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Metadata
Accession # |
A2002.14 |
Title |
Elora during the First World War, photographs and documents, 1914-1918. |
Date |
1915-1928 |
Description |
10 b&w images, 3 letters, christmas card, memorial service programme, essay, related to the participation of Elora men in World War I: File 1: Photographs, 1914-1918. - ph 15434 / NA 4288 postcard. [Elora boys leaving CNR station for overseas, 1914-1918 war]. [For additional information see A2023.61, page 449] - ph 15435 / NA 4289 postcard. Elora boys leaving CNR station for overseas, 1914-1918 war. - ph 15436 / NA 4290 postcard. [Elora boys leaving CNR station for overseas, 1914-1918 war]. Indentified as Harry Card, [name] Doberthein, Morris Moynihan, Louis Clegg, Charlie Card, Keith Clark. CNR station 1914. - ph 15437 / NA 4292 postcard. No. 17 Six inch howitzer, Petawawa. - ph 15438 / NA 4291 postcard. Elora Platoon 153rd battalion. - ph 15439 / NA 4293 postcard. 83. A Pettawa charger [horse]. - ph 15440 / NA 4295 153rd [battalion], France 1915-1918. On reverse: "Harold [Wilson]: Wib Shafer knows who these men are. They are all local bty. Jimmy Moynihan and Geo. Ryan[?] in photo. - ph 15441 / NA 4294 153rd Bttn, Elora. On front: arrow indicates "Wib" [Wilbert] Shafer. - ph 15442 / NA 4296 [2 men on horses]. On reverse: "Bill Cooke / Guelph 16". - ph 15443 Gunner R. Ure, 29 Bty[?] [with horse]. File 2: Documents (photocopies only), 1915-1916. - item 1: Letter to Mr. and Mrs. T. Reynolds, from Corporal Ervin Melitzer, 46 C.F.C. B.E.F. [British Expeditionary Force], France, Sunday, 04 July [1915]. - item 2: Letter to Ted [Reynolds?] from Pte. Fred F. Topham, 1st Inf. Brigade, 1st Canadian Batt., No. 3 C.O., British Expeditionary Force, sent from "Somewhere in Flanders", 23 Oct. 1915; re. soldiers from Elora, Fergus, and Mount Forest, Ritchie Clarke, longing for Ontario, burying men after a German attack, the noise and danger of battle, trench life, Lee Enfield rifle use, Capt. Potter, Bert, Moses[?] Moynihan, wanting to keep firearms after the war, Tom and Art Weadick, Bud Fasken, farms in Europe, missing a good meal, Billie Dalton, Myrtle with Bill Fasken's hired man, chain smoking in the trenches, - item 3: Envelope: addressed to Mr. G. E. Reynolds, R.R. No.2, Elora. On reverse, in another hand "Myrtle Whitelaw" - item 4: Letter addressed to Ted [Reynolds?], from [Fred Topham] , "Somewhere in Flanders", 22 Jan. 1916; re. illness and health, shooting Germans, driving Germans out of France and Belgium, distain for men who do not enlist, wanting to eat Ontario geese and ducks, mud and water of trenches, bomb throwing - item 5: Christmas card: [printed] France / Xmas 1918. Maple leaf insignia. under the number "13", lettering "Canadian Railway Troops". From "Bob". ph 15446 / NA 4287. - item 6: Programme: Memorial Service to dedicate the Soldiers Monument, established by the Twp. of Nichol, Salem, 25 May, 1921. Includes Roll of Honour. [names listed in person_reference field] - item 7: Essay: Maclean's / Canada's National Magazine / presetning / The Truth About the War, by Major George A. Drew. Reprinted "at the request of thousands of Canadians" from the issue of 1 July 1928. |
Creator \ Maker |
Topham, Frederick F. [Author] |
Creator \ Maker |
Melitzer, Ervin [Author] Drew, George Alexander [Author] Oakes, Gregory [compiler] |
Item Name |
Christmas Card Essay Letter Prints Program |
Person \ Organization |
153rd Battalion 1st Canadian Battalion British Expeditionary Forces Canadian Railway Troops Card, Charles Card, Harry Clarke, Keith Clarke, Ritchie Clegg, Louis Collie, James Cooke, Bill Dalton, Billie Dobberthein Drew, George Alexander Fasken, Bill Fasken, Bud Findlay, Gordon Finnie, Walter G. Finnie, William J. Haley, Frank Melitzer, Ervin Moynihan, Jimmy Moynihan, Morris Pick, Peter W. Potter Reynolds, G. E. Reynolds, T. Rogers, George E. Ryan, George Shafer, Wib Shafer, Wilbert Skeoch, James Speers, Alexander F. Topham, Frederick F. Ure, R. Weadick, Arthur Weadick, Tom Weafer Whitelaw, Alexander Cummings Whitelaw, Myrtle World War I Young, Lloyd |
Place |
Belgium Canada Elora Fergus Flanders France Germany Mount Forest Ontario Petawawa Pilkington Twp. |
Subject |
Agriculture Animals Health Military Railroad Religion Smoking War Weather World War I |
Photo, Map # |
NA 4287 NA 4288 NA 4289 NA 4290 NA 4291 NA 4292 NA 4293 NA 4294 NA 4295 NA 4296 ph ph 15434 ph 15435 ph 15436 ph 15437 ph 15438 ph 15439 ph 15440 ph 15441 ph 15443 ph 15446 |
Year Range from |
1915 |
Year Range to |
1928 |
Accession # |
A2002.14 |
Containers |
MU 433 |