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Part of Ernest Crocker fonds
Photograph depicts a bird's-eye view of the Other Ranks quarters at Willows Camp at the time of the mobilization of the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force. Other Ranks were quartered in canvas tents while officers and NCOs stayed inside the barracks. In the distance is a view of Victoria, Oak Bay and the surrounding area.
Part of Ernest Crocker fonds
Photograph depicts the tents at Willows Military Camp in Oak Bay, Victoria B.C. The masking tape on the glass plate helps the photographer crop the image when processing.
Part of Ernest Crocker fonds
Photograph depicts the encampment at Willows Military Camp in modern-day Oak Bay near Victoria B.C.
Part of Ernest Crocker fonds
Photograph depicts two bird's-eye views over Sidney camp. These pictures were taken while the 143rd Battalion (BC Bantams) completed their summer training in the area.
Part of Ernest Crocker fonds
Photograph depicts two views of Sidney Military Camp. The pictures feature canvas tents used as lodgings for Other Ranks. In the bottom picture, a flag with a maple leaf and the numbers "231" is waving in the wind. This likely means the area pictured was the section where the 231st Battalion was staying during their summer field training in 1916.
Part of Ernest Crocker fonds
Photograph depicts two pictures of Willows Camp. In the first photo, a view of the encampment at Willows in which a main pathway is lined by canvas tents. In the second photo, the crest of the 2nd Depot Battalion, British Columbia Regiment made of stones marks this unit's area on the campsite.
Willows Camp Barracks at Christmas
Part of Ernest Crocker fonds
Photograph depicts a group of soldiers at Willows Camp Barracks on Christmas Day. The room has been decorated with garlands and pine for Christmas. They are joined by a mascot (dog) who has placed his paw on a Corporal of the CAMC. These soldiers would have belonged to the 260th Battalion, Canada Siberian Expeditionary Force.
Willows Camp Barracks at Christmas
Part of Ernest Crocker fonds
Photograph depicts a vacant barracks hall at Willows Camp. The room has been decorated for Christmas with pine and garlands hung across the room. Individual locker room spaces can be seen, along with soldiers' personal belongings.
Part of Ernest Crocker fonds
The World War I Photographs series contains images taken in British Columbia from 1914 to 1920 in relation to the Great War. These photos cover a range of topics. Most notable are photographs of troops’ departures, either by boat from Victoria’s CPR station at Inner Harbour or Victoria’s Rithet’s Wharf, or by train from CPR stations in Vancouver or Vernon. Soldiers who wished to order photos of themselves were photographed individually by Crocker and many of these portraits, though unidentified, feature largely in this collection. Following each Battalion’s inspection, Crocker also took official photographs of companies, drafts, platoons, officers, administrators and entire battalions that were published in the Colonist announcing their departures. Crocker’s images also cover more candid shots taken at the several military camps around B.C. These include Willows Camp (Victoria), Work Point Barracks (Esquimalt), Sidney Camp, Vernon Camp, Hastings Park Camp (Vancouver), Beacon Hill Park Camp (Victoria), Heal’s Rifle Range, and Clover Point Rifle Range. These photographs show soldiers (and sailors) training in shooting, bayonet fighting, team sports, and trench digging. They also reveal how soldiers lived at the camp, showing areas such as their sleeping quarters, dining facilities, and washing quarters.
The series also contains photographs that date after the signing of the armistice in 1918. These include photographs of the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force, several images of troops returning from Europe in 1919, the Peace Day Parade of 1919 and the repatriation of troops from the Chinese Labour Corps who passed through William Head, B.C. in 1920.
Groups represented in the photographs include:
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Canadian Army Service Corps
Canadian Engineers
Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force
Chinese Labour Corps
Royal Garrison Artillery
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Regiment
Yukon Infantry Company
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles
2nd Depot Battalion, British Columbia Regiment
7th Battalion, CEF (1st British Columbia)
11th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles
16th Battalion, CEF (Canadian Scottish)
30th Battalion (2nd British Columbia)
30th Regiment (British Columbia Horse)
47th Battalion, CEF
48th Battalion, CEF
50th Regiment (Gordon Highlanders)
54th Battalion, CEF
62nd Battalion, CEF
67th Battalion, CEF (Western Scots)
88th Regiment
88th Battalion, CEF
102nd Regiment (Rocky Mountain Rangers)
103rd Battalion, CEF
143rd Battalion, CEF (B.C. Bantams)
231st Battalion. CEF (Seaforth Highlanders)
238th Battalion, CEF
259th Battalion, CEFS
260th Battalion, CEFS