Who Goes There? Canadian Forestry Corps in Jedburgh
Bruce MacDonald has a mystery on his hands and he would like your help identifying this soldier from the Canadian Forestry Corps. There is reason to believe that the soldier […]
Update #2: Valcartier 1914
This week I’ve added an Officer Photo Gallery that is intended to help those participating in the Valcartier Crowdsourcing Project. The gallery contains photos of officers who were likely present […]
Update: Valcartier 1914
The number of officers identified in the Valcartier panoramic photograph has doubled thanks to the keen eye of Matt Barrett, a historian, animator and caricaturist. Matt publishes Patriots, Crooks and Safety-Firsters, an […]
Crowdsource: Valcartier 1914
First World War panoramic photographs are not unusual but this image, captured at Valcartier Camp at the end of August 1914, is exceptional in both its size and subject matter. In what […]
Who Goes There? 158th Battalion Regimental Band
This impressive panoramic photograph was donated to the Vernon Museum and Archives by Louise Karlsson, the granddaughter of Private John Grears. “Jack” Grears was born in Whitehaven, Cumberland in 1881 and […]
Who Goes There? 54th Kootenay Battalion at Vernon Camp
These three 8″ x 19.5″ panoramic photos are of the 54th Kootenay Battalion at Vernon Camp and were taken in the summer of 1915 by Harold Smith, a Vancouver-based photographer. They […]
Who Goes There? 42nd Btn (Royal Highlanders of Canada)
My “find” this weekend was this wonderful photo of the Pipes & Drums of the 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada). The 42nd fought as part of the 7th Infantry […]
