MemorySask

Soldier of 17th Field Regiment posing with bombs

IHM.2020.0424
Item
1945

Photograph of an unidentified soldier with a stack of bombs. If taken on the same day as IHM.2020.0423, this would also be at the Krupp proving grounds.

17th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery

Soldiers posing with jeep

IHM.2020.0428
Item
1945

Part of Military Collection

Six Canadian soldiers posing with a jeep in front of a building. Likely taken in Sneek, the Netherlands (see IHM.2020.0425).

17th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery

V-E Day souvenir programme

IHM.2021.0419
Item
1945

Part of Military Collection

Contains the program for the V-E Day celebration at Dickson Park and the Armoury. The program has no dates and was printed before the date of V-E Day (May 8, 1945) was known.

Two soldiers of 17th Field Regiment posing with bombs

IHM.2020.0426
Item
1945

Part of Military Collection

Two soldiers posing with bombs at the Krupp proving grounds in Meppen, Germany at the end of WWII

17th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery

Letter to family of Richard Cox accompanying his WWII medals

IHM.2022.0173
Item
[ca. 1945]

Part of Military Collection

1-page letter accompanying medals for Corporal Richard Cox (R-213522) and expressing sympathy.

Certificate of Appreciation to J. Dorwart - Civil Security Corps

IHM.2023.0062
Item
February 10, 1945

Part of Military Collection

1-page certificate re: J. Dorwart's service in "The Saskatchewan Veterans' Civil Security Corps, signed by Premier T.C. Douglas

Government of Saskatchewan

Soldier Len Martin posing under road sign in the Netherlands

IHM.2020.0425
Item
1945

Part of Military Collection

Photograph of one soldier with a jeep in the background posing under a road sign - likely at Sneek, the Netherlands. Inscription on back says "Holland 1945 Len Martin"

17th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery

17th Field Regiment personnel posing at Krupp proving grounds

IHM.2020.0423
Item
1945

Part of Military Collection

Six soldiers of the 17th Field Regiment pose with a large Krupp artillery gun. Sgt. Peter Powless from Indian Head is identified in the photograph. The Krupp proving grounds were at Meppen, Germany, just 70 km southeast of Winschoten, the Netherlands, where the regiment was stationed after WWII.

17th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery

Welcome Home 76th

IHM.2022.0340
Item
January 17, 1946

Part of Military Collection

Issue of the Indian Head News dedicated to the occasion of the return of the Indian Head-based 76th Battery, part of the 17th Canadian Field Regiment. The issue has a photo of the original (1940) combined 60th & 76th Batteries with the names of all the members.

Indian Head - Wolseley News

Welcome Home Banquet and Social Evening Program - Indian Head Legion Branch No 114

IHM.2022.0155
Item
February 1, 1946

Part of Military Collection

Small stiff paper program on yellow paper

Program for Welcome Home Banquet and Social Evening

IHM.2020.0329
Item
February 1, 1946

Part of Military Collection

The 10 cm X 15 cm 4-page program for a banquet and social evening held by the Indian Head Branch of the Legion for soldiers returning home from WWII.

Canadian Legion Indian Head Branch

Souvenir Programme "76th Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, Welcome Home January 18th, 1946"

IHM.2022.0178
Item
January 18, 1946

Part of Military Collection

The 10 cm X 25 cm 4-page program for the welcome at the train station, the procession to the armoury and speeches there. It contains the record of the 76th Battery's actions during the war and a list of its officers.

Canadian Legion Indian Head Branch

Newsclipping photo of 7 NCOs of the 76th Field Battery

IHM.2022.0358
Item
January 17, 1946

Part of Military Collection

Newsclipping photo of 7 NCOs of the 76th Field Battery. Caption: Some Originals: These men were originals of the 76th Field Battery to return to Indian Head on Friday. In the groups are S/Sgt. W. J. Parr, Kipling; Sgt. Charles Watson, Indian Head; RSM George E. Green, Broadview; RSM G. Bannerman, Neville; Sgt. R. A. Townsend, Balcarres; Sgt. C. O. Payne, Neville; Sgt. P. J. Powless, Indian Head.

Regina Leader-Post