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Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform while on leave in England standing with a gentleman in...

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform while on leave in England standing with a gentleman in plainclothes

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Item 5, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 9, and is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 17 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was likely taken at the W.E. Firmstone residence.
Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform while on leave in England with a gentleman in plainclo...

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform while on leave in England with a gentleman in plainclothes smoking a pipe

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 29, Item 5, MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 9, and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 17 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was likely taken at the W.E. Firmstone residence.
Photograph of a panel on the World War I memorial beside the old military canal in Hythe, Kent, E...

Photograph of a panel on the World War I memorial beside the old military canal in Hythe, Kent, England

Item, a photograph, is related to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 11, Item 5 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 12 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The memorial bears T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s name on the lower left side. Raddall, Sr. was a former instructor in the School of Musketry at Hythe, and was killed while commanding the Winnipeg Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force at Amiens France on August 9, 1918.
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."

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 Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, September 12, 1918

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, September 12, 1918

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.
Scrapbook page with photographs from T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s leave in England

Scrapbook page with photographs from T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s leave in England

Item may have been a page in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album. The photographs are related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927, to MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Items 5-6, and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 5421 Item 17 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photographs on the left and right were likely taken at the W.E. Firmstone residence in England.
Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform while on leave in England with a non-uniformed man

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform while on leave in England with a non-uniformed man

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Item 6, and related to MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Item 5 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 9 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs and is related to materials in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927.
Photograph taken on a walk along the Canal d'Aire, northern France

Photograph taken on a walk along the Canal d'Aire, northern France

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh, likely in early 1918, while on a walk on a tree-lined path along the shore of the Canal d'Aire, northern France. The path is between a bathhouse and living quarters for workers of an unidentified military hospital.
Photograph of George V at the grave of a soldier on the front lines of the Great War printed on a...

Photograph of George V at the grave of a soldier on the front lines of the Great War printed on a postcard

Item, a photograph, is related to materials in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The photograph comes a collection of official photographs produced by the Daily Mail during the Great War. The Prince of Wales stands to the left of King George. Generals William Norris Congreve and Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson are standing in the foreground on the right. General Congreve is identified with an x over his head, though the the identification may be erroneous.
Photograph of a General Duty Squad at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital

Photograph of a General Duty Squad at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital

Item consists of a photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918 of a "General Duty Squad", likely housed at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital, who had just finished erecting tents. Includes A.S. Gearey, P. MacCallum, R.R. MacLaughlin, H. Barrett, M.S. MacKinnon, G.H. Power, P. Holbrow, G. Shaw, Sibley, R. Neill, S.S. Murray, R. Milliet, and two others.
Photographs of the No.1 Canadian General Personnel Lines after an air raid on May 19th, 1918, Éta...

Photographs of the No.1 Canadian General Personnel Lines after an air raid on May 19th, 1918, Étaples, France

Item consists of two copies of the same photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh on May 19th, 1918, depicting the after-effects of a German air raid on the No. 1 Canadian General Personnel lines near Étaples, France (30km south of Calais). During that attack fifty eight people (including three nursing sisters) were killed and fifty wounded in the Hospital, while there were 1200 other casualties in the area.
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.
Photograph of an undefeated military baseball team, likely at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital

Photograph of an undefeated military baseball team, likely at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital

Item consists of a photograph taken in August 1917 of an undefeated military baseball team, likely stationed at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital, France. The team won all ten games it played. Pictured include G. Ruse, Sgt. E. Noseworthy, P. Shaw, S. McKinnon, B.H. Windsor, P.R. Tingley, Cpl. C. Schurman, Cpl. A. MacKintosh, E. Clay, G. Hier, W. Hodgins, Major T.S. Robinson, H.B. Titus, D. Strachan, Christie, and Kimber.
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