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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  • 161. Theodore Monk - group portrait of military officers photograph

    Title Tesim:
    Theodore Monk - group portrait of military officers photograph
    Description:
    A group portrait of military officers. See verso for identification key/list. 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/1180924, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233
    Creator:
    Fort, Robert
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1939?/1945?
    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/1214700
    Coordinates:
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Identity key/list of names 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/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.

  • 162. Theodore Monk - military officers at parade photograph

    Title Tesim:
    Theodore Monk - military officers at parade photograph
    Description:
    A photograph of army officers at a military parade. 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/814617, Monk, Theodore, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/531187, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180924
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1939?/1945?
    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/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/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.

  • 163. Theodore Monk - military parade photograph

    Title Tesim:
    Theodore Monk - military parade photograph
    Description:
    A photograph of soldiers marching by a group of army officers during a military parade. A church, possibly St. John the Divine Anglican Church, is visible in the background. 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/1180924, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233, Monk, Theodore, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/531187
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1939?/1945?
    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/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 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.

  • 164. Theodore Monk - military parade salute photograph

    Title Tesim:
    Theodore Monk - military parade salute photograph
    Description:
    A photograph of soldiers marching by and saluting an army officer during a military parade. A church, possibly the Pandora Methodist Church (now the Alix Goolden Performance Hall) is visible in the background. 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/1125233, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180924, Monk, Theodore, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/531187
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1939?/1945?
    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/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/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.

  • 165. Theodore Monk Demonstration squad, 'A' Coy. photograph

    Title Tesim:
    Theodore Monk Demonstration squad, 'A' Coy. photograph
    Description:
    A photograph of a group of men in military uniform standing in formation. Caption reads: "Demonstration Squad, 'A' Coy. N.P.A.M. No. 111. 1st Course. Oct.-Nov. 1940." 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/1180924, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/531187, and Monk, Theodore
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1940-10/1940-11
    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:
    Demonstration Squad, 'A' Coy. N.P.A.M. No. 111. 1st Course. Oct.-Nov. 1940
    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.

  • 166. Destrubé family - photograph of Georges and Suzanne Destrubé, c. 1948

    Title Tesim:
    Destrubé family - photograph of Georges and Suzanne Destrubé, c. 1948
    Description:
    A photograph depicting Georges and Suzanne Destrubé [d'Estrubé] in the 1940s. Georges Destrubé died in 1949. 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/216452 and Destrubé, Georges
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1948?
    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 ; 7 x 10 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/300128347 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300046300
    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.

  • 167. Joseph B. Clearihue - Clearihue at honorary degree conferral photograph

    Title Tesim:
    Joseph B. Clearihue - Clearihue at honorary degree conferral photograph
    Description:
    A photograph of Joseph B. Clearihue, in ceremonial robes, at the conferral of an honorary degree from the University of British Columbia. Clearihue, then Chairman of the Victoria College Council, received the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) on May 21, 1958, during the 1958 Congregation. 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/541216, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/2011150, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1161597, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/889815, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/794982
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1958-05-21
    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 colour photograph
    Geographic Coverage:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1211882
    Coordinates:
    49.24966, -123.11934
    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/300128359
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 1978-027, File: 14.3
    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.

  • 168. Joseph B. Clearihue - group at honorary degree conferral photograph

    Title Tesim:
    Joseph B. Clearihue - group at honorary degree conferral photograph
    Description:
    A photograph of Joseph B. Clearihue with his wife, Irene Clearihue, and an unidentified man at the conferral of an honorary degree from the University of British Columbia. Clearihue, then Chairman of the Victoria College Council, received the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) on May 21, 1958, during the 1958 Congregation. 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/794982, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/541216, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/889815, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1161597, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/2011150
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1958-05-21
    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 colour photograph
    Geographic Coverage:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1211882
    Coordinates:
    49.24966, -123.11934
    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/300128359 and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300046300
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 1978-027, File: 14.3
    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.

  • 169. Archie Wills - All in a Lifetime illustrated autobiography chapter

    Title Tesim:
    Archie Wills - All in a Lifetime illustrated autobiography chapter
    Description:
    All in Lifetime is an autobiographical account by Archie Wills written in the 1970's of his World War I experiences in the Canadian Army from 1917-1919. Wills introduces this volume by stating it "deals with his years with a fine group of comrades, who faced death many times but, who experienced periods of much fun and frivolity, and formed enduring friendships, which are not appreciated by people who know not the stimulating and challenging affect of killing and fighting for survival" This typescript was written in the 1970's and is a chapter of Wills' complete autobiography. It is a later retelling of the material in his war diaries -- "My Life in the Army", also included in this collection. This bound volume includes a typescript with ink annotations, photographs and clippings representing the sixth of 30 chapters comprising Archie Wills' autobiography. Wills completed his autobiography in circa 1976 and self-published an abridged version. The chapter opens with the introduction: "'The Fun and the Horror' deals with his years with a fine group of comrades, who faced death many times but, who experienced periods of much fun and frivolity, and formed enduring friendships, which are not appreciated by people who know not the stimulating and challenging effect of killing and fighting for survival." Wills includes photographs, album pages, postcards, and ephemera at the end of the volume.
    Subject:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125324, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/828910, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1170328, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/803860, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/531187, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1021543, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423843, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/935174, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1975352, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1170447, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1091944, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1069964
    Creator:
    Wills, Archie H. (Archibald Henry), 1892-1988
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1976~
    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 (approximately 117 pages) ; 28 x 22 cm
    Alternative Title:
    All in Lifetime, autobiography, typescript, All in A Lifetime – War, 1914-1918, The Fun and the Horror [textual records and photographs: b&w]. – ca. 1976, Archie Wills autobiography typescript chapter on World War I, and Volume Six. "All In A Lifetime" Autobiography by Archie H. Wills."War--1914-1918". "The Fun and the Horror"
    Geographic Coverage:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1219920, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1210272, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1214700, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1900003, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1240722, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1210278, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204310, and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204289
    Coordinates:
    10, -25, 48.4359, -123.35155, 50.4492, -125.9764, 46, 2, 60.10867, -113.64258, 51.5, 10.5, 50.75, 4.5, and 52.16045, -0.70312
    Chronological Coverage:
    1917/1919
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Includes black and white photographs, clippings and illustrations. Handwritten corrections throughout the document.
    Physical Repository:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
    Collection:
    World War One Photographs and Journals, World of Mary's Wedding Reminiscences of World War One, and Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection
    Provider:
    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/522461
    Genre:
    http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300429554, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128347, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300134989, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028577, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300080104, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300264821, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026867, and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028569
    Archival Item Identifier:
    AR394_01_05
    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:
    2007-08-21
    Technical Note:
    Original metadata listed the following as contributors: Christopher Rickinson, Alyssum Nielsen, and Chris Petter. Migration metadata by KD.

  • 170. Destrubé family - Maurice Destrube in his 93rd year photograph

    Title Tesim:
    Destrubé family - Maurice Destrube in his 93rd year photograph
    Description:
    A photograph of Maurice Destrubé, taken by his grand nephew, Rob Destrubé in Victoria, British Columbia, 1978. 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/123036 and http://id.worldcat.org/fast/216452
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1978
    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 colour photograph ; 12 x 17 cm
    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/300015637, http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300046300, and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128359
    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.