The Port Hope Archives in Ontario reprinted and sells the Book of Remembrance, an account of the city’s contribution to the First World War. The original booklet was compiled in 1919 as a tribute to the sixty-five men of Port Hope and vicinity who died in the Great War. Only two copies were produced at the time.
“Book of Remembrance” is available from Port Hope Archives.
The Book of Remembrance was the town’s attempt to remember the fallen men as personalities and not just as names on the cenotaph. It is also a record of how the people of a small town joined together to support “their boys” overseas.
The special edition of this book includes the names and photos of all of Port Hope’s soldiers, letters from the front as published in the Port Hope Evening Guide, and photos from the Port Hope Archives’ collection.
The Archives describes the Book of Remembrance as a “snapshot of rural Ontario’s contribution to ‘the war to end all wars’ and a lasting tribute to those who paid the price for peace.”
The reprinted booklet is available for $5 plus $10 for shipping and handling within Ontario. Visit the Port Hope Archives’ website for purchase details.
