Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
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Victoria to Vimy, sponsored by a World War Commemorations Community Fund grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage, is a digital collection of First World War materials held at the University of Victoria Libraries, Special Collections and Archives.
For this exhibit, the University of Victoria Libraries has selected a range of items that provide diverse perspectives on the lives of ordinary Canadians during the First World War. These materials tell the stories of soldiers—from enlisted men to high-ranking officers—as well as their friends and families. The site takes visitors on a journey from Victoria, where many young men enlisted and trained to sites across Canada, including, Vernon, British Columbia; Ottawa, Ontario; and Valcartier, Quebec—and then across the sea to England for training. Ultimately, many of these soldiers went to the Front in France and Belgium, where Canadians fought in several major battles, including the Battle for Vimy Ridge in April 1917.
The collection includes: letters, collections of letters, diaries, postcards, individual photographs, photograph albums, scrapbooks, war records, audio-oral histories, and artifacts.
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Collection Details
- Items 170
- Last Updated 2024-07-31
Parent Collections (1)
Works (170)
91. Archie WIlls - My Life in the Army, Volume 01
- Title Tesim:
- Archie WIlls - My Life in the Army, Volume 01
- Description:
- The first of eight diaries written by Archie Wills during World War I. The diary covers the period of his training at Fort Macaulay and relocation to the Fort Work Barracks, both in Esquimalt, British Columbia. Wills writes of his decision to join the 5th Regiment, C.G.A, his anticipation of overseas service, camp life, and conditions during a blizzard at Fort Macaulay, the transition from office work to hard labour, guard duty, food rations, leisure and sports activities, and interactions with fellow soldiers and officers. The diary includes descriptions of military training and exercises, including instruction in artillery, signaling and trigonometry, shooting practice and rifle and bayonet drills, and horseback riding lessons. Wills’ diary illustrates the attitudes and activities of his fellow soldiers and records humorous dialogue, nicknames given to Fort Macaulay by the soldiers, comments on military hierarchy, and an account of a discussion about Canadian identity. At the Work Point Barracks, Wills writes about swearing in for overseas service (April 14, 1916), working in the orderly office, and his promotion to “Bombardier” (May 13, 1916). People mentioned include: Bill (William) White, Lieutenant Clearihue, Lieutenant Prior, Sergeant Major McDougall, Bill (William) Creach, Bill (William) Newton and George Lomas.
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1091944, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125269, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/531187, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021543, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021108, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125249, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1745536, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021054, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125239, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125310, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1055200, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125350
- Creator:
- Wills, Archie H. (Archibald Henry), 1892-1988
- Contributor:
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1916-02-01/1916-05-28
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License Tesim:
- This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 volume (81 pages) ; 18 x 12 cm
- Alternative Title:
- My Life in the Army, Volume 01 and Volume 1. My Life in the Army. By Archie H. Wills. Fort MacAuley Feb 1-May 28 1916.
- Geographic Coverage:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1220440 and British Columbia--Fort MacAulay
- Coordinates:
- 50.4492, -125.9764 and 48.43569, -123.41174
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- World War One Photographs and Journals and Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028569 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300027112
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 2005-036; Series: Autobiography; Sub-series: My Life in the Army; Archival Item Identifier: 3.11
- Fonds Title:
- Archie H. Wills fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR394
- Is_referenced_by:
- Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/archie-h-wills-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2007
- Technical Note:
- 400 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by KD.
