Résultats

      A collection of materials related to Hugh S. Calverley. This collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, paintings, etc from Sybil Rampen's family collection.

      The materials in this scrapbook span the years of 1914 and 1915 during World War I. From the correspondence between Hugh and his family members, as well as other WWI memorabilia, Mrs. Sybil Calverley recreated Hugh's war experiences in a breathtaking collection.

      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. ...

      A letter to Hugh Calverley's mother thanking his family for gifts that they sent to him.

      A postcard depicting a military biplane from World War I.

      This clipping was written at the front by a subaltern of "C" Company, 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers and were published in the 1st Divisional Routine Orders.

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

      Kaiser “I say, how are you going to explain the surrender of your army corps in the Caucasus?” Sultan of Turkey “Nothing simpler. I shall say Our gallant troups determined to embarrass the enemy’s commissariat and carried out their object with overwhelming success.” Kaiser “Splendid! Couldn’t have put it better ...

      A letter written by Hugh to Dick discussing weapons used during World War I

      A photograph taken of the Canadian Signaler Corps. of World War I. Hugh Calverley is located on the right side of the back row.

      An original watercolor painting of Lake Simcoe.

      A newspaper clipping discussing the training experiences of Ontario soldiers.

      Front: " England may not be a military nation in the modern sense of the word but she knows how to maintain her position as mistress of the world whom called upon to do so and she intends to hold the heritage given to her by her ancestors and to ...

      Reverse: "Saucy Arethusa has a dozen or more holes in her plugged up with iron plates. Must have been a near ago. They filled them with blankets to stop the water from coming in." Hugh

      A newspaper designed to inform the British public on the happenings of the war.

      A letter written to Mrs Calverley, Hugh's mother, by A.H. Young from Trinity College in Toronto.

      A hand-drawn map of the camp at Valcartier. Hand-drawn by Hugh Calverley.

      A drawing of the round tents that were located in Valcartier. There were 12 people to a tent - those who shared a tent with Hugh are listed.

      A letter to Hugh's father after his twenty-first birthday. It contains information about the daily life and supply demand of the Canadian troops.

      Reverse: "This is where the carloads of fruit etc go. A carload is lost among 33 thousand men. It gets down to a grape per man. The grub is good and plenty.