"Clothing - Military Uniforms" found 238 records

military helmet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV977.82.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV977.82.1

Description: Military helmet, English style, issued during World War II. Issued to local Burnaby Police force. It is painted dark blue and the word "Police" is painted in white on the front. The helmet has webbing and chin strap.

Marks/Labels: "POLICE" painted in large block letters in white paint.

Subjects: Public Services; Public Services - Policing; Clothing; Clothing - Military Uniforms; Wars; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: British Columbia Provincial Police; Burnaby Municipal Police

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military kit pouch

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact27480

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV974.113.59

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV974.113.59

Description: Military kit pouch, First World War issue. Made of beige fabric. It has loops to retain equipment and is designed to be rolled up and tied.

Object History: Object belonged to donor's father, Allan Rae Currie.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Clothing - Military Uniforms

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whistle

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV999.24.21

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV999.24.21

Description: Whistle. Metal, World War 1 military, whistle on cord. Cord is attached to whistle's ring by metal clip.

Object History: Whistle belonged to Frederick Homer Cassels who was a World War I Veterinary Service Army veteran. Frederick immigrated to Burnaby from England in 1919.; Frederick Homer Cassels was born June 25th 1870 or 1872 in Paisley, Ontario. He moved to BC in 1914 and settled in Vancouver. Cassels was a veterinary surgeon in the 103rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I.; Prior to that, Cassels worked in Washington State. He married Emily Frances McMullen in England in 1919. They came back to Canada and settled in Burnaby the same year.; He later worked as a marble worker, sticker and polisher at Continental Marble Works until 1932. The family settled in Burnaby's "Skunk Hollow" area, an area off Boundary Road at 13th Avenue and Clydesdale. Their children attended Schou St. School.; He passed away July 31 1948.

Category: 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication

Classification: Sound Communication T&E - - Sound Communication Devices

Object Term: Whistle

Marks/Labels: "Patent 57208" "PATENT"

Subjects: Sound Communication Tools and Equipment; Wars; Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Clothing; Clothing - Military Uniforms

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coat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91806

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.31.45

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.31.45

Description: Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) blue wool service coat, uniform jacket.; The coat is single breasted with a four brass button closure. The buttons are embossed with the King's crown above an eagle volant affronte the head to the sinister. Below the eagle is "R.C.A.F."; There are two upper breast pockets with button flaps and box pleats, and two lower pockets with button flaps.; There is a "CANADA" shoulder flash on each shoulder. Above the left breast pocket is a badge with a single wing attached to an "O". The badge is the Observer badge also worn by Navigators.; On each cuff there is a rank insignia of a single light blue or white stripe on a black background.

Object History: Item belonged to Joseph “Joe” Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie who served as a Navigator for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) between 1942 and 1945. He went on to be a BC Provincial MLA and later a Burnaby Municipal Council Member along with various other pursuits. See Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds for full biography.

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols

Object Term: Uniform, Military

Subjects: Clothing; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"; Royal Canadian Air Force

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coat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91808

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.31.47

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.31.47

Description: Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) brown or khaki service coat, uniform jacket.; The coat is single breasted with a four brass button closure. The buttons are embossed with the King's crown above an eagle volant affronte the head to the sinister. Below the eagle is "R.C.A.F."; There are two upper breast pockets with button flaps and box pleats, and two lower pockets with button flaps.; There is a "CANADA" shoulder flash on each shoulder. Above the left breast pocket is a badge with a single wing attached to an "O". The badge is the Observer badge also worn by Navigators.; On each cuff there is a rank insignia of a single light blue or white stripe on a black background.

Object History: Item belonged to Joseph “Joe” Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie who served as a Navigator for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) between 1942 and 1945. He went on to be a BC Provincial MLA and later a Burnaby Municipal Council Member along with various other pursuits. See Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds for full biography.

