Item, a photograph, is related to materials found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961, and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 11, Items 3-5 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.
Item consists of a photograph of members of the Faulkner, Guildford, Roome, Fetterley, and Buell families, as well as another unidentified pair, taken at a reunion dinner in Halifax, likely in 1950
Item consists of a photograph of fifteen officers from the 5th Infantry Division, Artillery, attending a reunion in Halifax, likely in 1950. Those identified include Richard Roome, Brigade Major Faulkner, George Rogers, as well as another in the front row identified as "Laing". Eleven remain unidentified.
Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh, likely in 1918, of an unidentified group of seventeen workers in the Dalhousie unit of the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital.
Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing thirteen unidentified medical and military officers likely stationed or housed at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital. One of the seated medical officers holds a plaque stating "When we get our civy cloths on, oh, how happy shall we be".
Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken (and hand-coloured) by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing a group of German prisoners resting on a stack of wooden slats, after having constructed huts at an unidentified military hospital in France.
Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken (and hand-coloured) by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing areas near an unidentified military hospital in France. Photograph includes a stand of birch trees bordering the hospital's back road, as well as a hot house.
Item is group picture with Oscar Donovan in the centre, between two men in regimental Highlander dress (kilts and sporran) and other officers wearing Canadian Army Medical Corps uniform.
Item consists of a photograph of a dinner in the Officers' Mess of Royal Artillery Park, Halifax, likely in 1950. Pictured include Richard Roome, Rollo Mainguy, George Foster, and seven others (names mentioned include Kinley, Simmonds, and King; four others remain unidentified).
File contains receipts and confirmation of dispersion of funds statements relating to the Dalhousie No. 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital, First World War.
File also contains pamphlets: Message Writing and RT (1944), Voluntary Blood Donor Service Enrolment Book, and Veterans' Booklet, No. 6 District Depot, CA; a receipt from the Quartermaster's Store for a pistol; and a poem: "Psalm of the Zombies."
File includes two West Nova Scotia Regiment Canada flashes (badges); two West Nova Scotia Regiment bronze collar dogs; one Royal Canadian Artillery cap badge; two rank epaulet sleeves (slip-ons) with felt rank badges for captain; six loose felt rank badges, enough for the rank of captain; six loose metal rank badges, enough for the rank of captain; nine 2.5 cm (1 inch) Royal Canadian Artillery buttons; two 1.75 cm (3/4 inch) Royal Canadian Artillery buttons; ten 1.5 cm (5/8 inch) Royal Canadian Artillery buttons; 1 bronze flaming grenade pin; two ribbons for medals (War medal, 1939-1945, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar); two 1 cm maple leaves for Canadian Volunteer Service Medal augmentation; three red felt patches used as pads for cap badges; two Canada flashes (badges); two black RCA flashes (badges); four blue RCA flashes (badges): and, one 9 x 18 cm cotton bag used to hold all of the military insignia.
Item is a photograph of the No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery, including cadets and drummer boys, standing to attention in a field, with a cemetery and farmhouses in the background.
Item consists of Canadian Army Overseas correspondence, reproduced from microfilm, dated April 4, 1942, sent by "Austin" to Richard Roome, giving a "very hearty congratulations on [his] recent 'upping'."
Item consists of correspondence, reproduced from microfilm, sent to Richard Roome on November 24, 1941, from members of the "Roome Group" stationed in Halifax, sending "Season's Greetings" and mentioning shenanigans on the home front.
Collection consists of a booklet about the history of the No. 7 Stationary Hospital, correspondence of nursing matron Laura Hubley, a book of signatures of the unit's members, and correspondence and a small album containing postcards sent by Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper (who worked with the unit in 1916 and 1917) to his nephew, Ralph Kane.
Canada. Canadian Army Medical Corps. Canadian Stationary Hospital, no. 7
File contains a brochure with a brief history of the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital, a nominal role of its staff, transcriptions of letters and lists of staff transferred in and out of the hospital.
File contains copies of letters of reference for former railway dining car workers who enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, served in the First World War with the (Dalhousie) No. 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital. The correspondence contained herein discusses disagreements over the promises of wages granted to enlisted men from railway companies as a result of two different circulars being signed in relatively short order.
File contains letters, postcards, greeting cards and photographs sent to Ralph Kane by his uncle, Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper, who served overseas with the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital during World War One.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 12, 1918, from "The Field", briefly discussing military actions and at more length about camp life, food, and chance encounters with friends passing through battalion headquarters.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated October 11, 1916, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing training and work with his battalion, chiefly at Bramshott Camp near London.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 18, 1915, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing the difficult decision to enlist in the war effort, and his training for the Canadian Grenadier Guards Overseas Battalion. He then discusses military exploits of mutual friends.
