Several hundred attendees witnessed a first in Canadian military history Saturday afternoon at St. Thomas Cemetery.
They were on hand for the interment of the colours for the 91st Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force and the 1st Battalion Elgin Regiment.
The ceremony was conducted by Chaplain Andrew Thompson.
Chaplain Thompson explained the colours had deteriorated to the point the most honourable option was to cremate them and inter them in an unmarked grave.
The colours, were laid up in Trinity Anglican Church in 1935 and hung there until the church was deconsecrated in 2020.
During the service, Chaplain Thompson honoured the men who served with the battalion during the First World War.
He documented the travels of the colours over the course of the First World War and afterward.
