File is a photograph of Lt. Col. J. Stewart and Officers of No. 7 Stationery Hospital (Dalhousie Unit). Officers named in legend below photograph. Back Row: Capt. F.V. Woodbury; Capt. J. Rankin; Capt. S.J. MacLennan; Capt. D.A. MacLeod; Lieut. Taylor(Quartermaster); Capt. K.A. MacKenzie; Lieut. K.F. Woodbury; Capt. E.K. MacLellan; Capt. J.A. Murray; Major E.V. Hogan; Lt-Col. J. Stewart, O.C.; Major L.M. Murray; Capt. V.N. MacKay.
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.
File consists of 24 letters sent from Owen Bell ("Toby") Jones to Archibald MacMechan, between 1915 and 1931. Much of the correspondence includes frank depictions of mental and physical struggles as a result of experiences in the First World War.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 16, 1915, at Valcartier Camp (Quebec City), thanking MacMechan for further outfitting of the Camp's library, general anxiousness around Camp, and the hopes of the Battalion soon being deployed to England.
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 sent from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated August 26, 1915, thanking MacMechan for his gift of books and that it is very popular among Jones's fellow officers at Valcartier Camp.
File contains 14 photographs collected by Bill Freedman, dated from 1915 through 1918, but created in the 1980s. Photographs show scenes of Canadian armed forces in France and Flanders during the First World War.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 2, 1916 from Northumberland War Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, providing MacMechan an update on his recovery from the wounds he suffered in France.
Item is a photograph of Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper, who served with Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital during during World War One. The photograph shows Tupper standing in uniform by the front steps of a building. The envelope in which the photograph was stored is addressed to Master Ralph W. Kane, 91 Coburg Road, Halifax, and contains a censor's stamp.
Item is a letter from Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to his nephew, Ralph Kane. The letter was sent from La Havre, France, on December 13, 1916, while Tupper was serving overseas.
File contains a booklet on the history of the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital; a booklet of No. 7 Stationary Hospital Benevolent Association by-laws; and a Christmas and New Year greeting card from Lt. Col. John Stewart of the stationary hospital.
Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 7 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. Item is a portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in his Winnipeg Rifles uniform as a captain after recovering from being wounded at Ypres in 1915. He was later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 20, Item 4 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. Raddall, Sr. had just recovered from being wounded when the photograph was taken.
Item is a Christmas and New Year greeting card from Lt. Col. John Stewart. The card was printed by the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital while it was stationed in France. The card is printed in gold and black ink and features the Dalhousie crest.
Item is a photograph of the 2nd Brigade and Canadian 1st Division. Brigadier Lipsett can be seen in the centre, with Major Prower, the commander of the 8th battalion, to his right. Captain T.H. Raddall, Sr. is standing at the right of the photograph, and is the adjutant of the 8th battalion.
File contains 2 copies of the photograph of the 185 Overseas Battalion, Nova Scotia Highland Brigade. The photograph shows the battalion standing in a field with white tents in the background. The Officer in charge was Lieutenant Colonel Frank Parker Day. Photographed by H.O. Dodge in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1916.
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 from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated Christmas Day 1916 from the I.O.D.E. Hospital for Officers in London, wishing MacMechan a "jolly old-time Christmas", and providing further updates on his recovery from wounds suffered in combat.
Item is a Christmas card sent by Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to his nephew, Ralph Kane. The card features the crest of the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital on the front and is held together with black and gold ribbons.
Item is a photograph of the company and officers of the 8th battalion after the retaking of Mount Sorrel in June 1916. T.H. Raddall, Sr. is in the middle row, 4th from the right.
Fonds comprises diaries and correspondence written during MacDonald's time in service and include letters to his parents and siblings sent from training camps in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and Aldershot, England, as well as Belgium. Transcriptions of this material were written by Mrs. I.M. Parfitt (Margaret MacDonald's daughter); these are annotated and include notes on the family and draft sections of a family biography. Also included in the fonds are letters from Willie H. Cameron to his cousin, Margaret MacDonald, written in 1918 from Halifax and Camp Bramshott, Surrey.
Item is a photograph of Howard C. Dawson. The photograph is a military portrait of Dawson. There is a crest of the 106th Overseas Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles) under the photograph.
This file includes a photograph of Arthur Percival Birchall and a supplement to the Upton St. Leonard's Parish Magazine, commemorating Birchall killed in action in 1915.
File contains a book of poems, published by John Daniel Logan of the 85th Overseas Battalion, C.E.F., Nova Scotia Highland Brigade. The book was published by L. Clyde Davidson & Co. of Halifax, Nova Scotia and contains the following poems: "Invocation," "Insulters of Death," "Timor Mortis," "Sursum Corda," "Renouncement," "A Requiem," "The Greater Love," "For an only Son," "Poe of Princeton," "Flame of God (Rupert Brooke)," "The Soul's Supreme Adventure," and "Gone on Ahead Awhile." The book also includes a prose preachment entitled "The Fatal Paradox and Sin of Sorrow for the Dead."
Item is a photographic portrait of Gladys E. Hutt in military uniform, printed on a postcard. She served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps 1014, Army Postal Office, Section 38, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), in France. The photograph is signed and dated 18 June 1917.
Item is a hand coloured black and white photograph of a garden and greenhouse in Arques, France, ca. 1917. Photograph was taken and tinted by Ned Clay.
Fonds contains 46 letters and postcards written by Weldon Morash while serving overseas in World War One and sent to his brother and sister in Halifax, Nova Scotia. There are also photographs.
Item consists of a black-and-white photograph, likely taken by A.M. MacKintosh, in 1917 or 1918, showing several ships in convoy formation, likely in the North Atlantic en route to Europe.
Item consists of a black-and-white photograph, likely taken by A.M. MacKintosh, in 1917 or 1918, showing several ships in convoy formation, likely in the North Atlantic en route to Europe.
Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The photograph was taken while Raddall, Sr. was on leave at the Little House, Cooden Drive, Bexhill.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude's grave. He is buried in North Gate War Cemetery in Baghdad, Iraq. The photograph was taken between 1917 and 1918.
Item is a photograph of two women standing in front of the Chateau d'Arques in Pas de Calais, France. Left to right: Josie Cameron and [illegible] MacKinnon.
