The fonds consists of black and white photographs that predominantly depict Canadian action during WWI. The majority of the photographs are duplicates of Canadian Official War Photographs held at Library and Archives Canada. For further information about this initiative see: http://goo.gl/cFC15i. Captions on the verso of photographs stamped “Canadian Official War Photograph” are likely transcribed from a print index at Library and Archives Canada.
Wheatley, Henry PercivalThe fonds contains records and photographs pertaining to the military activity of Robert Carter during the course of his service in the Boer war and in WWI.
Carter, RobertThe fonds contains records and photographs pertaining to the military activity of Albert Philip Allen during the course of his service in WWI. The fonds is divided into three series: Correspondence, Personal Records, Photographs.
Allen, Albert PhilipFonds consists of diaries kept by Watson during his time as a commanding officer during WWI. Also includes related WWI photographs and ephemera collected and arranged by Watson in scrapbook.
Watson, DavidConsists of material related to Foster's WWI service as member of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles and later Commanding Officer of the 52nd Battalion.
Material is divided into four series:
- Trench notes and related correspondence.
- War summaries of action and operational orders
- Trench Map and Regimental History
- Clippings
Consists of a 127 page typescript transcription of a WWI diary titled "The Day by Day Diary of a Machine Gunner". Holograph corrections and annotations appear throughout, possibly made by the diarist's son or daughter.
A detailed summary of diary can be found in the document attached to this AtoM record as: item: "Summary"
Fonds consists of a three volume transcript of an original diary by Ithel Davies. The diary describes his experiences during World War One as a service member of the British Expeditionary Forces and is notable for its intimate account of the Gallipoli Campaign and the Battle of the Somme. Diary transcriptions have been bound and supplemented by the donor with maps, photocopied photographs, and relevant transcribed correspondence.
Davies, IthelFonds consists predominantly of items sent to Neva Forsyth from a serving soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during WWI. This soldier is likely William Falcus, of Edmonton, service number 466018.
Forsyth, NevaFonds consists of material gathered by John Houston Philp during or near the time of his service in WWI as a member of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. It is divided into two series:
- WWI related items
- Calgary Album