Remembrance Week: Windsor's 99th Battalion recruiting poster
Remembrance Week: Windsor 99th Battalion poster (Edith Cavell, Oct. 12 1915) in our War Chest. Credit: LAC/e010754202. Family photos, letters, medals/uniform photos or stories: windsornewsdesk@gmail.com. Keep originals; permission confirmed before reuse.
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On the eve of Remembrance Day, Windsor War Chest has added a First World War recruiting poster that called men to enlist in the 99th Battalion (Essex).
The poster survives at Library and Archives Canada. It centres on a portrait of nurse Edith Cavell and names her execution on 12 October 1915. Its wartime wording is historical propaganda, not this desk's description of a people. The call at the bottom is to enlist in the 99th and help stop such atrocities.
The 99th Battalion (Essex)
Department of National Defence lineage records say the 99th Battalion was authorized on 22 December 1915 and sailed on 31 May 1916. In England its men were absorbed into the 35th Reserve Battalion and sent on as reinforcements. The battalion was disbanded in 1917. Because it was broken up for reinforcements, it did not fight as a unit.
Rights and credit
Library and Archives Canada Copyright Services confirmed on 9 November 2026 (ORDER Q-212190) that the poster is public domain in Canada and free to use, credited "Library and Archives Canada/e010754202". The free LAC digital copy used here is e010754202-v8, with no crop.
Where to see it
The poster is live in the Windsor War Chest chronology:
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