Photos
of the 202nd Battalion
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Click here on the link to a
photograph of the whole battalion 202nd Battalion all Officers and Men at the 14th October
1916 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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, Music, C, and D, |
Sarcee
Camp Alberta Canada
The 202nd Battalion
Wilfred Burns Mace is on
the left
Photo taken between 11th
June 1916 and 30th October 1916
The time the 202nd Battalion were training at Sarcee
Camp
The 202nd Battalion
Colours
The Colours were presented
the 3rd November 1916
whilst the Battalion was on the move from Sarcee
Camp to Halifax
The Colours were presented
by the OE - MEE - MEE Chapter of the Daughters of the Empire. The presentation
took place at Victoria Park Edmonton Alberta Canada.
They still hang today in the rotunda of the Alberta Legislature Building in
Edmonton.
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)
Sarcee
Camp Alberta Canada
The 202nd Battalion at
meal time
Wilfred Burns Mace is kneeling
down in the centre of the picture by the bend in the ditch
Photo taken between 11th
June 1916 and 30th October 1916
The time the 202nd Battalion were training at Sarcee
Camp
Sarcee
Camp Alberta Canada
The 202nd Battalion at
meal time
Wilfred Burns Mace is
sitting with his knee up
(centre right of the picture )
Photo taken between 11th
June 1916 and 30th October 1916
The time the 202nd Battalion were training at Sarcee
Camp
Sarcee
Camp Alberta Canada
The 202nd Battalion camp
kitchen
Photo taken between 11th
June 1916 and 30th October 1916
The time the 202nd Battalion were training at Sarcee
Camp
Sarcee
Camp Alberta Canada
The 202nd Battalion on
guard
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
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
after a "fine voyage"
Dis-embarked on the 30th
November and
proceeded to Witley Camp Surry
H.M.T. Mauretania
HMT Mauretania
with her dazzling camouflage
Most likely Witley Camp
Godalming, Surry, England
The 202nd Battalion C Coy
Machine Gun Section
Officer Lieut. Thomas
Herbert Gillman with
Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May # 231048 on his left
and Alex Decoteau #231462 on his right,
Photo taken after 30th
December 1916
if at Witley Camp