1850-1913
When Great Britain pulled their troops out of Canada, a Militia Act was passed, making every able man from 18 to 60 years of age part of the militia. In 1866 the 32nd Bruce Battalion was formed. This Battalion joined other similar militia forces for two weeks of training annually in places such as Goderich, Niagara or London, as well as participating in some local training. These forces were at the ready, in the early days, during times of conflict, including the Trent Affair, the Fenian Raids, the Red River Rebellion, the North-West Rebellion and the South African (Boer) War. A few fought in these conflicts and a handful died, supporting the Dominion.
For more photographs and information about early conflicts, visit Bruce County Museum’s Online Collections Site: Early Conflicts.
Walkerton – 32nd Bruce Regiment Band 1881
There was often a band connected to the 32nd Bruce Regiment, usually a community band from somewhere in the county, that traveled with them when they went on their annual training drills.
Soldiers
Ahmed, Albert Edward
Aitken, Thomas
Aitkins, Thomas
Alexander, David
Alison, Thomas
Allan, Thomas Caldwell
Ammann, Joseph Carl
Anderson, Charles
Anderson, Francis
Anderson, George
Anewine, Joseph
Anstett, Anthony
Anstett, Francis
Atkinson, William
Atwell, Hardis
Auld, John Young
Austel, Anthony
Babcock, Thomas
Baker, James Daniel
Baker, James William
Ballagh, Alexander
Ballagh, Fleming
Ballagh, Hamilton
Ballagh, James
Ballagh, John
Ballagh, John
Ballagh, William
Ballagh, William
Barbour, Robert
Barker, Joseph Henry
Batz (Bates) (Beitz), Anthony
Baughn, Frederick
Beacon, James
Beck, Ignatius
Belcher, Alexander Emerson
Bell, David
Bell, Donald
Bell, John
Bell, William
Beninger, Andrew
Beninger, George
Beninger, Ignatius
Beninger, Joseph
Beninger, Mathias
Beninger, Michael Jr.
Beninger, Michael Sr.
Best, Theodore David
Blackman, Bertram
Blue, Lauchlin (Lauchie)
Boddy, John Thompson
Body, John
Booth, Robert
Boue, Adam
Bowman, John
Boyd, James
Braden, Oliver
Bradford, David
Brooks, A.
Brothers (Bruder), Peter
Brown, James
Brown, Peter B
Bulger, Martin
Burgess, David
Burgess, Thomas
Burke, John Jr.
Burke, John Sr.
Burton, William
Bushway, Madden (Martin)
Button, William
Calhoun, Joseph
Cameron, Alexander
Cameron, John
Cameron, Neil
Cameron, Thomas
Campbell, Alexander
Campbell, Dugald
Campbell, Duncan Hugh
Campbell, Henry
Campbell, James
Campbell, John
Campbell, John
Campbell, Robert
Campbell, Thomas
Capitian, J.B.
Carey, Henry Joseph
Carleton, David Elmer / Elworth
Carmichael, Paul
Carrigan, Thomas
Carson, James
Case, Adam
Caslick, Alfred
Caslick, George
Cheesbrough, Frederick
Cheeseborough (Cheesbrogh), Joseph
Chisholm, Archibald
Chisholm, Donald
Chisholm, James
Clapperton, James
Clark, John
Clark, Peter
Clark, Pryse
Clark, William
Clonse, Charles
Clydesdale, David
Clydesdale, William
Collins, Joeseph
Colvin, Robert
Colvin, William
Courtnell, Frederick
Crapper, Benjamin
Crapper, James
Cronin, John Jr.
Cronin, Timothy
Crow, Christopher
Crozier, Lief Newry Fitzroy
Cummings, Gordon
Cummins, Oliver
Cunningham, Chester Archie
Cunningham, William
Currie, Donald
Currie, Thomas
Curtis, Peter
Davidson, Adam
Davidson, Thomas
Davis, Reginald William
Davis, Thomas
Day, Aca
Deit, Nicholas
Detzler, Nicholas
Dixon, Thomas
Dobson, Robert
Donaldson, Robert
Dosman, Joseph
Douglass, John
Douglass, Robert
Dow, Thomas
Downs, William
Dowse, Richard
Dunlop, James Ernest
Dunn, Edward
Dunn, Patrick
Durran, Nicholas
Eby, M.