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols

Object Term: Uniform, Military

Measurements: Height: 87.5 cm; Width: 53 cm

Subjects: Clothing; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"; Royal Canadian Air Force

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Otto Gossell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66456

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Otto Gossell. A note accompanying the photograph reads: "Otto Gossell who married C's mother's sister." Otto would have been an uncle to Bernard and Claude Hill. In the photograph, he is pictured wearing a dress uniform, with a medal affixed to the…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1070

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Otto Gossell. A note accompanying the photograph reads: "Otto Gossell who married C's mother's sister." Otto would have been an uncle to Bernard and Claude Hill. In the photograph, he is pictured wearing a dress uniform, with a medal affixed to the lapel.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Gossell, Otto

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Colonel Thomas O. Townley

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription436

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.1 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Colonel Thomas O. Townley in dress uniform, taken in a photographic studio. He is leaning against a leather chair on which a helmet with a crest is resting. He is holding a staff with his left hand, and wearing leather gloves. Colonel Townley was a member of the the Duke of Connaught'…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.1 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Colonel Thomas O. Townley in dress uniform, taken in a photographic studio. He is leaning against a leather chair on which a helmet with a crest is resting. He is holding a staff with his left hand, and wearing leather gloves. Colonel Townley was a member of the the Duke of Connaught's own Rifles, and became the mayor of Vancouver in 1901. In 1912, he built the Deerholme house designed by his architect son, Fred Laughton Townley.

Subjects: Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Clothing - Military Uniforms; Occupations - Military Personnel

Names: Townley, Thomas O

Accession Code: HV979.33.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-?] (date of original), copied 1979

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Colonel Thomas O. Townley, [190-?] (date of original), copied 1979 thumbnail

Unidentified soldier

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82733

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1945]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified soldier.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1945]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 559-001

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified soldier.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph ; Bottom of image reads: "Ubique" ; Photograph stamp reads: "A Phillips / HP / Peabody Road /..."; Simnett personal papers series

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Unidentified soldier, [1910-1945] thumbnail

Claude Hill in uniform

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39184

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 1.5 x 2 cm cut to size on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill, in uniform. The photograph has been cut to shape around his outline and pasted on an album page with similar pictures collectively titled "Heads and Tales."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 1.5 x 2 cm cut to size on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-503

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Claude Hill, in uniform. The photograph has been cut to shape around his outline and pasted on an album page with similar pictures collectively titled "Heads and Tales."

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms; Occupations - Military Personnel

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Claude Hill in uniform, [1910] thumbnail

William W. Kenrick

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38691

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Kenrick in uniform taken in a photographic studio. He was the uncle of Kitty Hill Peers and served in the Indian Army Medical Corps.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Kenrick in uniform taken in a photographic studio. He was the uncle of Kitty Hill Peers and served in the Indian Army Medical Corps.

Subjects: Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Kenrick, William W.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: " Mr. Langton / Electric / Light / Photographer / High Class Portraits / at any hour / Day of Night / Appointments required for sitting after / 7PM / 35 / Buckingham Palace Road / Nearly opposite/ Buckingham Palace / Belgravia / S.W.

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Harold Rumble

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before 1916] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 300 ppi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Harold Rumble in uniform, lying across a park bench. This photograph was taken before he went overseas to fight in World War I.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 300 ppi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Harold Rumble in uniform, lying across a park bench. This photograph was taken before he went overseas to fight in World War I.

Subjects: Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Rumble, Harold

Accession Code: BV004.115.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [before 1916] (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Harold Rumble, [before 1916] (date of original) thumbnail

Andrew Sloane Johnson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36317

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : hand col. ; 50 x 40 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Andrew Sloane Johnson as a child, in a military costume. He is wearing a white hat with a metal tip, a dark jacket with brass buttons, gloves, spats, and boots. He is resting the butt of a nickel rifle on the ground, and holding the barrel in his hands. The gun is either a nickle pain…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Andrew Johnson subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : hand col. ; 50 x 40 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 244-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-10

Scope and Content: Photograph of Andrew Sloane Johnson as a child, in a military costume. He is wearing a white hat with a metal tip, a dark jacket with brass buttons, gloves, spats, and boots. He is resting the butt of a nickel rifle on the ground, and holding the barrel in his hands. The gun is either a nickle painted toy rifle, or else it is a real nickel plated rifle made especially for a child. This photograph was hand-tinted, cut into an oval.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms; Armament - Firearms

Names: Johnson, Andrew Sloane

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "...red coat, a blue ... / brass buttons / gloves, leggins [sic], bror... / blk shoes / white hat, brass ornaments / brown nickle gun"

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Military trainees

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2660

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [before 1916] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 300 ppi

Scope and Content: Photograph of men taking military training at Hastings Park, Vancouver.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 300 ppi

Scope and Content: Photograph of men taking military training at Hastings Park, Vancouver.

