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Frank Battersby in Belgium
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1829
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1945
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frank Battersby in uniform, standing by a potted flowering plant (placed on top of a column) in a garden in Ghent, Belgium.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 8 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph has scalloped edges
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frank Battersby in uniform, standing by a potted flowering plant (placed on top of a column) in a garden in Ghent, Belgium.
- Accession Code
- BV004.104.124
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- May 1945
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For another photograph of the same image, but cut out, see BV004.102.124.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Notes on verso of photograph read: "Gent [sic]- Belgium May 1945" and "Ghent - WWII Frank Battersby"
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Frank Battersby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1838
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1945
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frank Battersby casually squatting in the "sports field" in Ghent, Belgium.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph has scalloped edges
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frank Battersby casually squatting in the "sports field" in Ghent, Belgium.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Names
- Battersby, Frank
- Accession Code
- BV004.104.133
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- June 1945
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Gent [sic]- Belgium June 1945. At the Sports Field"
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Frank Battersby and Marcel van Biver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1835
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1945
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Marcel van Biver in a suit with a cigarette in his mouth, and his arm around Frank Battersby's shoulders. The two met in Ghent, Belgium (where this photograph was taken).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 6 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph has scalloped edges and has been printed off-centre
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Marcel van Biver in a suit with a cigarette in his mouth, and his arm around Frank Battersby's shoulders. The two met in Ghent, Belgium (where this photograph was taken).
- Accession Code
- BV004.104.130
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- 1945
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Notes on verso of photograph read: "[Frank Battersby] / 1945 Ghent - Belgium" and "Myself & the Chap we met. Marcel Van Biver"
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Air mail letter from Colin Fox to May Bateman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15143
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 5 Dec. 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (double sided and folded)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a typewritten air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment with the 44th and 78th Canadian Field Battery. In…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (double sided and folded)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a typewritten air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment with the 44th and 78th Canadian Field Battery. In his letter Colin describes his health recovering from his wounds; shares his current experience in Holland near the German border; recalls a visit to Belgium; tells of how other fellows that landed on D-Day will be taking leave in England and that he would like to visit Paris on his next leave.
- Accession Code
- BV020.27.31
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 5 Dec. 1944
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Feb-2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Air mail letter is addressed to: "Miss May Bateman / c/o Miss Ruth Dale / Box 167 , / WEST SUMMERLAND, B.C."
- Circular postmark stamps read: "WEST SD... [sic] / AM / DE 23 / 44/ ..." and "DEC 21 / 6 PM / 1944"
- Stamp on outside of air mail letter reads: "PASSED BY / CENSOR / No. / 11800"
- Return address on outside of air mail letter reads: "K19022 Sgt. / C.R.Fox"
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Daily Telegraph War Map of Germany with bombing sites
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20312
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [before 1938] (date of creation of map), annotations added [between 1943 and 1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col. lithographic print ; 51 x 77 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a map entitled "Daily Telegraph War Map of Germany" with secondary title "Daily Telegraph WAR MAP No. 10 Revised Edition". Map was produced prior to the Second World War [pre-Munich International Boundary lines]. Map depicts approximately 47 N to 55 N and from 3E to 22E. The countr…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col. lithographic print ; 51 x 77 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a map entitled "Daily Telegraph War Map of Germany" with secondary title "Daily Telegraph WAR MAP No. 10 Revised Edition". Map was produced prior to the Second World War [pre-Munich International Boundary lines]. Map depicts approximately 47 N to 55 N and from 3E to 22E. The country of Germany sits at the centre of the map bordered by Holland, Belgium and France to the west; Switzerland, Austria and Hungary to the south; Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslavakia, Hungary and Romania to the east and Denmark and the Baltic Sea to the north. Annotations in green ink on the map mark areas of Germany that were bombed during World War Two and were added by Royal Canadian Air Force First Officer Joseph (Joe) H. Corsbie during his service.
- Creator
- Geographia Limited
- Publisher
- Hutchinsons & Co. (Publishers Ltd.) LONDON & MELBORNE"
- Parallel Title
- WAR MAP No. 10 Revised Edition
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Accession Code
- BV020.31.35
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [before 1938] (date of creation of map), annotations added [between 1943 and 1945]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of map
- Label printed on verso of map reads: "Daily Telegraph / War Map No. 10 / GERMANY / (REVISED EDITION) / PRICE 1/-NET"
- Copyright. "GEOGRAPHIA" LTD. 167 FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.C.4
- Specially drawn for the Daily Telegraph by "Geographia" Ltd."
- Scale: "Heights in English Feet / Scale of English Miles / Kilometres"
Three soldiers on their stomachs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1831
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1945
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frank Battersby (far left) and two unidentified fellow soldiers lying down on their stomachs in the "sports field' in Ghent, Belgium.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph has scalloped edges
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frank Battersby (far left) and two unidentified fellow soldiers lying down on their stomachs in the "sports field' in Ghent, Belgium.
- Names
- Battersby, Frank
- Accession Code
- BV004.104.126
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- June 1945
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "taken down at the sports field one day. Gent [sic] - June 1945"
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