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Photograph depicts Rags, one of the mascots for the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams). Rags appears to be sitting on a bench at Beacon Hill Park.

Photograph depicts the entire 143rd Battalion (British Columbia Bantams) outside the Provincial Parliament (Legislature) in downtown Victoria.

Photograph depicts No. 2 Company of the 143rd Battalion posing outside the parliament buildings in Victoria. The five officers seated in the front row chairs are Lieutenant Ernest LeMessurier, Captain Hugh Kennedy, Captain James Maxwell Reid (officer commanding), Lieutenant William Noble, and Lieutenant Herbert Mason Drost.

Photograph depicts one of the companies of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) outside the provincial legislature in Victoria. Officers in the front row include (L-R): Lieutenant Ernest LeMessurier, Captain Hugh Kennedy, Captain James Maxwell Reid, Lieutenant William Noble, and Lieutenant Herbert Mason Drost.

Photograph depicts the officers of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) at the provincial legislative buildings in Victoria. Backrow (L-R): Lieutenant A. G. Blair, Captain Conyers Bridgewater, Lieutenant Mason Drost, Lieutenant G. B. Moore, Lieutenant Gilbert, Lieutenant John Collard McKelcan Johns. Middle row (L-R): Lieutenant Basil Champion Twaites, Lieutenant Robert Ellaby Meredith, Captain James Harry Kerr, Lieutenant Albert James Julier, Captain Oswald Frances Drury Norrington, Captain John Alexander Greenhill, Captain William Wallace Duncan, Captain Sidney Colgate, Lieutenant William Noble, Lieutenant James Cyril Harding Benson, Captain Stanley Albert Emil MacDonald, Lieutenant Ernest LeMessurier. Front row (L-R): Captain Hugh Kennedy, Captain William White, Captain Joseph Gordon Smith, Major Norman Eric Gore-Langton, Major William Fothergill Coole Tayler, Lieutenant-Colonel Alan Bruce Powley, Captain Gerald Charles Huntingdon, Major Frederic Wollaston, Captain James Maxwell Reid, Captain Robert Ingram, Captain William John Cox.

Photograph depicts the entire 143rd Battalion (British Columbia Bantams) outside the Provincial Parliament in downtown Victoria.

Photograph depicts the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) aboard the SS Princess Mary on departure day. There were two departures for Bantam soldiers on the same day; one aboard the SS Princess Mary and another aboard the SS Princess Victoria.

Photograph depicts band members of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams). The officer in the picture is Captain Gerald Charles Huntingdon.

Photograph depicts two images of soldiers with snowballs at the camp after a heavy snowfall. The soldiers pictured here belong to the 143rd Battalion (BC Bantams) and the photos were taken at Beacon Hill military camp.

Photograph depicts Major Norman Eric Gore-Langton, officer commanding of no. 4 company, 143rd Battalion (BC Bantams). He is pictured mounted on a horse alongside his dog or the Battalion mascot. Photograph taken at Beacon Hill Park.

Photograph depicts two exposures taken on the same glass plate. In the first picture, a group of seven soldiers (1 bugler, 6 infantry) pose for a group photo at Beacon Hill Camp. They are wearing their full Oliver equipment kit and hold Ross rifles. In the second picture, the bugler and corporal from the first picture pose again for another photo.

Photograph depicts the 143rd Battalion's (BC Bantams) lieutenant-colonel and commanding officier Alan Bruce Powley on horseback. Powley was invited to command the Bantams after returning to Canada following two injuries abroad with the CEF. You can see too wound stripes on his jacket sleeve from those two incidents.

Photograph depicts two exposures taken on the same glass plate. In the first photo, a scene from Beacon Hill Military Camp where the BC Bantams trained. In the second photo, a very young soldier poses with his Ross MK III Rifle.

Photograph depicts the officers of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams). Seen left to right in the front row: Captain Hugh Kennedy, Captain William White, Captain Joseph Gordon Smith, Major Norman Eric Gore-Langton, Senior Major William Fothergill Cooke Tayler, Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bruce Powley, Captain Gerald Charles Huntingdon, Major Frederic Wollaston, Captain James Maxerll Reid, Captain Robert Ingram, Captain William John Cox. Middle Row: Lieutenant Basil Champion Twaites, Lieutenant Robert Ellaby Meredith, Captain James Harry Kerr, Lieutenant Albert James Julier, Captain Oswald Frances Drury Norrington, Captain John Alexander Greenhill, Captain William Wallace Duncan, Captain Sidney Colgate, Lieutenant William Noble, Lieutenant James Cyril Harding Benson, Captain Stanley Albert Emil MacDonald, Lieutenant Ernest LeMessurier. Back row: Lieutenant A. G. Blair, Captain Conyers Bridgewater, Lieutenant Herbert Mason Drost, Lieutenant G.B. Moore, Lieutenant Gilbert, Lieutenant John Collard McKelcan Johns.