Subjects: Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV004.115.35

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [before 1916] (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Military trainees, [before 1916] (date of original) thumbnail

Irish Fusiliers of Canada

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36294

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of soldiers sitting and standing in two rows on a porch at Work Point Barracks, in Esquimalt. George A. Grant is sitting in the front row on the far left. These men were members of the 11th Regiment (Irish Fusiliers of Canada), a Canadian Militia infantry regiment at Vancouver, organized…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Grant subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 243-014

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of soldiers sitting and standing in two rows on a porch at Work Point Barracks, in Esquimalt. George A. Grant is sitting in the front row on the far left. These men were members of the 11th Regiment (Irish Fusiliers of Canada), a Canadian Militia infantry regiment at Vancouver, organized in 1913.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms; Persons - Volunteers

Names: Grant, George Alford

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on written in pencil verso of print reads: "At Work Point Barracks Esquimalt 1913, Col. McSpadden being the only Officer of the 11th Regt. I.F. of C. yet in uniform (the rest of us being in training for our commissions) GAG"

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Irish Fusiliers of Canada, 1913 thumbnail

George and Mary Buxton with Mary, Clissie, and Leopold

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64637

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton with his wife Mary and three of their children - Mary, Clissie and Leopold. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children:…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 513-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-05

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton with his wife Mary and three of their children - Mary, Clissie and Leopold. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951). The Buxton house remains a heritage landmark in Burnaby to this day. Leopold enlisted in the Canadian Infantry BC Regiment 7th Battlion during World War One. He died on April 24, 1915 and is buried at the Menin Gates (Ypres) memorial Belgium.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Buxton, George Searby; Buxton, Alice Clarissa "Clissie"; Buxton, Leopold George; Buxton, Mary Isabel; Buxton, Mary Isabel Nattriss

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Buxton Street

Street Address: 4807 Buxton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

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George and Mary Buxton with Mary, Clissie, and Leopold, [1914] thumbnail

Minard Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66175

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 13 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Minard Gerald Hill, son of Bernard and Marian Hill, in uniform. Minard later went on to build the Yellow Point Lodge on Vancouver Island.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 13 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-926

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Minard Gerald Hill, son of Bernard and Marian Hill, in uniform. Minard later went on to build the Yellow Point Lodge on Vancouver Island.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso rads: "MG Hill / 1914"

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Entrance to Listening Sap

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82553

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of five soldiers sitting in a trench.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-124

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of five soldiers sitting in a trench.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in black pen on verso reads: "Entrance to Listening Sap / M & N"

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Entrance to Listening Sap, [between 1914 and 1918] thumbnail

Minard Hill in the trenches

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82554

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Minard Hill standing in a trench.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-125

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Minard Hill standing in a trench.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "In trenches"; Note in black pen on verso reads: "Minard Hill / Front line trench. Fritz is about 150 yds away"

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Minard Hill in the trenches, [between 1914 and 1918] thumbnail

Snipers firing over Glory Hole

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82556

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three soldiers in a trench. Two of them are holding guns.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-127

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three soldiers in a trench. Two of them are holding guns.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph ; Note in black pen on verso reads: "Snipers firing over 'Glory Hole' at about 1/2 mile / Sgt. Platt facing camera ..." ; Newspaper clipping on page photograph is mounted on reads: "Burnaby / Is Taken Prisoner - Mrs B R Hill of Burnaby Lake has received a cable from Mr Claude Hill, his brother, in England, stating that Minard Hill, who was reported as missing, is a prisoner of war in Germany and uninjured"

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Snipers firing over Glory Hole, [between 1914 and 1918] thumbnail

Minard Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82564

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard; 8.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard is a portrait of Minard Hill.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard; 8.5 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-135

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard is a portrait of Minard Hill.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph and note accompanying photograph; Stamp on verso reads: "Gepruft / Chemnitz ..."; Note on verso in black pen reads: "M Hill / ... 7 / No 1541 / Chemnitz Germany / ... Miss K Hill / Burnaby Lake / Vancouver, BC / Canada"

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