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[My Worst Experience During the Present War]
Account written at the 22 General Hospital in France in Nurse Wenonah Durant's diary
My Biography in the Army
Account written at the 22 General Hospital in France in Nurse Wenonah Durant's diary
My First Experience in the Firing Trenches
Account written at the 22 General Hospital in France in Nurse Wenonah Durant's diary
Statement of Alex Angus regarding his long military service, subsequent disability and how this has effected his ability to provide for his family and children
In a typewritten statement provided to the York Veterans' Social Welfare Club, Angus details his military career, his subsequent injuries and how that has effected his well-being and family
Statement of Mrs James E. Lockrey regarding the mental health and death of her husband, James E. Lockrey
Describes her husbands issues with unemployment, anger and hallucinations.
Statement of Mrs Lillian Henna regarding the mental health, behavior and death of her husband, Norman Wesley Henna
Mrs Lillian Henna describes her husbands immediate issues with mental health upon returning from the war, which resulted in him leaving his family to "wander," and the effect this has had upon her and her two children
Statement of Mrs Ada Fryers regarding the health and death of her husband, Louis Fryers
Discusses her husband's service, his subsequent health and the effect it had on her and her children
Statement of Mrs Mary Foster regarding the health and death of her husband, John Foster
In a typewritten statement provided to the York Veterans' Social Welfare Club, Foster details her husband's war service and subsequent mental and physical issues before his death
Photograph of [Harry and Ted Richardson]
Photograph individuals not identified, but Reg Richardson references receiving a snapshot of Harry and Ted in a letter to his sister
Letter from Josephine Keemlé to her son, Charles Edmund "Ned" Keemlé
Letter describes news from home, her worry for her son and her concern that her letters and packages are not reaching him
Letter from [Alma Keemlé] to her brother, Charles Edmund "Ned" Keemlé
Typewritten incomplete letter describing frustration that Ned has not received their letters, along with news from home
Letter from Josephine Keemlé to her son, Charles Edmund "Ned" Keemlé
Letter describes family news, and concern over not hearing from him
Letter from Alma Keemlé to her brother, Charles Edmund "Ned" Keemlé
Letter from Ned's sister Alma in Toronto describes family news, discusses the lack of letters and talks about the difficulty in getting factual information about the war at home
Letter from Charles Edmund "Ned" Keemlé to his mother, Josephine Keemlé
Discusses receiving letters from family, the weather and trenches in France and the inability to buy cigarettes
Letter from Louise Keemlé to her brother, Ned Keemlé
Letter from Louise Keemlé to her brother Ned Keemlé serving in France
Diary of Edith Leckie
Diary accounting the beginning of the war, Leckie's journey to England and beginning her war job in London.
List of Canadian soldiers killed during 1915 and 1916
Likely kept by R.G.E Leckie and kept on the back of an envelope
Photograph of R.G.E Leckie leading the Canadian 16th Battalion in cheering the automobile of King George V and Queen Mary with handwritten key
Sent from R.G.E Leckie to sister Edith Leckie who noted receiving the photographs in her diary
Photograph of King George V's Inspection of the Canadian 16th Battalion with handwritten key
Sent from R.G.E Leckie to sister Edith Leckie who noted receiving the photographs in her diary
R.G.E Leckie in Belgium
Photograph of R.G.E Leckie on the battlefields in Belgium in uniform of the Canadian 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish)
Typed account of the Second Battle of Ypres written by Robert Gilmour Edwards Leckie and sent home to his family
Seventeen page account beginning on 14 April 1915 and ending on 7 May 1915, sent to his family in Canada on 13 May 1915 with instructions that it was for "family consumption." Includes a casualty list for "Officers of 16th Battalion."
Album of postcards and other ephemera sent home from France and Belgium by Lance Corporal Gordon Stokes
Includes mass-market photographs of destruction, as well as photographs, clippings, and ephemera. Composed of material sent home before Stokes was invalided back to England in 1915. Loose photographs off the destroyed battlefields date to the…
Autograph and Scrapbook of the Great War
Includes autographs, written excerpts, clippings and other ephemera pasted into thematic pages, which includes VAD nurses and the Red Cross, French soldiers and soldiers serving in Africa