| 1,411 medals with clasps for Fenian Raid 1866 and 1870 |
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| Canada General Service Medal with clasps Fenian Raid 1866 and Fenian Raid 1870 Sgt. C.E. Torrance Charles Torrance, a native of Montreal, was born in Scotland in 1847 and was the brother of William Fraser Torrance, who was also entitled to a CGS (FR66) and the son of James and Jane Fraser (wed Sept 15, 1846). His father was one of 15 Children of John Torrance one of the most prominent business men in the city. His mother was one of the Frasers of Lovat. On Nov.30, 1881 he married Caroline Jackson who was 4 years his junior and in 1883, she gave birth to their only child, a son William Jackson. He and his family were photographed by William Notman on several occasions and some Military examples are shown below. He appears in various Montreal Commercial Directories as a merchant or consignment agent in the '80s but later emigrated to Riverside California and in the census of the day he is shown as a horticulturist. He died in 1925. The Victoria Rifles Company was organized in Montreal in 1861 by members of the Beaver Lacrosse Club in response to the strain in Anglo-American relations brought on by the American Civil War. In 1862 the Rifles were officially recognized as a Canadian militia unit under the name, the Third Battalion Victoria Volunteer Rifles. Charles is shown as a Lieut. at the time of the 1870 clasp and was promoted to Captain on 24 Oct 1874 |
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