Edger, Charles
Elinger, Frederick
Elliot, John Scott
Elliot, Thomas
Elliot, William
Ellis, William
Elly, Bernard
Ernwein, Sebastin
Fallon, Thomas
Fessent, Richard
Fessent, William
Fewings, John
Finlayson, Simon
Fletcher, Angus
Fluke, Samuel
Fody, Joseph
Fody, Peter
Foreman, John
Forsyth, Alexander
Foster, Thomas R.
Fountain, Elijah
Fraser, Harold
Fraser, James
Freeborn, Thomas
Frick, Andrew
Frost, Thomas
Fryfogle, John
Fulford, Edward Jr.
Fulford, Henry
Fulford, Ira
Fulford, Jessa
Fulford, John L.
Fulford, Richard
Fullford, Richard
Fullford, [John]
Galbraith, Lauchlin
Gale (Gehl), Conrad
Gates, John
Gates, Martin
Geddes, Frank Kidner
Geddis, Robert
Gibson, Alexander
Gill, John
Gill, Robert
Gilles, Donald
Gilles, James
Gillespie, William
Gillis, Hugh
Gillis, John
Gilmore, James B.
Gilmore, John
Gilroy, Arold
Gilroy, J.
Gilroy, John
Goings, George
Gordon, William
Goudy, William
Graham, Alexander
Grant, James
Grant, Peter
Green, James
Green, James
Grenache, Joseph
Griffith, John
Grover, Lucius Halen
Hadwen, Mathew
Haldenby, Henry
Haldenby, Richard
Haldenby, William H.
Haley, Robert
Hamilton, Joseph
Hanley, William Patrick
Harbottle (Hardbottle), James
Hardy, Alfred
Hauk (Howk), Philip
Hawthorn, Hans
Haynes, James
Haynes, Robert
Heimler, John
Henderson, Hugh D
Henderson, James
Henderson, John
Henderson, John Major
Henderson, William
Hennry, Samuel
Henry (Hennry), Samuel
Hesch, Clifford Francis
Hetherington, George
Heughan, Arthur Edwin
Hogg, John Andrew
Holdrick, Philip
Horton, Thomas
Hough (Hock) (Hauck), Andrew Jr.
Hough (Hock) (Hauck), Anthony
Howett, Robert
Howett (Howet) (Howatt), John
Hudson, Ralph
Hudson, Stephen
Hudson, Thomas
Hughston, Archibald
Hutchison, John
Hutton, Robert
Hutton, Samuel
Ingles, John
Innes, Alex
Ireland, David A
Irvin, William H.
Irwin, Thomas
Jackson, Hutchison
Jackson , Malcolm
Jarvis, George
Jarvis, William
John, Valentine
Johnson, Walter
Johnston, Henry
Johnston, Peter B.
Johnston, Philip
Jones, Aaron
Jones, James
Jones, John
Jones, Stephen
Keelan, Raymond A.
Kehoe, John
Keirsh, John
Keith, John
Keith, Malcolm
Kelly, Henry
Kelly, Moses
Kempt, G.
Kennedy, Archibald
Kennedy, Colin
Kennedy, Duncan
Kennedy, John
Kennedy, John
Kerr, Duncan
Kerr, John
Kerr, Mathew
Kidd, John Tyrwhitt Herman
Kiely, Alexander Francis
Kilborn, Arthur Rubin
Kilborn, William Herbert
King, Edward
King, John
King, Michael
King, Patrick
Kingsmill, Sir Charles Edmund
Kirkland, Archibald
Kirkland, Archibald
Kirkland, Samuel
Kirscher, Debatt
Klein, Judge Alphonse Basil
Kline, Joseph
Knechtel, Arthur
Knight, George
Knox, Fred
Kriplin, Frederick
Krotch (Kraatch), Frederick
Lamont, George Robert
Lamportus, John
Langford, S.H.
Lanting, Harmannus Pieter
Last, Daniel
Latimore, William
Lean, James
Lean, John
Leech, James
Lehman, John
Lehman, Sebastien (Boston)
Leneen, Walter
Lennox, Richard Roland
Lewis, David
Lewis, Henry
Lewis, James
Lewis, Robert
Lincoln, John
Lindsey, John Sr.
