Military collection. – 1863-1973. – 52 cm of textual
records, graphic material and realia. – 1 flag, 3 pennants, 1 swagger
stick, 2 pins. First and second accruals.
First accrual
Box 1
F.1 Military Christmas Cards (World Wars I and II, n.d.)
3rd Toronto Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Christmas
card, 1914; with photograph of the battalion on Salisbury Plain; includes
envelope
1st Field Company Canadian Engineers. Christmas card.
1915
7th Canadian General Hospital. Christmas card. 1916,
with photograph of the hospital in the field
48th Division, Somme, Peronne, Ypres, 1917; illustrated
9th Battalion Canadian Field Artillery. Christmas card.
Mons, France, 1918
Royal Canadian Air Force, Trenton, Ontario, Seasons’ Greetings,
1943; menu
205 Canadian Arm’d. Ord. Sub-Pk. Christmas card. Italy,
1944
“C” Squadron, 2n/10th Dragoons; 54th
Battery, R.C.A, Brantford, Ont., n.d.
Corps of Military Staff Clerks. Christmas card from Donald C. Jeffery,
n.d..
Roy Naden, West Coast Station, Esquimalt, B.C., n.d.
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (R.C.A.S.C.), n.d., 3 cards
Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment, n.d.
Military: World War I
F.2 Postcard sent from a POW camp in Kansk, Siberia to T. Fuchs
in Austria; pmk. 18 March 1915
F.3 Postcard sent by M. Jamison in Port Said to Miss Craig in
New Zealand; pmk. 6 Oct. 1915, Indian Expeditionary Force; mainly re
the arrival of Nurse McLeod; postcard photograph of Cairo
F.4 10th Royal Grenadiers Overseas Battalion. Toronto,
Ontario, [1914-1915], 5 recruitment leaflets
Canadian War Records Office. The Canadian War Pictorial: A Photographic
Record: No. 1. Issued for the Canadian War Records Office by Hodder
and Stoughton, London and Toronto. [ca. 1915]
Canada. Canadian Expeditionary Force, Fifteenth Battalion, Nominal Roll
of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men, 1915
Band of the 60th Rifles of Canada, letter from, 21 March
1914
Military: World War II (postcards and letters)
F.5 Postcard from Robert Jean Marcel in Stalg 6J to Antoine Cardot
in Saint Etienne, France, 28 Dec. 1941
F.6a Letter from Cpl. Thomas J. Hunter, stationed in England to
his brother in Canada
F.6 Postcard from Fernando Sesto, POW Campo Numero 306 in the
Middle East, to Signor Podesta in Pavia, Italy, 23 Feb. 1942.
F.7 Letter from Bolestar Gravowski, Stalg 11A, to Irena Gravowska
in Leipe, Germany, 8 June 1942.
F.8 Royal Canadian Air Force, letter to H.G.W. Ashley, 9 July
1942
F.9 Postcard from J.E. Hayes, Stalag 20A, to I. Roberts in Buckley,
U.K., 28 Nov. 1942
F.10 Postcard from Eugeniusz Bsk, Stalag 7A, to [-] Tadeusz, at
a hotel in Isere, France, 20 Nov. 1943.
F.11 Postcard from Leopoldo Cressi, Stalag 11A, to Amelai Cressi
in Trieste, Italy, 28 Nov. 1943
F.12 Postcard from André Augagnon in a forced labour camp to his
parents in France, 1944
F.13 Postcard from a son to his parents (father’s name is Gaston
Demarcy), 11 April 1944. The son is in a forced labour camp in Gladbeck,
Germany; his parents are in Tolouse, France.
F.14 Postcard from Richard Deguldre (?), Prison Camp 10A, to his
wife in Haincourt, Belgium, 3 May 1944. Language: French
F.15 Postcard from D. Tančevíc, Stalag 9, to Magdalena Tančevíc
in Belgrade, 4 August 1944.
F.16 Letter from someone in Stalag 11B to Mrs. Stadnicki (?) in
Bromberg (aka Bydgoszcz, Poland), 29 Nov. 1944
F.17 Military: World War II leaflets and cards
“Arrived Safely Thanks to British Conveys”. Leaflet,
[194-]; illustration, also text in 11 languages
Canadian Army Overseas (United Kingdom). “Service of Thanksgiving
and Dedication on the Cessation of Hostilities on the European Front.
1945
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. “CBC War Effort: Exhibit Guide”.
Toronto, Ontario, ca. 1946
Canada. Food Service pledge card, [1940-1945]
“Do Not Disturb, War Worker Sleeping”, 1942
Royal Canadian Air Force, Leave form, 1 September 1945
F.18 “Take Part of Your Change in War Savings Stamps; Saving
is Serving”; on verso is stamped “Always ask you customer
to take part of the change in War Savings Stamps”; display card
for use by business.
F.19 Military: World War II pamphlets
“Red Cross Knitting Instructions for War Work”, issued by
the Canadian Red Cross Society, Nov. 1940
“50 Facts about Britain’s War Effort”, November 1944
“The Maple Leaf Scrapbook”, Souvenir Book printed in Belgium,
ca. 1945
F.20 Military: World War II periodicals
The Aircraftman, St. Thomas, Ont., Feb. 1943
Canada at War, issues 30 and 38, Nov. 1943 and July 1944; no.
3, revised to 1 June 1941
Flak, Edmonton, Alberta, 1, no. 1 (22 December 1943)
F.21a Two issues of Royal Canadian Air Force periodical, Roundel,
1958 and 1964. Note: Provenance unknown; not Morris Norman.
