Photograph depicts soldiers from the 143rd Battalion, including the battalion drums and brass band, lined up in front of tents for a routine inspection by officers. Photo taken at the Sidney military training camp.
Photograph depicts two rows of soldiers belonging to the 143rd Battalion (BC Bantams) lined up for inspection in front of their tents at a military training camp in Sidney, B.C.
Photograph depicts two rows of soldiers belonging to the 143rd Battalion (BC Bantams) lined up for inspection in front of their tents at a military training camp in Sidney, B.C.
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 members of the Machine Gun Section, 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) with machine gun officer Lieutenant Robert Ellaby Meredith. They are seen here with a Colt machine gun and two automatic rifles.
Photograph depicts a group of soldiers from the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) marching in the rain as part of a routine exercise. This particular photo shows members of the Canadian Army Medical Corps.
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. On the left side of the group is Rags, the battalion's canine mascot.
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 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 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 soldiers of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) marking on Government Street. The parliament buildings can be seen in the background.
Photograph depicts soldiers of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) marching on Government Street. The parliament buildings can be seen in the background.
Photograph depicts soldiers of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) marching on Government Street. The parliament buildings can be seen in the background.
Photograph depicts soldiers of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) marching on Government Street. The parliament buildings can be seen in the background. Some members of the band can be seen, though they are not playing their instruments.
Photograph depicts soldiers of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) marking on Government Street. The parliament buildings can be seen in the background. The group is led by Captain James Maxwell Reid who is riding a horse.
Photograph depicts the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) marching along Government Street in Victoria. The parliament buildings can be seen in the background. The group is led by Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel Alan Bruce Powley and his second-in-command Major William Fothergill Cooke Tayler (both on the first two horses). Right behind them, also on horseback, is Captain Oswald Frances Drury Norrington.
Photograph depicts soldiers of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) marching on Government Street. The parliament buildings can be seen in the background.
Photograph depicts soldiers of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) marching on Government Street. The parliament buildings can be seen in the background. Some members of the band can be seen, though they are not playing their instruments.
Photograph depicts soldiers from the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) marching on Government Street in Victoria. Members of the brass and drums band play their instruments while marching. The parliament buildings are visible in the background.
Photograph depicts soldiers of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) marching on Government Street. The parliament buildings can be seen in the background.
Photograph depicts two portraits taken at Sidney military camp. In the first picture, a soldier poses in front of the encampment with a bugle horn. In the second picture, a soldier poses with his Ross Rifle. Both men are from the 143rd Battalion (BC Bantams) who trained at Sidney during the summer of 1916.
Photograph depicts two images of soldiers taken at Beacon Hill military camp. Both pictures show exceptional detail of the Canadian M1913 Service Dress uniform. Note in particular the details of their Oliver leather belts and the hook clasp tall standing collar. They also have special 143rd Battalion collar badges and 143rd shoulder title bars.
Photograph depicts the 143rd Battalion's recruitment office in Victoria. A group of soldiers, recruiters, pose for a picture outside the premises alongside the battalion's mascot Rags the terrier. There are several war-time recruitment posters. The 143rd Battalion was also known as the B.C. Bantams.