The 254th Overseas Battalion

The battalion hosting this ball was one that recruited men from the Quinte Region of Ontario. The 254th Overseas Battalion, with many others, made up the Hastings and Prince Edward County Regiment. Their soldiers are noted for bravely fighting in many significant battles, including The Battle of Mount Sorrel, the Somme, Ypres, and Amiens.​

Valentine's Dance Invitation  1917 YRDSB Museum and Archives collection​​

 

The Staff-Sergeants and Sergeants of the 254th

Overseas Battalion C.E.F.

request the pleasure of the company of

Wm Ferguson

​at their

Valentine (Masked) Dance

(Informal)

to be held in Johnstone's Academy, Front St.

on Wednesday, February Fourteenth,

Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen

Dancing 8:30 sharp         254th Battalion Orchestra

Admission $1.50 per couple

Extra Ladies 50c

Please present invitation at door.

Masks supplied at door.

This is not a masquerade