- City of Toronto Archives
- Alan Howard fonds
- John Boyd Sr. Toronto military training photograph album
- John Boyd Sr. Toronto military training photograph album
- Recruitment and training in Toronto
Recruitment and training in Toronto
itemAugust 15, 1914Fonds 1548 > Series 1418 > File 1 > Item 3
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- Held by
- City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
- Dates
- August 15, 1914 (indexed as 1914)
- Level
- item
- Scope & content
- Item consists of page 3 of the Boyd photograph album. There are nine photographs on the page, which are captioned as follows: 11158 - The first recruits in Toronto to join the army for overseas; 11159 - Drilling on the Armouries parade grounds in military attire; 11160 - Making civilians into soldiers; they learned very quickly; 11161 - Signalling was attractive, and the older boy Scouts excelled; 11162 - Artillery men learning to use 18 pound canon; 11163 - Ready to make a run with an 18 pounder; 11164 - Putting the gun into position for firing; 11165 - Ready for the next order; 11167 - Gun drill under critical eyes.
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- Access & use
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required...Learn more about Copyright Details OPEN - No restrictions on these non-government records.
- Harvested
- 2026-10-22T05:55:59Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto
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