196th Western Universities Battalion - No. 5 Platoon - Group Photo
- A-1129
- Item
- 1916
Five rows of soldiers of No. 5 Platoon in uniform and holding rifles; at Camp Hughes, Manitoba.
196th Western Universities Battalion - No. 5 Platoon - Group Photo
Five rows of soldiers of No. 5 Platoon in uniform and holding rifles; at Camp Hughes, Manitoba.
196th Western Universities Battalion - No. 5 Platoon - Group Photo
Four rows of soldiers in uniform at the front entrance of the College Building. Sign at their feet reads: "Platoon 5, 196th Batt. W.U. Saskatchewan."
Squadron marching in street of unidentified German town. Buildings of European design, people and Volkswagen in background.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - At Ease
Elevated view of COTC officers in uniforms and hats standing at ease during break.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - At Ease
Elevated view of COTC officers in uniforms and hats standing at ease during break.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Award Presentation
Presentation of award to unidentifed COTC cadet. Names of men written on back of photograph: Brig. Gen. J.A.W. Bennel, Commander M.D.P. Allely, and D. McPherson.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Award Presentation
Presentation by Brig. Watsford of award to unidentified COTC cadet. Unidentified [officer] looks on.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Band
COTC band members standing in rows with their instruments. Indoor view with other cadets visible at upper left and a unique wood burning stove in background at right. Taken at Saskatoon Armouries..
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Cadet Inspection
J.S. Thomson, University President, and Major John Wesley Joyce inspecting COTC cadets on campus; winter scene.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Cadets
Outdoor winter scene of an unidentified cadet standing in front of College Building.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Cadets
Eight COTC cadets pose indoors with a Triumph motorcycle; other motorcycles visible in background.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Cadets - Jack Mooney
Portrait of Jack Mooney, COTC cadet, seated and dressed in uniform and hat.
Bio/Historical Note: "One of the chief prices which Canada paid in the last war for her lack of preparation was the tragic waste of thousands of her best young men killed while fighting in the ranks because they had not been previously trained for a more useful career as officers. It is to prevent such a waste in any possible future war that every Canadian University is now giving facilities to its students to qualify as officers during their undergraduate course. Our own contingent of the C.O.T.C. came to life in January of this year and is already recruited up to a strength of 170." (The Spectrum, 1921) The Canadian Officers' Training Corps was a unit in the Active Militia of Canada. The Corps prepared university students for the examinations for a Lieutenant's or Captain's Commission and the universities granted course credit for COTC work. Senior commissions were held by faculty while all junior commissioned and non-commissioned ranks were open to undergraduates. Interest in the Corps declined in the 1950s and came to an end in 1964.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Cadets - Marching
Cadets marching during winter on the University of Saskatchewan campus. College Building visible in background.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - Dinner
COTC personnel and guests in formal attire having a casual conversation.
Canadian Officers' Training Corps - [Engineers] - Group Photo
Cadets and officers stand on and in front of podium with a Royal Canadian Engineer emblem on it. Outdoor scene.