Silver fruit bowl "Presented to SERGT B. C. LUNN from the Officers, N.C.O.'S AND MEN of the Base Co 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada on the occasion of his wedding Jan 14th 1915." EPNS (Electro Plate Nickel Silver) D & A SN G6210. The photo shows the location of the bowl in the old museum in a Colin Stevens photo. 29519 CSM (WO2) Bernard Charles Lunn, DCM enlisted in the 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) on 22 September 1914. He had previously served in British Territorial Force for 4 1/2 years and 3 1/2 years in the 72nd Highlanders of Canada. Lunn served in World War One as a Company Sergeant Major. He served in France from 9 March 1915 until 8 September 1916. He served in Reserve Units in England from 9 September 1916 until 3 August 1919 and was Struck from Strength on 20 August 1919. He was promoted Warrant Officer II on 26 April 1916. He received a gunshot wound to the left foot and the right knee on 7 September 1916. Sgt Lunn was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions near St Julien, France on 23 April, 1915 after a night attack. He twice went out under fire to rescue a badly wounded man. He was gazetted for the DCM on 22 June 1915. CEF Service File attached. In retirement, Lunn was involved with the 16th Battalion Veterans' Association. In 1968 he was selected to represent the association at the 50th Anniversary of the World War One Armistice Day. [University of Victoria Archives] Vancouver resident Douglas Lunn said he recalled his father - a company sergeant major in the 16th Battalion - describing the exploits of a piper he called Jimmy Richardson. "He marched on top of the parapet in full view of the enemy," Lunn said from Vancouver in an interview in 2001 when he was 83 years old. "He went back for his pipes and they never saw him again. My father used to tell me that." Lunn said his father, Bernard Charles Lunn, was wounded the day Richardson died. Lunn said it may have been Richardson who carried his father to safety before he went looking for his bagpipes. [8/9 October, 1916 at the Somme]