bearing the words "NON NOBIS SED PATRIA," and the badge of the Lincoln & welland Regiment had been a cockleâ€"shell bearing the number "44" and surrounded by maple leaves. It was decided to aâ€" bandon the maple leaf which was in tooâ€"common use and to place the cockleâ€"shell of the 44th Battalion in the circle of the 19th Battalion so that the one battalion contributâ€" ed the connection with Sir Isaac Brock, while the other provided the motto, which means,, "Not for ourâ€" | selves but for our Fatherland." On the outbreak of war becomâ€" ing imment in 1939, the Lincoln and Weland Regiment was mobâ€" ilized 2 Sep. 39 for duty on the Welland Ship Canal under Ltâ€"Col. S. V. Fordham, but was demobilizâ€" ed on 22 Nov. 39. The following June the regiment was once more called out with Major (later Ltâ€" Col.) C. A. Muir in command. After vicissitudes on the Hydro Canal in the winter of 1940â€"41, in British Columbia in the summer of 1941, in Gander and St. John‘s Newfoundland during 1941, 1942 and early 1943, and a final reorâ€" Tenders will be received by the undersigned until 5.00 o‘clock p.m. Friday, June 8, 1945, for the paintâ€" ing of the exterior of the Court House, including all storm winâ€" dows, screens, the .garage, pergola, etc. and also separate tenders for the painting of the iron fence around the Court House. _ Details and specifications may be obtained from Mr. A. Zimmerman, Caretaker. A or reject any or all tenders. j w. H. MLLWARD, | Clerk, County of Lincoln, | Court House, St. Catharines, Ont. ; TENDERS FOR PAINTING COURT HOUSE THE PICK OF TOBACCO It;DOES taste good in a pipe COUNTY OF LINCOLN right is reserved to accept ganization in Nova Scotia in the early summer of 1943, the regiâ€" ment finally arrived in the United Kingdom on 22 July 43 and in France on 25 July 44, and was committed to action 31 July 44, at the village of Bourgebus just south of Caen. From Bourgebus the Regiment| moved to Langannerie, then partâ€" icipated in the great breakâ€"through to Falaise on 14 Aug., ending up in the town of Trun on 19 Aug., where great booty and approximâ€" ately 1000 prisoners were taken in two days. After Trun the Regiâ€" ment participated in the pursuit of the retreating enemy to the Riverl Seine, to the Somme, and across the Belgian Border to Eckloo, the last Belgian city of any size to be liberated. After four weeks on thel Leopold Canal, the Regiment took ‘part in the drive to secure free use of the Port of Antwerp, entering iBergenâ€"op-Zoon in the early hours of 28 October, On 5 November this campaign was concluded outside Steenbergen and the Regiment moved to the River Maas near ‘sâ€" Hertogenbosch, where the early winter was spent. From 26 to 31 |Jan. 45, the Regiment fought to eliminate a German pocket south of the Maas, the island of Kapeâ€" lache Veer, which fell after very heavy fighting in bitter weather. The Regiment entered Germany 21 Feb. 45, to take part in pushing the enemy across to the east bank of the Rhine. ( Ltâ€"Col. R. S. W. Fordham Sep. 39, to Nov. 39; Ltâ€"Col. C. A. Muir June 40, to Oct. 43; Major J. F. Madill Oct. 43, to Dec. 43; Ltâ€"Col. J. G. McQueen Jan. 44, to Aug.44; Ltâ€"Col. W. T. Cromb Jr. Aug. 44, to Jan. 45; Ltâ€"Col R. C. Coleman M.C. Feb. 45 to date. 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