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Statement of War Service Gratuity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription21344
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a document titled, "Statement of War Service Gratuity" issued to Private J.F. Royle (Joe Royle) Regt. No. 75144. Soldiers received a cash payment, or gratuity, when they left the military, based mainly on their length of service. This statement, issued to Private J.F. Royle granted…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a document titled, "Statement of War Service Gratuity" issued to Private J.F. Royle (Joe Royle) Regt. No. 75144. Soldiers received a cash payment, or gratuity, when they left the military, based mainly on their length of service. This statement, issued to Private J.F. Royle granted him $420.00 for 183 days of military service.
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Names
- Royle, J. F. "Joe"
- Accession Code
- BV005.20.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1919
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-01-15
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Letter from Joe Royle to Harry Royle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription21345
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1918]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten letter addressed to Harry Royle from his brother Joe (J.F.) Royle while serving with the A.S.C. (Army Service Corps) in the E.A. Ex. Force (East Africa Expeditionary Force?) near the end of World War I.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Material Details
- handwritten in ink on both sides of paper
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten letter addressed to Harry Royle from his brother Joe (J.F.) Royle while serving with the A.S.C. (Army Service Corps) in the E.A. Ex. Force (East Africa Expeditionary Force?) near the end of World War I.
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Accession Code
- BV005.20.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1918]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-01-15
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Documents
In memoriam book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4645
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1957
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an "In Memoriam" guest book in memory of Herbert R. Parsons who died in South Burnaby May 23, 1957 at the age of 84 years. It is a hardcover book with plastic binding and contains handwritten notes in the first few pages noting the location of the service, officiating reverend, mus…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an "In Memoriam" guest book in memory of Herbert R. Parsons who died in South Burnaby May 23, 1957 at the age of 84 years. It is a hardcover book with plastic binding and contains handwritten notes in the first few pages noting the location of the service, officiating reverend, musical selections and a list of family members.
- History
- Flossie Maude Parsons (nee Smith) was born to George Henry Smith, a farm labourer, and Harriet Ann Savage on February 13, 1896 in Ealing, England. She immigrated to Canada with some of her family members in the early 1920s. They lived in Winnipeg for a few years as an older brother had settled there in 1912. She married Herbert Russell Parsons on June 23, 1928. They first lived in Vancouver and finally bought a home at 7091 Jubilee Avenue, South Burnaby in the early 1930s. In 1943, Flossie was certified in Home Nursing. Herbert Parsons was active during the Second World War as a volunteer for Civil Defence in Burnaby and worked as a salesman for Woodwards. The couple had no children. Herbert passed away on May 23rd, 1957 (age 84) and Flossie passed away on April 6, 1996 (age 100).
- Other Title Information
- Title based on content of item
- Accession Code
- BV017.38.10
- Date
- 1957
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Peace Celebration at Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65610
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 19, 1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Mayor's Office fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 pamphlet
- Scope and Content
- Item is a pamphlet for the "Peace Celebration at Central Park" which was undertaken "[t]o commemorate the end of the Great War, 1914-1918, and the Signing of the Peace Treaty, 1919."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 19, 1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Mayor's Office fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 pamphlet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 42555
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a pamphlet for the "Peace Celebration at Central Park" which was undertaken "[t]o commemorate the end of the Great War, 1914-1918, and the Signing of the Peace Treaty, 1919."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Political records
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77051
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Brainerd family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an election slip naming Lawrence Brainerd as agent for Ernie Winch, a Canadian Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publication entitled "Policy for British Columba", a leaflet created in Vancouver for and about single, unemployed men staging a sit-in in the Post Office and Art Gallery en…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Brainerd family fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS172-002
- Accession Number
- 2013-05
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an election slip naming Lawrence Brainerd as agent for Ernie Winch, a Canadian Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publication entitled "Policy for British Columba", a leaflet created in Vancouver for and about single, unemployed men staging a sit-in in the Post Office and Art Gallery entitled "Post Office / 'Sitdowner's' / Gazette" and a Korean War propaganda leaflet describing the strength of the United Nations position (written in Chinese).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file