Photograph depicts a company from the 143rd Battalion (BC Bantams) posing in front of the Provincial parliament building. Buglers sit down on the floor in the front row and officers sit on chairs. These include: Captain Stanley Albert Emil MacDonald, Major Norman Eric Gore-Langton (with mascot),Captain John Alexander Greenhill, Lieutenant James Julier, Lieutenant Ernest Messurier and others.

Photograph depicts a company from the 143rd Battalion (BC Bantams) posing in front of the Provincial parliament building. Buglers sit down on the floor in the front row and officers sit on chairs. These include: Lieutenant Ernest LeMessurier, Captain Hugh Kennedy, Captain James Maxwell Reid, Lieutenant William Noble, Lieutenant Herbert Mason Drost.

Photograph depicts a company from the 143rd Battalion (BC Bantams) posing in front of the Provincial parliament building. Buglers sit down on the floor in the front row and officers sit on chairs. These include: Lieutenant A.G. Blair, Lieutenant G. B. Moore, Captain Oswald Frances Drury Norrington, Captain Joseph Gordon Smith, Captain Conyers Bridgewater, Lieutenant Basil Champion Twaites, Lieutenant Gilbert.

Photograph depicts the 143rd Battalion's (BC Bantams) lieutenant-colonel and commanding officer Alan Bruce Powley on horseback. Powley was invited to command the Bantams after returning to Canada following two injuries abroad with the CEF. You can see too wound stripes on his jacket sleeve from those two incidents.

Photograph depicts a company from the 143rd Battalion (BC Bantams) posing in front of the Provincial parliament building. Buglers sit down on the floor in the front row and officers sit on chairs. These include: Captain William Wallace Duncan, Captain Sidney Colgate, Major Frederic Wollaston, Lieutenant James Cyril Harding Benson, Captain James Harry Kerr.

Photograph depicts the band (wind, brass and drums) of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams). They pose in front of the parliament buildings in Victoria with Captain Conyers Bridgewater and the Sergeant Major, Bandmaster (possible H.E. Allen)

Photograph depicts No. 1 Company of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) posing outside the parliament buildings in Victoria. The five officers seated in the front row are Captain Oswald Frances Drury Norrington, Captain Joseph Gordon Smith (officer commanding), Captain Conyers Bridgewater, Lieutenant Basil Champion Twaites and Lieutenant Gilbert.

Photograph depicts No. 4 Company of the 143rd Battalion posing outside the parliament buildings in Victoria. The five officers seated in the front row chairs are Lieutenant William Noble, Captain John Alexander Greenhill, Major Norman Eric Gore-Langton (officer commanding), Lieutenant Albert James Julier, and Lieutenant Ernest LeMessurier.

Photograph depicts the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) posing in front of the provincial parliament buildings in Victoria B.C. Lt. Col. Powley is seated in the centre wearing glasses.

Photograph depicts the entire 143rd Battalion (British Columbia Bantams) outside the Provincial Parliament (Legislature) in downtown Victoria.

Photograph depicts No. 3 Company of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) posing outside the parliament buildings in Victoria. The five officers seated in the front row are Captain William Wallace Duncan, Captain Sidney Colgate, Major Frederic Wollaston (officer commanding), Lieutenant James Cyril Harding Benson, Captain James Harry Kerr.

Photograph depicts the Machine Gun section of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams). These soldiers are posing with Machine Gun Officer Lieutenant Robert Ellaby Meredith, and three machine guns including two Lewis machine guns and a Colt machine gun. This photograph was taken at Beacon Hill Park. A pond with a swan swimming in it can be seen in the background.

Photograph depicts 11 soldiers and officer Lieutenant John Collard McKelcan Johns from the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) on horseback at Beacon Hill camp. They belong to the Transport Section.

Photograph depicts soldiers from the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) on a routine march at an unspecified location, but possibly near Beacon Hill Park or Sidney Military Camp.

Photograph depicts one of the companies of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) outside the provincial legislature in Victoria. Officers in the front row include (L-R): Captain William Wallace Duncan, Captain Sidney Colgate, Major Frederic Wollaston, Lieutenant James Cyril Harding Benson, Captain James Harry Kerr.

Photograph depicts the signaller's section of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams). They are posed with Begbie lamps, telescopes, flags and electrical cables. On each end is a dispatch rider mounted on their Yale and Indian motorcycles.