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Photograph of the military wards at an unidentified military hospital in France prior to the comp...

Photograph of the military wards at an unidentified military hospital in France prior to the completion of hut construction, First World War

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken (and hand-coloured) by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing the front of several ward buildings at an unidentified military hospital in France, prior to the completion of hut construction by German prisoners.
Photograph of a group of medical and military officers, likely at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary H...

Photograph of a group of medical and military officers, likely at 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".
Photograph of a tree planted by the Duke of Wellington, as well as other buildings on the banks o...

Photograph of a tree planted by the Duke of Wellington, as well as other buildings on the banks of Canal d'Aire, northern France

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken by (as well as hand-coloured by) A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing two buildings (including one which housed a fleeing King Leopold I) and a large tree (purportedly planted by the Duke of Wellington after the Battle of Waterloo) along a footpath on the banks of the Canal d'Aire, northern France.

G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

  • MS-2-839
  • Fonds
  • 1914 - 1919
Photographs of the World War I Amherst Internment Camp and a photograph from the Merchant Navy Protest
Brochure on the history of the Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital

Brochure on the history of the Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital

File contains a brochure on the history of the Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital. The brochure includes a brief history of the hospital and a nominal role of staff that worked with the hospital. The brochure also includes transcriptions of letters and lists of staff transferred in and out of the hospital.

Dalhousie University. No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital

Laura Hubley's papers and correspondence re. Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital

Folder contains papers and correspondence relating to the Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital, including a reunion dinner menu, a company Christmas card, a Christmas card from Laura Hubley to Harold Dunlap (?) of the 85th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders), a message from Lt. Col. John Stewart to Laura Hubley, a letter from L.D. Holland to Laura Hubley, and a set of daily orders for the Stationary Hospital.
Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 7, 1923

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 7, 1923

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 7, 1923, from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, frankly discussing his struggles with his recovery amid fears he is "slowly becoming a wreck; [often] feeling useless and frightened" and angered by not being told his poor prognosis and difficulty of recovery back in 1917.
Photograph of two women standing on the side of the road along Hospital Wood, looking north towar...

Photograph of two women standing on the side of the road along Hospital Wood, looking north towards Caix, France

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941. The photograph was taken near the headquarters of the 8th Battalion of the 90th Winnipeg Rifles during the First World War. The headquarters was located near the corner o the woods at the left of the picture. The 8th Battalion had to cover the open ground to the right under heavy machine gun fire where the Germans had occupied an old trench. Thomas Head Raddall's father, Col. Raddall, Sr., personally directed the 8th Battalion's attack. He crossed the road in the photograph and was killed about a quarter-mile past in the open ground to the right.
Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 23, 1931

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 23, 1931

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 24, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, frankly discussing the effect that his prolonged physical struggles and the mental rigour of shell-shock have had on Jones's day-to-day life.

"I'll give you a secret & that is that we 'front-line' men, who have survived, felt too much, smelled too much, saw too much, heard too much, sensed too much, and, in the intense moments of many nights and days, especially nights, we, in our ardour, have burnt ourselves out."

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