In addition to the monument at its head office in Toronto, the Canadian Bank of Commerce honoured employees from each branch who served in the First World War. In 1920, the bank published a record of the part played by officers of the bank in the Great War. This two-volume commemorative set began as a series of eleven pamphlets, published between August 1915 and January 1919, which included letters from bank employees on active duty.
These letters from trench, billet, prison camp, captured objective, and hospital ward, provide first-hand impressions of the fields on which Canada fought. Included are photographs, biographical information and excerpts from staff letters. The letters cover a wide range of subjects - from the hell of living in the trenches, to longing for a pair of good Canadian boots, to thanking those at home for rum and chocolate. They serve as poignant reminders of what these young people endured during the Great War.
