Photos of the 202nd Battalion
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202nd Battalion "A" Company group photograph "A" Company Commander was Major Gordon Percival Howe Assisted by Captain Albert J. Huff, Lieut Henry A. Dyde, & Lieut William A Watson (from my private collection) |
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202nd Battalion group photograph
taken 11th June 1916 at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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Sarcee Camp Alberta Canada This was my Grandfathers Photo showing The 202nd Battalion "A" Company Lines
My Grandfather Wilfred Burns Mace is standing on the left (from my private collection) |
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Sarcee Camp Alberta Canada Another of my Grandfather's Photos showing The 202nd Battalion "A" Company Lines There were 5 sets of Lines A, B, H.Q., C, and D, (from my private collection) My grandfathers photo
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Sarcee Camp Alberta Canada The 202nd Battalion Wilfred Burns Mace is on the left Photo taken between 11th June 1916
and 30th October 1916 |
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"D" Company Guard 202nd Overseas Battallion A few named men including Herbert Ellis 231029 on the right Cpl. Watts (231026 or 231171) Pt. Henderson (231098) Pt. Archer (811861 or 811773) both transferes from the 138th Battalion 30/04/1916 Pt Ball (231214) ( I am guessing that this photo was taken before the battalion moved to Sarcee Camp June 1916 ) Images curtesy of Glen Ellis The grandson of Herbert Ellis ~ 2015 |
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The 202nd Battalion Colours The Colours were presented the 3rd November 1916 The Colours were presented by the OE
- MEE - MEE Chapther of the Daughters of the Empire. The presentation
took place at Victoria Park Edmonton Alberta Canada. Once in England the colours were "deposited", in Godalming Church at Whitly Camp, in the afternoon of 1st May 1917 ( as seen
by an eye witness James Howard Bennett, recorded in a letter home
of the same date ) |
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Sarcee Camp Calgary Alberta Canada c1916
202nd Battalion's "C" Company Lines
"C" Coy Commamder was Major A.W.A. Stewart-Irvine with Capt. A.L. Brick Lieut. T.R. Tipton Lieut W.H. Waddell
This image is from The Provincial Archives of Alberta
Canada and can be purchased from them |
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Sarcee Camp Calgary Alberta Canada c1916 202nd Battalion's"D" Company Lines "D" Coy Commamder was Capt. A.E. Samuel
with Capt. E.Z. Agar Lieut. Jno. Campbell
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Sarcee Camp Alberta Canada The 202nd Battalion meal tables Poss at the end of "D" Coy Lines
Photo taken between 11th June 1916
and 30th October 1916
(curtesy of Glen Ellis Grandson of |
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Sarcee Camp Alberta Canada The 202nd Battalion at meal time Wilfred Burns Mace is knealing down in the center of the picture by the bend in the ditch
Photo taken between 11th June 1916
and 30th October 1916
(from my private collection) |
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Sarcee Camp Alberta Canada The 202nd Battalion at meal time Wilfred Burns Mace is sitting with his knee
up Photo taken between 11th June 1916
and 30th October 1916
(from my private collection) |
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Sarcee Camp Alberta Canada The 202nd Battalion camp kitchen
Photo taken between 11th June 1916
and 30th October 1916
(from my private collection) |
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Sarcee Camp Alberta Canada The 202nd Battalion man on guard duty The post to the left has the number 4 on it..
Photo taken between 11th June 1916 and 30th October 1916 the time the 202nd Battalion were training at Sarcee Camp
(from my private collection) |
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H.M.T. Mauretania On 24th November 1916 the 202nd embarked on the H.M.T. Mauretania at Halifax Canada Arrived at Liverpool England 29th November 1916 Dis-embarked on the 30th November and |
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H.M.T. Mauretania
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HMT Mauretania |
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Most likely Witley Camp The 202nd Battalion "C" Coy Machine Gun Section Officer Lieut. Thomas Herbert Gillman with Photo taken after 30th December 1916
(from my private collection)
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