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St. Thomas Cemetery Company Annual General Meeting (AGM)

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 5:00pm at the Joe Thornton Community Centre (Presstran Rink)

SAINT THOMAS CEMETERY COMPANY BY-LAW EXTRACT:

ARTICLE X – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS OF THE COMPANY

10.01  The Annual General Meeting of the Company shall be held within one hundred and fifty (150) days of the termination of its fiscal year.  Any member, upon request, shall be provided, not less than 21 days before the annual meeting, with a copy of the approved financial statements, auditor’s report or review engagement report and other financial information required by the By-laws or articles.

            The business transacted at the annual meeting shall include:

  1. Receipt of the agenda:
  2. Receipt of the minutes of the previous annual and subsequent special meetings;
  3. Consideration of the financial statements:
  4. Report of the auditor or person who has been appointed to conduct a review engagement;
  5. Reappointment or new appointment of the auditor or a person to conduct a review engagement for the coming year:
  6. Election of Directors:
  7. Such other or special business as may be set out in the notice of meeting. No other term of business shall be included on the agenda for annual meeting unless a Member’s proposal has been given to the secretary prior to the giving of notice of the annual meeting in accordance with the Act, so that such item of new business can included in the notice of the annual meeting.

Interment of Colours of The 91st Battalion and 25th Elgin Battalion

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Interment of Colours of The 91st Battalion and 25th Elgin Battalion

1 व्यक्ति और वह टेक्स्ट जिसमें '31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgins) The Interment of the Colours of the 91st Battalion C.E.F. and the 1st Battalion The Elgin Regiment E' लिखा है की फ़ोटो हो सकती है

Saturday November 4, 2023
Parade forms at the St. Thomas Armoury at 1:00 pm and proceeds to the St. Thomas Cemetery on West Ave

We are proud and honoured to be part of this incredible event being held by the 31 Combat Engineer Regiment – The Elgins.

On Saturday, November 4, 2023, the 91st Canadian Expeditionary Force and the 25th Elgin Battalion colours will be interred in the St. Thomas Cemetery. The colours are gifted to units as signifiers of loyalty and historically, a flying flag illustrates a unit’s location on the battlefield. As well, the regimental colours have battle honours emblazoned from previous battles in which the unit participated.

The 91st King’s Colour was issued for the 91st Canadian Expeditionary Force Regiment during WWI. When the Regiment returned from France, it was renamed the 25th Elgin Battalion and the 91st colours had to be retired when the new colours were issued.

When the colours are issued to a unit, they are blessed by clergy, providing them holy status. When the colours are replaced, they become holy relics. Traditionally, colours never die, they are left to hang until they are completely disintegrated. When pieces of them fall down, they are collected and burned by the caretaker of the church. These colours were placed in a local church which has since been sold, resulting in the colours coming down.