Photograph depicts the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) on a routine march. The location is unspecified, but likely somewhere near Victoria. The group in the photo is led by an officer on horseback.
Photograph depicts the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) on a routine march. The location is unspecified, but likely somewhere near Victoria. The group in the photo is led by a horse and two officers.
Photograph depicts the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) on a routine march. A number of soldiers wear rain capes. The location is unspecified, but likely somewhere near Victoria.
Photograph depicts the signallers' section of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams). They are posed with all their signalling equipment including Begbie lamps, flags, telescopes, wire, morse code transmitters, and Indian motorcycles for despatch riders.
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.
Photograph depicts three soldiers from the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) at Sidney military camp. The first two soldiers appear to be Indigenous though their names are unknown. The second soldier is possibly Private Louis Symonds (Regimental number 258354).
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 soldiers from the 143rd Battalion (BC Bantams) at a summer training camp in Sidney. Lieutenant John Collard McKelcan Johns, Platoon Commander of No. 4 Platoon is mounted on the first horse on the left.
Photograph depicts a couple of staff members from the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams) posing in front of the Royal Theatre (then Victoria Theatre) with a group of stage performers. The show was called 'Black and White'. Many of the performers are wearing black face. Attending theatre performances was popular among troops and were typically organized by the Y.M.C.A. as a means of entertainment for the soldiers.
Photograph depicts the Stretcher Bearer's Section of the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams).They are seen here posing with their supervisor, Captain Robert Ingram, Medical Officer.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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, [Unknown], Captain John Alexander Greenhill, Major Norman Eric Gore-Langton, Lieutenant James Julier, Lieutenant Ernest Messurier and others.
Photograph depicts two images taken at Sidney camp during training for the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams). In the first picture a soldier poses in front of a tent. In the second picture, a couple of soldiers stand in front of the canteen which has been painted with the symbol of the 143rd Battalion, a rooster.
Photograph depicts two images taken at Sidney camp during training for the 143rd Battalion (B.C. Bantams). In the first picture, three soldiers pose together. In the second picture, a couple of soldiers wearing baseball gloves stand in front of the canteen which has been painted with the symbol of the 143rd Battalion, a rooster.
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.