92. Archie Wills - Fort Macaulay after a snowstorm photograph
- Title Tesim:
- Archie Wills - Fort Macaulay after a snowstorm photograph
- Description:
- A photograph depicting soldiers near snowdrifts in Fort Macaulay, Esquimalt, British Columbia, after a major snowstorm in February 1916. Biography: Archie H. Wills (Henry Archibald Wills) was born in Victoria, British Columbia on 11 September 1892. His parents, Frank Henry Wills (1864-1953) and Sarah Ann Porter (1861-1946) were born in England and emigrated to Canada in 1887 and 1890, respectively. Frank Wills was a carpenter and built many houses in Victoria, including his own family’s which was located in the Spring Ridge area of the Fernwood neighbourhood. Archie attended Spring Ridge School and Victoria High School. Upon seeing an advertisement for an editorial room office boy at the Victoria Daily Times, Archie immediately decided he wanted to be a newspaperman, and left school to do so at age fifteen. Within a few months he had begun to write short pieces for the Times. In 1910 he was made Marine Editor for the paper, a position he held for five years until he enlisted for World War I. Archie embarked upon a round-the-world trip in 1913 but only went as far as Toronto, where he met Lydia Mary Knapp, a successful amateur singer. He returned for a visit in 1914 and they were engaged. Unable to join an aerial corps (he had a life-long interest in aviation), Archie joined the 62nd Battery, Canadian Forces Artillery, the right section of which was absorbed by the 58th Howitzer Battery in 1917. He trained at Fort Macaulay, Petawawa, and Witley (England) and then saw sixteen months of action in France, rising through the ranks from Gunner to Bombardier, Corporal and Sergeant. During the war, Archie established “The O-Pip” (The Observation Post) paper with Gordon A. Cameron and J. M. Mitch Inglis. Lydia and Archie married on 3 September 1919. They had three children, Kenneth (b. 1922), Eileen (b. 1924), and Dorothy (b. 1928). When he returned to Victoria and the Times in 1919 Archie was assigned the police beat. Other assignments followed: he was Sports Editor from 1920-27, City Editor from 1928 to 1936, and Managing Editor from 1936 until his retirement from the Times in 1951. During his career at the Times he also served Victoria in a number of public offices: as police commissioner for two years, Chairman of Fire Wardens for seven years, a Director of the Chamber of Commerce for twelve years, a member of the War Board for the duration of WWII, and an alderman on City Council for ten years (1934-44), the last three of which he was Acting Mayor of Victoria. Archie was a charter member of the Victoria Gyro Club, a member of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, and a member of the Royal Canadian Legion. He was connected with the YM-YWCA throughout his life and was a lifelong member of the congregation of the Metropolitan United Church (earlier the Metropolitan Methodist Church). After 1951 Archie continued to sell stories and act as Victoria correspondent of the Seattle Times. He continued to write for the Victoria Times and the Daily Colonist until the early 1980s. In 1951 on retirement from the Times he began a career in public relations, including work for the Victoria Milk Distributors Association. He assisted with local labour adjudications, and, along with Lester Patrick, revived the Victoria Cougars hockey franchise. Archie was Managing Secretary of the Victoria Downtown Business Association when it formed in 1953, and he worked with the Association until 1969. He retired from public relations in 1969, the year of his and Lydia’s golden wedding anniversary. He continued to write, travel, and spend time with his by then extensive family. Lydia died in 1985. Archie died 5 April 1988 in Victoria, aged 95.
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021543, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746, Wills, Archie H. (Archibald Henry), 1892-1988, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1121907
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1916-02
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License Tesim:
- This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
- Extent:
- 1 black and white photograph
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Fort MacAulay and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1220440
- Coordinates:
- 48.43569, -123.41174
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Caption on back in blue ink: Inside Fort Macauley Feb 1916
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300046300 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128347
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 2005-036, File: 4.10
- Fonds Title:
- Archie H. Wills fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR394
- Is_referenced_by:
- Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/archie-h-wills-fonds
- Technical Note:
- Metadata by K. Bohlman. Migration metadata.
93. Joseph B. Clearihue - group photograph at Parliament Buildings photographic postcard
- Title Tesim:
- Joseph B. Clearihue - group photograph at Parliament Buildings photographic postcard
- Description:
- A photographic postcard depicting a group of men in military uniforms standing in front of a tree. Photograph was taken at the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. in May 1916. Biography: Joseph Badenoch Clearihue was born in Victoria and attended Boys' Central School and Victoria High School before enrolling at Victoria College (graduated in 1903), McGill University and Oxford University. He enjoyed a long career as a student, a soldier in the Fifth Canadian Field Artillery Unit in World War I, a Liberal MLA and Victoria alderman, and as a lawyer before being appointed a county court judge in 1952. He was Chair of the Victoria College Council (1947-63), and guided the College to university status. In January 1962, Clearihue turned the first sod at the construction site of the Clearihue Building, which was the first building on the Gordon head campus. Clearihue was also the first Chancellor of the University of Victoria, and Chair of the Board of Governors (1963-66).
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/531187, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/2011150, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746
- Publisher:
- Victoria Book & Stationary Co., Ltd.
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1916-05
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License Tesim:
- This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
- Extent:
- 1 postcard
- Geographic Coverage:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1214700
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Black and white photographic postcard. Joseph B. Clearihue is identified on verso.