F.21 Military: other
“Armistice Day Ceremonial”, 10th anniversary, 1928
“Visit of the Fifth Frigate Squadron of the Royal Navy to Canada”,
1959
Envelope only, mailed in Viet Nam from the Military Component, Canadian
Delegation for International Commission for Control and Supervision,
1973
F.22 Four soliders who served in the American Civil War. Photographed
by E. Stanton, Coburg, Canada West in 1863
F.23 Two cabinet cards, William Notman, Montreal and Ottawa: Major
and Mrs. Russell, 1867, no. 24412; Major Feilden, 1867, no. 28341. One
carte-de-visite, Capt. Gosling, 60th Riffles, Montreal, 1863;
no. 5554. Information on these items from the McCort Museum.
Note: The Flag from the first accrual is located in Box 2.
Second accrual
F.24 World War I: four postcards: Canadian, British, French. Also
one C.E.F. Christmas card.
F.25 World War I: "Kriegspaten Abzeichen"; two pins on a printed
card -- a charity for the children of fallen soldiers from the Austrain-Hungarian
Empire. One pin contains a crest and the year 1916; the other is of
a small child Franz Jos. Otto Erzh
F.26 World War II: Canadian Pupil's War Saving Pass Book; postcard,
"Em Liberdate", in Brazilian Portuguese, 1939; British National Service
act registration card. The postcard, with a Royal Canadian Navy flag,
partially translates as: "Canada in the last victorious war was mainly
agricultural. Today it is also a major industrial nation. Steel is one
of its vital contributions for the victory in the war". Also 12
b&w photographs stapled together re Canada House, Calcutta. During
the Second World War this private home was requisitioned for Canadian
airforce personnel and for two years was known as Canada House. It is
currently the Fairlawn Hotel, 13-A Sudder Street, Kolkata.
F.27 "Royal Air Force. Notebook for Use in Schools". It contains
handwritten notes, charts, and maps, some on controls and navigation.
F.28 Display card, "On Active service with Canada's Army", G.K.
Odell. The card depicts a female member of the army saluting. It contains
several autographs on the back.
F.29 "Victoria Rifles of Canada, 1861-1951, Historical Notes"; pamphlet
F.30 "NORAD, a new dimension in aerospace defense", 1968; folder
containing fact sheets and a press release issued by the 22nd NORAD
region in North Bay. Also b&w photographs. Two are of General Seth J.
McKee and Major-General Maurice Lipton. The fact sheets on these two
men were issued in 1969. The remainder of the photographs have information
sheets.
Box 2
World War I flag. [1914-1918]. 2.5 x 1.25m. Cotton Muslim. Woods
Mfg. Co. Ltd., Ottawa, ON. Red border on cream white background featuring
the Union Jack, the Order of the Garter, and the coat of arms and insignia
of the Prince of Wales. Probably used to raise money for Victory Bond
drives. Has note on provenance from the original owner’s grandson.
(First accrual)
Box 3
Wooden carved plaque “Queens Rangers 1st Amerns”.
The letters “ns” are elevated. The Queen’s Rangers were
formed in 1925 by the amalgamation of the Second Battalion with the
West Toronto Regiment. In 1927 the Rangers were allowed to assume the
title of a loyalist regiment from the American Revolutionary War. (First
accrual)
Second accrual (continued)
Oversize
-3 Canadian pennants: red felt with text "One with Britain Heart and
Soul", illustrated with soldier, British flags and maple leaves; blue
fabric on felt, "HMSC Sioux", illustrated with the navy ensign, anchor,
and small silhouette of the ship; red felt "Camp Borden", illustrated
with crossed flags (now blank)
-Col. print, "Victoria Cross for Conspicious Bravery" printed by Buffalo
Pictorial Company, Buffalo, N.Y. The VC is the highest military honour
bestowed by Great Britain. The print depicts a calvery soldier rescuing
a fellow soldier. From the setting the event is probably from the Boer
War in South Africa. The print has some water damage.
-Sir Arthur Currie Dart Team; small cards pasted on a sheet -- each
team member has a caricature and quotation. Currie was a Canadian general
in World War I.
-Farewell (retirement collage) of film, paper, ink, photographs and
pigments on wood for Squadron Leader C.E. Waught, Commanding Office,
A AW(F) O.T.U., RCAF Stn. Cold Lake, Alberta, 1961
-B&w photograph of members of the Royal Flying Corps Mechanical Transport
Section standing with their vehicles in front of Davenport Barracks
in Toronto in Apri 1917. Photographed by Balkemore Studio, Yonge Street,
Toronto
-B&w photograph, No. 1 C.A.H.U. Track and Field Team, Bordon Area Champions, C.A.S.F. 1940; photographed by
H. Shrubb in Farnham. Group photograph of gunners, officers, and Lt. Co. J. Roberts, Commanding Officer
Box 4
Wooden carved painted plaque, "Canadian Fuseliers Sergeant's Mess; Admittance
by Mess Card Only"
Box 5
Painted sign meant to be held (possibly a theatrical use) -- marching
soldiers with cannon cut out on parchment (?)
(In a protective tube) Swagger stick belonging to E. McMahon, 1935.
The wooden stick has a brass cap on top with the crest of the Royal
Montreal Regiment.
Box 6
Serving tray with painting under glass of British ship attacking a submarine. Two union jacks are also painted on the tray.
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