Lindsey, Robert
Lithgow, Richard
Little, Andrew
Livingston, Duncan
Logan, John
Louttit, George
Louttit, John
Love, David
Lynett, Patrick
MacDonald, Mado Daniel
MacKay, Robert Havelock
Maloy, John
Manley, John
Manley, Thomas
Manuel, George
Marmelstein, Peter Frederick Augustus
Marshall, James
Martin, David
Martin, George
Martin, John
Martyn, Henry "Harry" Laishley "Leslie"
Massel, Anthony
Mauser, Charles
McAllister, Hugh
McAllister, John
McArthur, Alexander
McArthur, Duncan
McArthur, Harvey Jacob
McAuly, Archibald
McAuly, Donald
McAuly, John
McBain, John Jr.
McBain, John Sr.
McCarter, Andrew Reginald
McCauellish, Robert
McDaniel, George
McDermott, Bernard
McDermott, Hugh
McDonald, Alexander
McDonald, Alexander
McDonald, Alexander Jr.
McDonald, Alexander Sr.
McDonald, Angus
McDonald, Angus
McDonald, David
McDonald, Donald
McDonald, Donald
McDonald, Ewan
McDonald, Hugh
McDonald, James
McDonald, James
McDonald, John
McDonald, Neil
McDonald, Ranald or Randel
McDonald, Richard
McDonald, Robert
McDonald, Robert
McDonald, Robert Edward
McDougald, Dougald
McDugald, John
McDugald, Neil
McFadyen, Hector
McFee, Neil
McGerrigal, Neil
McGillivary, Malcolm
McGillivray, Alexander
McGlynn, Anthony
McGlynn, James
McGregor, Alexander
McGregor, Alexander
McGregor, Donald
McGregor, Gregor
McGregor, Hector
McGregor, James
McGregor, John
McGue (McGow), Edward
McGuirk, Edward
McIntyre, Alexander
McIntyre, Alexander
McIntyre, Archibald
McIntyre, John
McKague (McCague), Andrew
McKague (McCague), Hugh
McKague (McCague), John
McKague (McCague), Thomas
McKague (McCague), William
McKay, Alexander
McKay, Alexander
McKay, Donald
McKay, Donald
McKay, Hector
McKay, Hector Jr.
McKay, James
McKay, James
McKay, John
McKay, John
McKay, John
McKay, Neil
McKay, Neil Jr.
McKay, Neil Sr.
McKechnie, Malcolm Archibald
McKee, John
McKenzie, Angus
McKenzie, Angus
McKenzie, Donald
McKenzie, Donald A.
McKenzie, Hugh
McKenzie, Hugh
McKenzie, John
McKenzie, John
McKenzie, Robert
McKiggan, Malcolm
McKinnon, Duncan
McKinnon, John
McKinnon, John Alexander
McLauchlin, William
McLean, Hector
McLean, Neil
McLean, Peter
McLean, Roderick
McLean, Samuel
McLean, W.A.
McLellan, Duncan
McLeod, John
McLorey, John
McMannis, Owan
McNabb, Alexander
McNeil / McNeel, Joseph Harold
McNeill, Archibald
McQuarry, Allan
McRae, William Hugh Roy
McRea, Alexander
McRea, Alexander Jr.
Mechan, Patrick
Meir, Michael
Melhuish, Alan George James
Melvin (Mellville), Samuel
Mercey, Tony
Mesner, F.X.
Mesner, Pious
Mesner, Wendle
Meyer (Miras), Jacob
Meyer (Mires) (Myres), Martin
Mick, Adam
Midford, William
Miller, James
Millwood, Frederick James
Mitchell, Elias
Mitchell, John
Mitchell, William
Moffat, Alex
Moffat, Thomas
Moir, James
Moir, Joseph
Moore, John William
Morin, Patrick
Morrison, Angus
Morrison, John
Morrison, Thomas
Morrow, Robert
Morton, John
Mosack (Mosock) (Mosiac), Joseph
Mosack (Mosock) (Mosiac), Michael
Moses, Vincent
Mosiac, John
Mulkinherrin (Muckenhirn), William
Mulligan, Archibald
Mulligan, Archibald
Murcheson, Donald
Murry, James
Nawash, Daniel
Nelson, George Whitford
Newman, William Jr.
O'Connor, Hamilton P.
