“At the recognition of the returned men in 1919 the town presented 90 watches – alas we have found no published list of the recipients.” In 2006 the Milton Historical Society reported: We now have watches for the plaque but we do not yet have the names of the recipients. It seemed logical that the next step would be to try and solve the puzzle of WHO RECEIVED A WATCH? The original plan of Wolf was to have a plaque in Town Hall listing the 99 men (now 118) who received a watch, which could now be augmented with the placement of one or more of the original watches.
#Internet horology club 185 archive#
In January 2011, Grandson Ron Regan offered his grandfather’s gold watch to the community (Town, MHS, and/or Legion) so that it could become an archive for all future Milton residents to see first-hand. In the process of preparing a “Soldier Summary” on Private Regan, the question of the origin of the Milton Gold Watch became increasingly more interesting to the author. In February 2010, Milton Legion member Ron Regan brought in his grandfather’s (Richard Stephen Regan #57714) commemorative gold watch. In total from 1915 to 1922 there were 118 watches presented. We do know now that more than 99 watches were issued – that was the number for the 1919 presentations. Stewart, a member of Branch #136 of the Royal Canadian Legion (Milton) is survived by his wife Irene Wolf and son Brad Wolfe. To the best of my knowledge Stewart Wolf was not successful, as there is no further mention of the project in any of the historical files. Wolf to the best of their capability, but with no resolution ( Mayor Gord Krantz letter of April 29, 1988). The Town of Milton (Gord Krantz, Mayor) had assisted Mr. In 1989, Stewart Wolf tried to solve the riddle of the gold watches, that is to determine the names of the 99 men who received this coveted item (Milton Observer of March 22, 1989). There are records of this in the newspaper archives and the council minutes of that era (1915-1919) and a number of us have personally seen a few of the gold watches given to the soldiers (circa 2010/2011). Please check back for updates! Updates are also posted at /miltonsoldiers.Īt the end the Great War (The First World War of 1914-1918), the Town of Milton honoured the Milton Soldiers (urban Milton) with commemorative gold watches. In all cases where a Gold Watch has been confirmed to exist, the details will be added to Section 7 of the report and the updated report will be posted to the MHS web site. That is now in Section 7.4 of the report. Morley watch discovered in Hamilton and reported – January 14, 2012(a triple home run as he had an older brother and a cousin that qualified as well – thanks to Greg Melanson for the correction – not two brothers).
Milton’s Commemorative Gold Watches – A Mystery from the Past
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