77 Wentworth Regiment Signal Section 1907

Photo of the 77th (Wentworth) Regiment Signal Section. The section, led by Lieutenant E. Ford, was awarded first place for proficiency in Canada in competition with all signal corps, city and rural, for the years 1906, 1907 and 1908.

Equipment present is a signalling telescope, a heliograph and a Begbie lamp.

Present in the picture are, from Left to Right:

Top Row (standing): Signaller John Chassels, Signaller John L. Spruhan, Signaller H. Thompson, Lieutenant E. Ford, Signaller John Goodbrand, Signaller A.W. Woodley, Signaller George Austen.

Front Row (seated): Signal Corporal R.C. Redpath, Sergeant-Instructor H.S. Moss, Sergeant-Instructor Harold L. Doidge, Signal-Corporal R.F. Martlin, Signaller Gordon C. Webster.

Credit: Military Communications and Electronics Museum Archives