Résultats

      This scrapbook contains memorabilia from Hugh Calverley's (and his family's) experiences during World War I. As a young man, Hugh joined the Signal Corps, both his training and battlefield experiences being described. "The scrapbook is a handmade affair with odd pages, odd paper, bits of canvas sewn and glued together. …

      Soldiers organizing military supplies at Valcartier training grounds in Quebec.

      This is a copy from a mile to an inch ordinance map. Such practice routes were used every day for training.

      Reverse: This was the guard boat on the left front of the columns. Notice the guns peeping out of the side of the boat. We had the Talbot, Charyatid, DIana and Essex round us. The Sion and Glory the flanks....

      A photograph of one of Hugh's comrades whom he met in Moosejaw. He became a close friend of Hugh and the Calverley family during the war.

      A photograph of a World War I soldier in uniform. His name remains unknown.

      The Lusitania was an ocean liner that was sunk by a German U-boat, killing around 1,200 people. To this day, it remains one of the most famous civilian liner disasters in the world.

      A photograph of Lieutenant Hon H. Denison who served and died in World War I.

      A photograph taken of Seale (left) and Hugh Calverley (right) in their uniforms.

      A photograph of Oulton Hall, an 18th century mansion.

      A drawing of what appears to be a sleeping soldier. Hugh's letters home often included illustrations of the text.

      A hand drawing of a coastline, presumably drawn from the deck of a warship.

      An original watercolor painting of Lake Simcoe.

      Postcards depicting two Canadian transport ships - the HMS Star and HM Saucy Arethusa.

      The reverse side of the postcard has a letter from Hugh to his father: "Oct 21 (1914) 2nd C. 3rd Batt. Bustard Camp Dear Dad, I was thinking you might be in London now. This is the same type we saw at Brooklands together. Hugh."

      A postcard from World War I that depicts a political cartoon expressing the issue of the war budget.

      The Canadian Signal Corp was divided among the Battalions and were responsible for inter-army communications.

      An image from The National Council of Young Christian Men Associations of Canada depicting their cadets.

      The letterhead on the paper which Hugh Calverley used to write home to his mother on January 16, 1914. The ship depicted is the RMS Franconia.

      Drawings of the Quebec area where Hugh was located. These drawings were done on letter paper from the RMS Fraconia and include an image of the ship in the letterhead.