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026877 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300192703
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1978-027
- Fonds Title:
- Joseph Clearihue fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR032
- Is_referenced_by:
- Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/joseph-badenoch-clearihue-fonds
- Technical Note:
- Metadata by M. Parker. Migration metadata by KD.
94. Archie Wills - My Life in the Army, Volume 02
- Title Tesim:
- Archie Wills - My Life in the Army, Volume 02
- Description:
- The second of eight diaries written by Archie Wills during World War I. Wills describes the voyage from Fort MacAuley, British Columbia to the training camp at Petawawa, Ontario. Wills discusses his accommodations, food, training, schooling, the weather and the comradery at the training camp at Petawawa, Ontario. The diary covers the period of leaving Victoria on the 28th of May 1916 for Vancouver, and the by the C.P.R. train from Kamloops to Revelstoke, Rockies, Prairies, Medicine Hat, Moose Jaw, Regina, Winnipeg, Kenora, White River, Sudbury, then finally to Petawawa, ON, arriving in June 1916. Wills describes the living conditions, such as the mosquitoes, the thunder storms and the flooding of the tents and the mess room, the scorching heat of up to 100 and 106 degrees fahrenheit in the shade as well as a sandstorm, which ruined the food. He writes about the drill training, the parades, picking up of provisions, shooting practices, instruction on an “8-powder”, riding exercises and went on night excursions. The activities in the camp are oftentimes interrupted and abandoned due to excessive rainfall. During their spare time and on hot days the soldiers took swims in the Ottawa River and Petawawa River, played basketball, and read. From July 10th until July 15th Wills visited the Knapps [?] in Toronto, where he attended a wedding and visited the aviation school. On June 23rd 1916 Wills was selected as a member of the parade to perform before the Duke of Connaught who was expected for a visit on the following Tuesday. On June 24th Wills performed before the Duke at Drury Place [?]. Wills’ diary records humorous interactions between the soldiers, their daily interactions and hardships, as well as an attempted desertion by 3 Americans. On September 8th 1916 Wills departs from Petawawa for Great Britain. People mentioned include: Bill Newton, George, Lomas, McDougall, the Knapps[?], Duke of Connaught
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021543, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021108, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125350, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125249, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1091944, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125269, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/531187, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021054, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125239, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1745536, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125310
- Creator:
- Wills, Archie H. (Archibald Henry), 1892-1988
- Contributor:
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1916-05-28/1916-09-08
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License Tesim:
- This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 volume (68 pages) ; 18 x 11 cm
- Alternative Title:
- Volume 2. My Life in the Army. Petawawa May 28 to Sept. 8, 1916. and My Life in the Army, Volume 02
- Geographic Coverage:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1839349 and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1247801
- Coordinates:
- 45.89452, -77.28007
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- World War One Photographs and Journals and Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028569 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300027112
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 2005-036; Series: Autobiography; Sub-series: My Life in the Army; Archival Item Identifier: 3.11
- Fonds Title:
- Archie H. Wills fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR394
- Is_referenced_by:
- Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/archie-h-wills-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2007
- Technical Note:
- 400 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by KD.
95. Keith Macgowan - Gertrude Rand, 1916 photograph
- Title Tesim:
- Keith Macgowan - Gertrude Rand, 1916 photograph
- Description:
- A photograph that most likely depicts Gertrude Augusta Rand in June of 1916 before Keith Macgowan left British Columbia to fight in the First World War. Gertrude Rand married Keith Macgowan in 1919. Biography: Keith Campbell Macgowan was born in Gowan Brae, PEI in 1890 and died in New Westminster BC in 1934. He was admitted to the bar in 1912, and joined the 131st Battalion of the New Westminster Regiment in 1916. During World War I, Macgowan was promoted to the rank of Captain, and was also engaged in scouting missions and providing legal work for the army.
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746
- Creator:
- Contributor:
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1916-06
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License Tesim:
- This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
- Extent:
- 1 black and white photograph ; 11.5 x 17 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128347 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300046300
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1995-016
- Fonds Title:
- Keith Macgowan fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC074
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/keith-macgowan-fonds
- Technical Note:
- Metadata by K. Bohlman. Migration metadata by KD.
96. Keith Macgowan - Keith Macgowan in uniform, 1916 photograph
- Title Tesim:
- Keith Macgowan - Keith Macgowan in uniform, 1916 photograph
- Description:
- A photograph depicting Keith Macgowan in uniform, June 1916, after joining the 131st Battalion of the New Westminster, BC regiment but before his departure overseas. Biography: Keith Campbell Macgowan was born in Gowan Brae, PEI in 1890 and died in New Westminster BC in 1934. He was admitted to the bar in 1912, and joined the 131st Battalion of the New Westminster Regiment in 1916. During World War I, Macgowan was promoted to the rank of Captain, and was also engaged in scouting missions and providing legal work for the army.