Ogg, David
Ormston, James
Ostic, William Clark
Parker, Horace
Parker, Samuel
Parkinson, Robert
Parr, James
Parr, John
Paterson, George Oswald
Patterson, M.
Pearson, John
Peirson, a.k.a. Pierson, John
Perdue, Rev. Richard
Pettipeice, William
Pickard, Courtland
Pinner, Charles Albert
Pringle, James
Pringle, Malcolm
Pringle, William
Proud, Melville Douglas
Quinn, Patrick
Quinn, Peter
Rae, Alexander
Ready, Simon
Reekie, James
Rehill, John
Rehill, William Jr.
Rehill, William Sr.
Reichenbach, Conrad
Reid, Andrew Bonar
Reid, James
Reid, Thomas
Reilly, Peter
Richardson, Henry
Rike, Bernard
Ritchie, Peter
Riter, John S.
Roane (Rowen), Richard
Robertson, David
Robertson, Norman
Robertson, Norman Roy
Robinson, John
Ross, Alexander
Ross, James
Ross, Paul
Rudolph, John
Rush, David
Russell, Robert Stanley
Sandford, William F.
Saunders, Pascho
Scheely, John
Schefter, Lewis
Schefter (Shafter), John
Schiestel (Shustel), Joseph
Schirhart, Joseph
Schoals (Schoales), Francis A.
Schoals (Schoales) (Sproal), Charles
Schoals (Schoales)(Sproal)(Sproul),
Schoemaker, Anthony
Schustel, Laurance
Schwegler, Louis
Scobie, David
Scott, George
Scott, James
Scott, James
Scott, James
Scott, John
Scott, John Graham
Scott, Laughlin Bell
Scott, Robert Jr.
Scott, Robert Sr.
Scott, William
Scott, William
Scott, William
Scott, William
Scott, William Sumner
Seitz, George
Sellick (Salick), Charles
Sellick (Salick), John
Shannon, Percival (Percy) Roy
Sharp, Andrew
Sharp, James
Shaw, Alexander
Shawan (Shawanageesie), Joseph
Shawl, Lawrence
Shefton, John
Simpson, Arthur
Simpson, William
Sinclair, Herbert H.
Sinclair, Laughlin
Skelly, Martin
Skelly, William
Small, James Maurice
Smith, James
Smith, Thomas
Smith, William
Smith (Schmidt), Philip
Smythe, Blackney
Smythe, Jacob
Smythe, James
Smythe, Samuel
Smythe, Stephan
Snell, William
Snyder, James
Speirs, James Wilfred
Spence, Richard
Sproat, Alexander
Stafford, Abraham
Stalker, Malcolm Edward James
Standish, Francis
Stewart, John
Stewart, Robert
Strath, James
Struthers, James
Stull, Samuel
Sturgeon, Samuel Davidson
Stutt, Archibald
Stuut, John
Swanston, William John
Switzer, George Edward
Tapley, Samuel
Taucher (Tachan) (Tougher), John
Taylor, Henry Samuel, Sr.,
Teahan, John Patrick
Tees, John
Thompson, Thomas
Thompson, William Alexander
Todd, Thomas
Tomlinson, Nicholas
Trail, Gordon David
Tranter, Joseph "Lionel"
Tranter, Josiah
Tranter, Richard
Tranter, William
Trotter, William
Tuckwood, Ernest David
Turner, Charles
Turner, James
Vance, Thomas
VanHatten, Henry
Vitty, James
Waddle, Mathew
Wade, Harold
Walker, Hugh
Walker, John
Wallace, George Elmer
Watson, Alexander
Watson, David
Watson, Donald
Watt, John
Wedo, Joachim
Weir, Adam
Wells, Beaton
Wettlaufer, Henry D.
White, James
White, Robert
White, Samuel
White, William Jr.
Whiteman, John
Whiten, Joseph
Whytock, James
Willoughby, William Thomas
Wilson, George
Wilson, James
Wilson, Thomas
Wilson, Thomas Henry
Wilton, Alvin Edward
Wocks, John
Wolfe, William
Woods, Samuel
Woodward, William
Wraith, Wilbert Wesley
Wright, Charles
Wright, Ernest / Ernie George
Yemen, Matthew Welsh
Zettel (Settle), Andrew
Zimmerman (Simmerman), John