Canada, CEF. A 166th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles of Canada" Cap Badge Buy Now Sergeant William Joseph Kirkbride was

Sergeant William Joseph Kirkbride was discharged as "having been found Medically Unfit"

with two reinforced buttonholes at the rear

the latter forcing the first three letters of "MAYO" to be lost to time

British Columbia and it states on his grave marker

Canada, CEF. A 166th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles of Canada" Cap Badge Buy Now Sergeant William Joseph Kirkbride wasIn blackened copper, unmarked, measuring 43 mm (w) x 50. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 13, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. G. Mitchell with a strength of 32 officers and 859 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 12th Reserve