World War One Soldiers on Main Street
- 80.418.09
- Item
- ca.1919
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
A group of soldiers in uniform, marching down Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
World War One Soldiers on Main Street
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
A group of soldiers in uniform, marching down Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
William Yeates Hunter - Portrait
Portrait of William Yeates Hunter in uniform with hat and a riding crop.
Bio/Historical Note: Major (Manitoba Regiment) William Yeates Hunter (b.1868) of Saskatoon was KIA 19180928 and is buried at Reninghelst New military cemetery southwest of Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. He was the son of Dr. William Frith Hunter and came from Margate, Kent, England, to homestead on NW21-49-4-W3, west of Shellbrook. Hunter served more than 13 years in the British Army and was with the 8th Kings (Liverpool) Regiment in the South African War. Hunter completed a BA at the University of Saskatchewan in 1915 and was a professor of English when he enlisted at Winnipeg, Manitoba, early the next year, leaving a wife Ethel Helen later of Montréal, Québec. Hunter was serving as an area commandant of part of liberated Belgium when he was killed (most likely by enemy bombs).
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Tom Bateson standing in a field next to a cannon
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Portrait of Sergeant Hugh Buchanan in military uniform
This fonds reflects the historical research and writing conducted by Richard Dowson. Dowson has completed extensive research on Moose Jaw during WWII. It includes writings on George William ‘Bill’ Ward, a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the history of Moose Jaw residents in relation to the sinking of the Line Athenia. It also includes the history of the Moose Jaw Dam-buster Airmen, Sergeant-Pilot Kenneth Brown and Pilot Officer Robert Alexander Urquhart.
Dowson, Richard
Officers of the 120th C.A.(B.)T.C.
Part of SMM Photo Collection
Officers of the 120th C.A.(B.)T.C. (Canadian Army (Basic) Training Centre) which operated out of the Regina Exhibition Grounds during World War II
M.L. West, West Studios, Regina, SK
Officers – Regina Rifle Regiment-C.A.S.F. (8th Brigade) 1940
Part of SMM Photo Collection
Group photograph of the Officers of the Regina Rifle Regiment-Canadian Active Service Force (C.A.S.F.) (8th Brigade) in the summer of 1940.
Gibson Photo (Saskatoon)
No 11, Service Flying Training School Yorkton history - Page 5
Part of Howard Jackson Collection
Page 5 of the history of No. 11 Service Flying Training School in Yorkton.
No 11, Service Flying Training School Yorkton history - Page 4
Part of Howard Jackson Collection
Page 4 of the history of No. 11 Service Flying Training School in Yorkton.
No 11, Service Flying Training School Yorkton history - Page 3
Part of Howard Jackson Collection
Page 3 of the history of No. 11 Service Flying Training School in Yorkton.
No 11, Service Flying Training School Yorkton history - Page 2
Part of Howard Jackson Collection
Page 2 of the history of No. 11 Service Flying Training School in Yorkton.
No 11, Service Flying Training School Yorkton history - Page 1
Part of Howard Jackson Collection
Page 1 of the history of No. 11 Service Flying Training School in Yorkton.
Major-General William W. Foster and Major Wilf Rae
Major-General William W. Foster and Major Wilf Rae in uniforms and hats standing at ease in Rutherford Rink.
Bio/Historical Note: William Wasbrough (Billy) Foster (1875-1954) was born in Bristol, England in 1876 and immigrated to Canada in 1894. In a 1913 by-election, Foster was elected Conservative member for The Islands in the British Columbia legislature. In November 1914, he joined the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles. After distinguishing himself at the Somme and Vimy Ridge, he was promoted to command the 52nd Battalion in August 1917. Aside from a temporary post to command the 9th Infantry Brigade in September 1918, Foster remained with the 52nd until the end of the war. He received two DSO Bars, was twice wounded and was five times mentioned in dispatches. Foster was appointed Chief Constable of the Vancouver Police Department on 3 January 1935. Foster remained active in veteran affairs during peacetime and was the president of the Royal Canadian Legion from 1938 to 1940. His career as chief constable was cut short when he was called off to war in 1939 and was promoted to major general. Foster died in 1954 in Vancouver.
Part of A.S. Morton fonds
Two images of soldiers in trenches during the [First World War].
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
A man in military uniform, leaning against a vehicle. There is a building in the background