The Collection
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AUDIO FILE: Battle of Passchendaeleaudio file Battle of Passchendaele, extract of oral history interview by Major-General George Pearkes Click to view… |
AUDIO FILE: Battle of Vimy Ridgeaudio file Battle of Vimy Ridge, extract of oral history interview by Percy Twidale Click to view… |
Canadian Soldier searches German prisoners of warphotograph Image of a Canadian soldier searching German prisoners of war, from Archie Wills fonds. Archie H. Wills (Henry Archibald Wills) was born in Victoria, British Columbia on 11 September 1892. With the start of World War I Archie joined the 58th Battery, Canadian Forces Artillery. He trained at Fort MacAulay (Esquimalt), Petawawa, and Witley (England) and then saw sixteen months of action in France. Wills saw action at Arras and Vimy. Click to view… |
A Canadian Soldier's Annual Bathphotograph Image of a Canadian soldier bathing in a make-shift tub, from Archie Wills fonds photo album. Click to view… |
Crowd of Canadian and German Soldiers outside medical station.photograph Image of a Canadian and German soldiers outside a medical station, from the Arche Wills fonds photo album. Click to view… |
German casualty in Battlefieldphotograph Image of a deceased German soldier, from the Archie Wills fonds photo album. Click to view… |
German Stretcher Partyphotograph Photograph of a German strecher party, from the Archie Wills fonds photo album Click to view… |
Soldiers pulling heavy artillery in pitphotograph Image of Canadian soldiers moving heavy artillery. Note the reinforcing on the gun carriage wheels, from Archie Wills fonds photo album. Click to view… |
Prisoner of War Cagephotograph Image of prisoners of war in barbed-wire enclosure, from the Archie Wills fonds photo album. Click to view… |