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021566, and Macgowan, Keith C. (Keith Campbell), 1890-1934
- Creator:
- Contributor:
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1916-06
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License Tesim:
- This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
- Extent:
- 1 black and white photograph ; 11.5 x 17 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128347 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300046300
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1995-016
- Fonds Title:
- Keith Macgowan fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC074
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/keith-macgowan-fonds
- Technical Note:
- Metadata by K. Bohlman, Migration metadata by KD.
97. Destrubé family - Pen and ink sketch by Georges Destrubé, August 1916
- Title Tesim:
- Destrubé family - Pen and ink sketch by Georges Destrubé, August 1916
- Description:
- A pen and ink drawing made by Georges Destrubé during his convalescence at Ebbwvale Hospital in Wales, 1916 after being shot at Souchez. In the drawing, he depicts the stages of being wounded, transported and treated. Destrubé Family Biography: The bulk of the material in the Destrubé family fonds, represented in this exhibit, concerns the children of Ernest Destrubé, and in particular, the siblings who immigrated to Canada in the early part of the twentieth century – Maurice, Georges, Guy, Paul and Sylvie. It includes their lives as homesteaders in Alberta, experiences on the Front of the three brothers (Georges, Guy and Paul) who signed up to fight in 1914, and life just after the war. Ernest Destrubé, “Pumps” to his family, was born in France in 1850. After being wounded in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), Ernest began a career in banking. He eventually moved to England to be Assistant Manager of the Comptoir National d’Escompte de Paris, located at 52 Threadneedle Street in London. He lived with his wife Elizabeth (nee Farmery, 1856-1897) and their six children--Maurice, Georges, Dan, Paul, Guy, and Sylvie--on Adelaide Road in London. Following Elizabeth’s death, Ernest married Alice Bauche in 1900. They had a son, Andre, in 1901. After the War, Ernest moved back to France. He lived at Les Clematites, near Beaune, until his death in 1923. Dan Louis [1879-1940] was born in London and spent most of his life in France. Paul Maurice (nickname, Jack) was born in London in 1885. He followed his father into banking but decided soon after to take on the adventure and challenge of homesteading in Canada. He left England in 1906 for the US, where he learned farming from an uncle in Missouri, before traveling to Rife, Alberta to stake his claim. His first wife Margaret (Maggie, née Lebow) died in childbirth in 1918. After the war Maurice married Pevensey (Pem) Wheeler, former hospital headmistress and friend to Sylvie. Maurice eventually (1940s) sold the homestead and moved to Victoria, British Columbia. He married Eleanor Mary Ellis (née Sandeman) in 1950 and later built a cabin on Piers Island. Maurice died in 1978. Marguerite Sylvie (Sylvie, or Syl) was born in London in 1882. After the death of her mother in 1897, she took on the role of mother to her young brothers. Sylvie also made the journey to Canada to help her brothers in Rife. She returned to England during the First World War to work for the Red Cross, Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). Sylvie was engaged to family friend, Arthur Fleming, who was killed in action in the War [1916?]. After returning to Canada, Sylvie married Bert Spencer. Together they ran a store in Alberta until, in their retirement, they moved west to Victoria, British Columbia. Leon Georges [b. 1888], Paul Jean [b. 1893] and Charles Guy [b. 1891] were born in London. Guy left England to join his brother in Canada in 1907, followed by Georges in 1908 and Paul in 1913. Georges was a talented sketch artist. He had some training in England but decided not to pursue art as a career. Soon after War was declared, the boys travelled to Edmonton (first Paul and later Georges and Guy) to sign on with the Alberta dragoons, however, the first battalion had already left for the east. Pumps sent them enough money to cover the trip to England, where the three brothers signed up with the Royal Fusiliers. After close to a year of training in England, Paul, Guy and Georges left for France to serve in the same company of the 22nd Royal Fusiliers. In spring of 1916, Georges was wounded at Souchez—shot through the lung. He was invalided to England and convalesced at Ebbwvale, Wales. Although he made it back to France in January 1917, his return to the Front was delayed by quarantine for Mumps. Due to this twist of fate, Georges missed joining his brothers in the Battle at Miraumont, where Paul and Guy were among the several -hundred soldiers killed, February 17, 2017. In the ensuing months, Georges applied for and was granted a transfer to the Royal Flying Corps. He returned to England for training and spent the rest of the War ferrying planes to and from France. After the War, Georges married Suzanne Fournier (nickname Mémé). They lived for a few years in Rife, Alberta but Georges found that he was no longer able to do the difficult physical labor required on the farm. He sold his share of the homestead and moved with Suzanne to Victoria, British Columbia. At some point Suzanne and Georges changed their last name to d’Estrubé, although, the rest of the family maintained the original spelling. In 1949 Georges and Maurice made a nostalgic return visit to Rife where Georges died suddenly at age 61. References: Hendrickson, James E., Ed. Pioneering in Alberta: Maurice Destrube’s Story, Historical Society of Alberta. 1981. Stone, Christopher, Ed. A History of the 22nd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (Kensington). 1923.
