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- John Boyd Sr. Toronto military training photograph album
John Boyd Sr. Toronto military training photograph album
series1914-1917Fonds 1548 > Series 1418
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Cover of Boyd album
Inside cover of Boyd album
Recruitment and training in Toronto
New recruits, including 48th Highlanders
Soldiers leaving for overseas
New recruit training
Gun training for new recruits
Various drills and parades for new recruits
General Lessard viewing new recruits
Various group drills for new recruits
Prime Minister Borden visits Exhibition camp, musketry and bayonet drills
Prime Minister Borden, Lieutenant Governor Hendrie, Duke of Connaught visits newly trained troops
Duke of Connaught visits winter training for new recruits
Winter artillery training with men, machines, and horses
Winter training for artillerymen and horses
Jump training for horses, various drill training for infantrymen
Weapons and tools inspections, horse jumping, parade led by General Sir Sam Hughes and General Logie
Sham battle action, including marches and parades
Sham battle action and conclusion, Major Irving inspection
Various group training, including men of the 20th and 109th Battalions
Sham battle troop movements, including dispatch riders on bicycles
New recruits assemble from McGill University at the Champ de Mars, Montreal
Mess tent and personal hygiene activities at Camp Niagara
Various officers and groups at Camp Niagara
Wounded soldiers and the Red Cross, second contingent leaving Toronto Exhibition camp for France
Parade troops marching through the streets of Guelph and Toronto
Commanding Officer Colonel Munro and selected views of the 8th Mounted Rifles and 7th Battery
Drilling formations and camp views at Barriefield
Various barracks buildings in Kingston; transport, gun, and aviation training
Aviation training at Long Branch as 36th Battalion arrives at Camp Niagara
Canada's first aviators training at Long Branch Aviation School
Early aerial views of Toronto; aeroplane performance testing
Night flying, recruitment in Hamilton, assorted camp activities
Italian recruits gather in Toronto; Duke of Connaught inspects troops at Exhibition camp
Troop inspections, men performing cheers to the king
Armoured cars; physical fitness exercises for recruits
Trench and bayonet exercises; support staff exhibits on the grounds of Casa Loma
Marching from Niagara to Toronto for newly trained soldiers
Various transports and supplies on the big march; troops rest at High Park
Rest and refreshments at High Park; 37th Battalion on the move again to camp
Student aviators at Long Branch; marching of men and machines through wilderness and city streets
Various regiments on parade during the recruitment and training period
Various battalions assemble at High Park and Exhibition camp in Toronto
First wounded soldiers return to Toronto; equestrian and explosives training
Canadian Officers Training Corps assemble in Toronto; troop inspections and reviews
Winter camp and recreational activities for recruits in training
Recruitment signs and patriotic monuments; winter training drills become increasingly difficult
Trench digging and training; bayonet, bomb, and machine gun drills
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- Held by
- City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
- Dates
- 1914-1917 (indexed as 1914–1917)
- Level
- series
- Extent
- 1 album (672 photographs) : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm
- Scope & content
- Series consists of an album of photographs taken by John Boyd Sr. The album contains 672 prints taken between August, 1914 and November, 1917, showing World War I training in and near Toronto. The World War I album is still intact and arranged in chronological order, with each print numbered, dated, and captioned by Boyd.Some of the topics covered by the album include parade drilling, artillery exercises, signalling, trench digging and camp life, for many different Canadian regiments.Locations other than Toronto included in the photograph album are the Champs de Mars in Montreal, Barriefield and Kingston, Camp Borden, the C.O.T.C. camp at Niagara, London, and Guelph.
- Location
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- Subjects
- Canadian National Exhibition; Fort York (Toronto, Ont.); High Park (Toronto, Ont.); World War, 1914-1918; University Avenue Armouries (Toronto, Ont.); Borden, Robert Laird, 1854-1937; Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 1850-1942; City Hall (Toronto, Ont., 1899-1965); Casa Loma (Toronto, Ont.); Long Branch (Toronto, Ont. : Neighbourhood); University of Toronto; South African War Memorial (Toronto, Ont.); Boyd, John, 1865-1941; ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL; MILITARY TRAINING; PARADES; horses; UNIFORMS; AIRCRAFT
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