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Ernest Crocker fonds Vancouver (B.C.)
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RMS Empress of Asia leaving Vancouver

Photograph depicts Pier 'D' of the Canadian Pacific Railway station in Vancouver. The side of the ocean liner RMS Empress of Asia can be seen on the left side of the photo. The pier is crowded with civilians who watch as the ship departs with soldiers returning home to Victoria.

Soldiers arrive in Vancouver

Photograph depicts soldiers from an unspecified battalion or draft arriving in Vancouver prior to transferring to a train at the CPR station.

Troops en route to Union Station, Vancouver

Photograph depicts civilans and soldiers leaving the Canadian Pacific Railway's Pier D, at the foot of Granville Street in Vancouver, where their boat from Victoria has docked. As they exit the pier, they are likely headed to their next destination, Union Station (later the Great Northern Station) where they will board an eastbound train.

Soldiers disembark ship

Photograph depicts soldiers from an unknown battalion leaving a ship recently docked at Vancouver. To continue their journey to the battlefront of Europe, the soldiers will transfer to a cross-country train and embark on another ship either in Montreal or on the coast.

Troops Departing via Train from Vancouver

Photograph depicts a Canadian Northern train at Union Station, Vancouver as soldiers board it. Civilians, including a group of three boys, watch as soldiers lean out the train windows to say goodbye to friends and family.

Troops Departing via Train from Vancouver

Photograph depicts soldiers aboard the Canadian Northern train, at Union Station, Vancouver, prior to departure. Three ladies stand in front of a passenger car and smile at the camera. Soldiers lean out of the train's windows to say goodbye to friends and family, and smile at the camera.

Troops at Union Station, Vancouver

Photograph depicts soldiers sitting on the platform next to their belongings at Union Station in Vancouver as they wait for their train to arrive. Many of them break for lunch as they eat sandwiches.

Troops Boarding Train, Vancouver

Photograph depicts the busy scene at Vancouver's Union Station as troops board the Canadian Northern train. Their family and friends are present on the platform to say goodbye.

Troops Boarding Train, Vancouver

Photograph depicts soldiers aboard the Canadian Northern train, at Union Station, Vancouver, prior to departure. As civilians send them off, soldiers wave their hats as they say goodbye. In the back, one woman has climbed up the side of the railway car to hug two soldiers.

Troops Departing via Train from Vancouver

Photograph depicts a Canadian Northern train at Union Station, Vancouver as soldiers board it. Civilians, including a group of three boys, watch as soldiers lean out the train windows to say goodbye to friends and family.

Troops Departing via Train from Vancouver

Photograph depicts a Canadian Northern train at Union Station, Vancouver as soldiers board it. Civilians, including a group of three boys, watch as soldiers lean out the train windows to say goodbye to friends and family.

Soldiers arrive in Vancouver

Photograph depicts soldiers from an unspecified battalion or draft arriving in Vancouver prior to transferring to a train at the CPR station.

Soldiers aboard CPR train

Photograph depicts soldiers from an unknown battalion/draft aboard a CPR train in Vancouver. The train is marked with "B Squadron, 9 [platoon?]".

Soldiers arrive in Vancouver

Photograph depicts soldiers from an unspecified battalion or draft arriving in Vancouver prior to transferring to a train at the CPR station.

Soldiers aboard SS Princess Alice

Photograph depicts soldiers from an unknown battalion aboard the SS Princess Alice in Vancouver. To continue their journey to the battlefront of Europe, the soldiers will transfer to a cross-country train and embark on another ship either in Montreal or on the coast.

Soldiers aboard SS Princess Alice

Photograph depicts soldiers from an unknown battalion aboard the SS Princess Alice in Vancouver. To continue their journey to the battlefront of Europe, the soldiers will transfer to a cross-country train and embark on another ship either in Montreal or on the coast.

Troops Departing via Train from Vancouver

Photograph depicts a scene at Union Station, Vancouver as soldiers finish boarding a Canadian Northern train. The front of the train is pictured with several carts full of soldiers extending to the platform. Crowds of people assemble near the train to say goodbye to soldiers who lean out from the windows.

231st Battalion, Hastings Park

Photograph depicts the 231st Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders) on the training grounds at Hastings Park in Vancouver, B.C. On horseback at the front of the battalion are Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Easton Leach and battalion Sergeant-Major J. A. Ewart. Vancouver Exhibition Buildings can be seen in the background.

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