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125269, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1170504, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/216452, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021247, Destrubé, Georges, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746
- Creator:
- Destrubé, Georges
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1916-08
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License Tesim:
- This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
- Extent:
- 1 drawing ; 20 x 17 cm
- Alternative Title:
- Red-Cross Hospital, Eddwvale and Geogres Destrube hospital during 1916
- Geographic Coverage:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1209110
- Coordinates:
- 51.77714, -3.20792
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Pen and ink.
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015617 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033973
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 2016-001
- Fonds Title:
- Destrubé family fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC033
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/destrube-family-fonds
- Technical Note:
- Metadata by K. Bohlman. Migration metadata by KD.
98. F. L. and M. Barrow - F. L., Val, and May Barrow photograph
- Title Tesim:
- F. L. and M. Barrow - F. L., Val, and May Barrow photograph
- Description:
- A photograph of Frederick, Mary, and Valentine Barrow, taken at Stokesleigh, Warwick, England, August 1916. Biography: Mary Hutton Barrow was born in England in 1893 and emigrated to Edmonton, Canada. She died in 1965. During the First World War she volunteered extensively for the Red Cross, St. John Ambulance, wartime canteen, etc. Her brother, Jack Hutton, enlisted and died during the war. Frederick Barrow was born in 1894 in England and immigrated to Edmonton with his parents. He served with the Canadian forces oversees from 1914 to 1920. After the war he became an Adjustment Officer with the Great War Veterans' Association and Canadian Legion, and later became the first Departmental Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He gave extensive evidence before the Federal Special Committee on Returned Soldiers' Problems. He died in 1979. Frederick and Mary had one daughter, Valentine Kathleen, who was a member of the RCAF women’s division, and later became a librarian at the University of Guelph. Frederick and Mary traveled extensively and visited about 40 countries.
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125266, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1916-08
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License Tesim:
- This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
- Extent:
- 1 black and white photograph ; 6.2 x 8.8 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--Warwick--Stokesleigh
- Coordinates:
- 41.7001, -71.41617
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128347 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300046300
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1991-053
- Fonds Title:
- Frederick Lyon Barrow fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC010
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/frederick-lyon-barrow-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2016-05-11
- Technical Note:
- Metadata by K. Bohlman. Migration metadata by KD.
