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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  • 151. Joseph B. Clearihue - Canadian Official Photograph: 21st Battalion crossing the Rhine at Bonn, Germany

    Title Tesim:
    Joseph B. Clearihue - Canadian Official Photograph: 21st Battalion crossing the Rhine at Bonn, Germany
    Description:
    A "Canadian Official Photograph" depicting Lt. Col. Henry Edward Pense leading the 21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario), C.E.F. across the Rhine at Bonn, Germany, December 1918. 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/2003144, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/2011150, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/531187, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/814617
    Publisher:
    Department of National Defence (Canada)
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1918-12
    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
    Alternative Title:
    Lt-Col Pense, D.S.O., M.C., leading his battalion, the 21st Canadian across the Rhine at Bonn, is seen passing the saluting base on the bridge where the Canadian Corps Commander took the salute.
    Geographic Coverage:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1205040
    Coordinates:
    50.73438, 7.09549
    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: 1978-027, File: 14.4
    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:
    Date and publisher based on description in Library and Archives Canada MIKAN database. Metadata by M. Parker. Migration metadata by KD.

  • 152. My Life in the Army, Volume 08

    Title Tesim:
    My Life in the Army, Volume 08
    Description:
    The eighth and final diary written by Archie Wills during World War I. This volume covers the period of Wills' stay at the army camp in Bordon, England until his departure for Canada. The diary illustrates the monotony and frustration of waiting to return to Canada after the war. Wills includes accounts of his transfer to Rhyl, departure from Liverpool (February 10, 1919), the conditions on board the ship, arrival in Halifax (February 20, 1919), and the final journey West by train. The diary also includes notes on conversations and events. During the first half of January 1919 Wills is in the army camp in Bordon, England. On January 20th 1919 he is transferred to Rhyl, where he and other Canadian soldiers wait with increasing frustration for their departure to return home. On February 10th 1919 the men leave Liverpool by ship. On the return journey, many suffer from sea sickness, and the food on board is terrible. On February 20th 1919 the men land in Halifax, where they board a train to the West. People mentioned include: Names Newton Abbot, Bosewell Lee, McIntosh, Clarke, Corp Atkinson, Bob Wills, Tom Webster, Sgt. Asaph; Black, Bowden, Evelyn Sutton ?
    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/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/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:
    1918-12-31/1919-03-22
    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 (36 pages) ; 13 x 9 cm
    Alternative Title:
    Volume 7.. My Life in the Army. Archie Wills. On way home--Camp Borden, Rhyl Halifax, Toronto, Victoria. Dec.31,1918--March 22nd
    Geographic Coverage:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1219920, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204310, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1240722, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1219177
    Coordinates:
    52.16045, -0.70312, 44.6464, -63.57291, 10, -25, and 60.10867, -113.64258
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Note that the volume of the diary has been crossed out from 7 to be 8.
    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: 3.14
    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:
    2012-02-23
    Technical Note:
    400 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by KD.

  • 153. Archie Wills - First World War medals

    Title Tesim:
    Archie Wills - First World War medals
    Description:
    British War Medal(left) and Victory Medal(right) issued to British and Imperial forces for service in the First World War. Both medals are impressed on edge: 1260347 SJT. H. A. WILLS . C. F. A. 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/1021074, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021354, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746, and Wills, Archie H. (Archibald Henry), 1892-1988
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1919
    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:
    2 military medals ; 3.5 cm
    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/300117127, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265421, and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300046025
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 2005-036
    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 by KD.

  • 154. Destrubé family - British War Medal issued to L. Georges Destrubé

    Title Tesim:
    Destrubé family - British War Medal issued to L. Georges Destrubé
    Description:
    A British War Medal in silver, established in 1919 and issued to officers and men who fought for Britain during the First World War. The edge is impressed, "2 Lieut. L. G.Destrubé, R. A. F." 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:
    Destrubé, Georges, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021354, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021074
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1919
    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 medal with ribbon
    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/300046025, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300117127, and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265421
    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.

  • 155. Joseph B. Clearihue - Scrapbook 01

    Title Tesim:
    Joseph B. Clearihue - Scrapbook 01
    Description:
    A scrapbook containing newspaper articles, programs, and other printed ephembera showcasing the life and work of Joseph B. Clearihue. 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/1161597, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/819166, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/2011150, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/994346, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/893952, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1128924
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1919/1961
    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 scrapbook
    Geographic Coverage:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1214700
    Coordinates:
    48.4359, -123.35155
    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, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026867, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128347, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300429554, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300027240, and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300027341
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 2005-012
    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:
    Migration metadata by KD.

  • 156. Destrubé family - "My Battalion" poem by Georges Destrubé

    Title Tesim:
    Destrubé family - "My Battalion" poem by Georges Destrubé
    Description:
    A poem written by Georges Destrubé in March 1921 about his experiences with the 22nd Royal Fusiliers during the First World War in France. 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/1125350, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1170551, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746, Destrubé, Georges, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/216452
    Creator:
    Destrubé, Georges
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1921-03
    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:
    2 pages
    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/300026451
    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.

