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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 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
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
Poem about R.G.E Leckie written by his brother-in-law, John Smythe Annesley
18 verse poem about Leckie's command during the Second Battle of Ypres
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)
Telegram from R.G.E Leckie to John "Jack" Leckie
Amusing telegram in which Leckie announces that his battalion is headed to training from British Columbia with the 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."