99. Archie Wills - My Life in the Army, Volume 03
- Title Tesim:
- Archie Wills - My Life in the Army, Volume 03
- Description:
- The third of eight diaries written by Archie Wills during World War I. The diary covers the period of his departure from Petawawa, Ontario, his training period at Witley camp and Lark Hill camp in England. On September 8th 1916 Wills leaves with his comrades by train and travels East through Montreal. Here, he notices poverty conditions and language barriers between English-speaking and French-speaking Canadians. The journey continues through New Brunswick, and finally to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Wills’ birthday on September 11th takes place during the travel. On September 13th the Cameronia leaves for England, along with the troopships Northland, Scandinavian and Megantic. Wills shares his cabin with Kelly, Orwell and Mason. Within the first two days, the men get sea-sick and many chose to sleep on deck as a result many are sick with colds and coughs, but the cold on deck is preferable to the smell below board. On September 21st the ships are met by 6 destroyers to take them separately to their destination. Wills describes the first sighting of land as they see the North Coast of Ireland and the Isle of Man, arriving in Liverpool on the evening of September 22nd, where the soldiers board the L. N.W. train. The train stops at Milford, from where the soldiers walk to Witley camp. During their first day at the camp, Wills and his comrades explore the nearby town of Godalming. During the following two nights the men are disturbed by Zeppelin raids. From September 29th to October 12th Wills travels to London and visits relatives in Devonport. Back at Witley camp, Wills partakes in a rugby game and sprains his ankle. He spends the days until October 25th in Witley’s hospital, but is then transferred to Bramshott hospital, where he stays until November 10th. The next weeks are spent with gun drills, exercises, training, cleaning the stables and caring for the horses. On November 20th Wills started a map reading course. As the weather is increasingly cold and wet, many of the soldiers are sick with influenza. The alternations between freezing temperatures and rain take a toll on the men’s health and by December 2nd the brigade encountered two deaths. On January 10th 1917, Wills arrives at the Lark Hill camp in the Salisbury Plain, and approximately 60,000 troops are stationed, amongst them Australians, Imperial [?] and [?]. By January 21st Wills and his comrades learn that their battalion will be divided to join the 58th and the 51st. From January 23rd to February 3rd Wills is appointed mess marker [?] for the 58th. By February, the men have not taken a bath for weeks as it is too cold. People mentioned include: Mason, Bowden, Innes, Hamcock, Kelly, Webb, Lomas, Lord Perry; Relatives: Uncles Harry, Mark, Fred, Charlie, Cousins Edith, Roland, Louise, Marjorie, Winnie, Dollie, Aunts Mary, Pollie.
- Subject:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021543, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021108, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125350, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021265, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125249, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1155410, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1091944, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125269, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/531187, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021054, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125239, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1745536, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125310
- Creator:
- Wills, Archie H. (Archibald Henry), 1892-1988
- Contributor:
- Location:
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1916-09-22/1917-02-09
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License Tesim:
- This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 volume (150 pages) ; 15.3 x 9.7 cm
- Alternative Title:
- My Life in the Army, Volume 03 and Volume 3.. My Life in the Army. England... Sept, 22 to Feb.9..1917. Witley, Aldershot, Salisbury Plains.
- Geographic Coverage:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1219920, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1235148, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1272990
- Coordinates:
- 52.16045, -0.70312, 51.14993, -0.64768, and 51.21667, -1.83333
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- World War One Photographs and Journals and Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028569 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300027112
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 2005-036; Series: Autobiography; Sub-series: My Life in the Army; Archival Item Identifier: 3.11
- Fonds Title:
- Archie H. Wills fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR394
- Is_referenced_by:
- Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/archie-h-wills-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2007
- Technical Note:
- 400 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by KD.
100. Archie Wills - O' Pip Paper
- Title Tesim:
- Archie Wills - O' Pip Paper
- Description:
- File consists of a bound collection of 8 issues of "The O-Pip". "The O-Pip," short for "The Observation Post," was an artillery paper created by Archie H. Wills (editor), Gordon A. Cameron (business manager) and J. Mitch Inglis (cartoonist and illustrator) and published between 1917 and 1919 for the 58th Battery C. F. A. (Canadian Forces Artillery). The paper consisted of humorous columns, illustrations, cartoons, and photographs; articles about camp life and news, brigade sports but also listed casualties. The final issue, published in Germany records a history of the 58th Battery. Loose items found inserted between pages of the O' Pip include a program for an event commemorating the 60th reunion of the 15th Brigade in Victoria, 1976, and news clippings, including an obituary for Archie Wills published in the Times-Colonist, April 7, 1988.
- Subject:
- Cameron, Gordon A., http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125350, Inglis, John M., http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1069221, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125239, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125356, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125310, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125249, and Wills, Archie H. (Archibald Henry), 1892-1988
- Creator:
- Wills, Archie H. (Archibald Henry), 1892-1988
- Contributor:
- Inglis, John M. and Cameron, Gordon A.
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1917/1988
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License Tesim:
- This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text and http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
- Extent:
- 1 volume (textual records)
- Alternative Title:
- The O-Pip [Observation Post], 58th Battery, C.F.A.
- Geographic Coverage:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1205283, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1208521, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1235148, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1245064
- Coordinates:
- 48.85341, 2.3488, 50.93333, 6.95, and 51.14993, -0.64768
- Physical Repository:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Collection:
- Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
- Provider:
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
- Genre:
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300123430, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026451, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300048715, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300429554, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026642, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300111999, and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300264821
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 2005-036, File: 3.10
- Fonds Title:
- Archie H. Wills fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR394
- Is_referenced_by:
- Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/archie-h-wills-fonds