  • 157. Theodore Monk - group portrait photograph

    Title Tesim:
    Theodore Monk - group portrait photograph
    Description:
    A portrait photograph of Theodore Benning Monk with a group of military officers, possibly in a regimental clubhouse. Biography: Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Benning Monk was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 1907, he enlisted with the active militia and in 1908 became a gunner with the 13th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery (Manitoba Regiment). He later went into law and real estate. He moved to Victoria in 1908 and started work in the City Engineer's Department. He established his own real estate firm with Roger Monteith, and among other real estate activities sought to develop the coastal town of Clo-ose, B.C. as a resort. In World War I he served with the 54th Battalion and fought in Vimy Ridge. He was Commanding Officer of the Gordon Head Cadet Training Camp at the present campus of the University of Victoria, 1940-1941, and became a liaison officer of the U.S. Army from 1942-1944. From 1930 on, Monk campaigned actively for a uniquely Canadian flag and submitted numerous designs to the competition for a new flag in 1968.
    Subject:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/531187, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/201016, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1165710, and Monk, Theodore
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1922?/1923?
    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
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Photograph is mounted in a photograph folder with embossed design on verso of cover. and Individuals are identified by handwritten annotations. Sitting: Maj. Richardson, Maj. Aitken, Maj. Harris, Sir Arthur Currie, Lt. Col. Robertson, Col. [Hart], Maj. Barton, Gen. R. P. Clark. On floor: Lt. Robertson, Capt. McKenna, Capt. [Zoemason], Lt. Ker. Back row: Maj. Crockett, Capt. Kent, Lt. [Deesfenter], Maj. Christie, Capt. Robertson, Maj. Shaw, Col. Robertson, Maj. Monk, Maj. Langley, Maj. Roberts, Maj. Lettuce.
    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: 1978-019
    Fonds Title:
    Theodore Benning Monk fonds
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC081
    Is_referenced_by:
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/theodore-benning-monk-fonds
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by M. Parker. Migration metadata by KD.

  • 158. Theodore Monk - Miss A. Monk with Major Richardson, O.B.E. and Major C. R. Crowe photograph

    Title Tesim:
    Theodore Monk - Miss A. Monk with Major Richardson, O.B.E. and Major C. R. Crowe photograph
    Description:
    A photograph of Miss A. Monk with "Canadian Team" members at the Army Rifle Association rifle range in Bisley, Surrey. Individuals are identified by typewritten caption on verso. From left to right: Major Richardson, O.B.E., Miss A. Monk, and Major C.E. Crowe. Biography: Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Benning Monk was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 1907, he enlisted with the active militia and in 1908 became a gunner with the 13th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery (Manitoba Regiment). He later went into law and real estate. He moved to Victoria in 1908 and started work in the City Engineer's Department. He established his own real estate firm with Roger Monteith, and among other real estate activities sought to develop the coastal town of Clo-ose, B.C. as a resort. In World War I he served with the 54th Battalion and fought in Vimy Ridge. He was Commanding Officer of the Gordon Head Cadet Training Camp at the present campus of the University of Victoria, 1940-1941, and became a liaison officer of the U.S. Army from 1942-1944. From 1930 on, Monk campaigned actively for a uniquely Canadian flag and submitted numerous designs to the competition for a new flag in 1968.
    Subject:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1177123, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1097819, Monk, Theodore, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/819166
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1925-06-28
    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/StillImage
    Extent:
    1 black and white photograph
    Geographic Coverage:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1886918
    Coordinates:
    51.32346, -0.64127
    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: 1978-019
    Fonds Title:
    Theodore Benning Monk fonds
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC081
    Is_referenced_by:
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/theodore-benning-monk-fonds
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by M. Parker. Migration metadata by KD.

  • 159. Destrubé family - photograph of Francette Destrubé at the grave of her Uncles, Guy and Paul, c. 1930, France

    Title Tesim:
    Destrubé family - photograph of Francette Destrubé at the grave of her Uncles, Guy and Paul, c. 1930, France
    Description:
    A photograph depicting Francette Destrubé (daughter of Georges and Suzanne) as a young child leaning on a headstone marking the grave of her uncles, Guy and Paul, who died during the Battle of Miraumont in the First World War. 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/1180746, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1170508, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/216452
    Language:
    fre and eng
    Date Created:
    1930?
    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 ; 13 x 18 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1221090
    Coordinates:
    50.4828, 2.28664
    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: 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.

  • 160. Theodore Monk - group portrait of 5th B.C. Coast Brigade Canadian Artillery Band photograph

    Title Tesim:
    Theodore Monk - group portrait of 5th B.C. Coast Brigade Canadian Artillery Band photograph
    Description:
    A group portrait of the 5th B.C. Coast Brigade Canadian Artillery Band. Biography: Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Benning Monk was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 1907, he enlisted with the active militia and in 1908 became a gunner with the 13th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery (Manitoba Regiment). He later went into law and real estate. He moved to Victoria in 1908 and started work in the City Engineer's Department. He established his own real estate firm with Roger Monteith, and among other real estate activities sought to develop the coastal town of Clo-ose, B.C. as a resort. In World War I he served with the 54th Battalion and fought in Vimy Ridge. He was Commanding Officer of the Gordon Head Cadet Training Camp at the present campus of the University of Victoria, 1940-1941, and became a liaison officer of the U.S. Army from 1942-1944. From 1930 on, Monk campaigned actively for a uniquely Canadian flag and submitted numerous designs to the competition for a new flag in 1968.
    Subject:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/531187, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/826500, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, and Monk, Theodore
    Creator:
    Fort, Robert
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1931
    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
    Alternative Title:
    5th B.C. Coast Bde. Canadian Artillery Band
    Geographic Coverage:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1205265
    Coordinates:
    53.99983, -125.0032
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Handwritten annotations identify the three men seated in the front row: Bowden, Monk, Raines.
    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: 1978-019
    Fonds Title:
    Theodore Benning Monk fonds
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC081
    Is_referenced_by:
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/theodore-benning-monk-fonds
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by M. Parker. Migration metadata by KD.