- CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.66.4.1-079
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- 1916
Four signallers of the 118th Battalion
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Four signallers of the 118th Battalion
Gordon Eby with his mother Catharine in the Eby family greenhouse. Gordon is in military uniform.
Caption by Anne Eby Millar: "From January 1917 until September, Gordon Eby and his comrades stayed in England. Eby went sightseeing, enjoyed the countryside and the flowers, taking numerous pictures." Written on back: "Harry Lauder the great commedian entertaining the boys at Bramshott, May 1917."
Privates relaxing near Bramshott
Caption by Anne Eby Millar: "From January 1917 until September, Gordon Eby and his comrades stayed in England. Eby went sightseeing, enjoyed the countryside and the flowers, taking numerous pictures." Written on back: "Left to right: Pte. Allemang, Pte. Gingerich, Pte. Eby G., Pte. Bich J., Pte. Bich A. The brook on the footpath to the town of Haselmere. May 1917. Bramshott, Hamts. Eng."
Gordon Eby, George Wray, Charles Atkins
Caption on back of photograph: "This snap was taken at Bramshott camp, April 1917. George Wray was here to visit me at that time." Left to right: Gordon Eby, George Wray, Charles Atkins.
Soldiers with a lorry.
Pte. Capling and Pte. Ivan Bowman
Caption on back: "Left to right: Pte. Capling, Pte Bowman Ivan. Ready for overseas a few days before they left. Bramshott, May 1917." Caption by Anne Eby Millar: "Ivan Bowman, left and friend Capling, just before going over to France. Capling was wounded. Ivan Bowman returned to Kitchener and set up a collection agency after the war."
Caption by Anne Eby Millar: "The Major." Probably taken at Bramshott Camp.
Soldiers waiting for embarkation to or from Milford
Soldiers embarking for or from Milford. Sign reads "Milford for Witley Camp." In his diary, Gordon Eby mentions leaving from Milford in May 1919 to begin his journey home by ship.
A soldier poses with a mule and wagon.
Caption on back: "one of the camp hand fire engines, Bramshott, England, May 1917."
Lounge and shop, “The Beaver Hut,” A Canadian YMCA, London
This is a postcard of the lounge and shop in the "beaver hut," the Canadian Y.M.C.A. in London, England.
Dining Room at the “The Beaver Hut,” Canadian YMCA, London
This postcard shows the dining room at the "beaver hut," the Canadian Y.M.C.A. in London.
The year "1916" is written on reverse, but may by 1917, in England.