The collection contains research material, statistics, correspondence and photographs pertaining to the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force in general and the 260th Battalion in particular. Highlights include the Diary of A. V. Ardagh and the 260th Battalion nominal roll. Photographic material depicts members of the 260th Battalion aboard the SS Protesliaus and at Vladivostok. Also included are images of civilians and members of the White Russian Army. Also included is a commemorative pamphlet and 3 photographs of the North Russia Expeditionary Force, consisting of units of the 16th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, which was dispatched to Archangel on the northern coast of Russia as part of the Allied Forces in 1918-1919.
Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force. 260th BattalionThe file consists of a typewritten and photocopied book-length history of the 60th Battalion, C.E.F., the Victoria Rifles of Canada, which existed from June 1915 to April 1917.
60th Battalion, C.E.F. (Victoria Rifles of Canada)The fonds contains one 18 page scrapbook which includes postcards, newsclippings, a safe conduct pass, propaganda leaflets, and banknotes. Includes a "Crown News" newsletter from 21 January 1951; a "Letter Home" newsletter from October 1951; and a "Sanjom/Ni Nightly Revue" newsletter from 26 November 1951. Also included are 8 photographs of Korea and Korean peasants and a photograph of the U.S. naval ship Marine Adder.
Stangowitz, AlThe fonds consists of digital images of Alec Herdy's album relating to his 1980-1983 service in PPCLI (located in the Archives Main Computer, Born-Digital Records folder); a binder documenting course development of the Landmine Facilitator Training program of the Canadian Red Cross, Victoria, BC (ca. 2001-2002); notes on development of the education program at The Military Museums, Calgary, Alberta (2007); a poster produced as a tribute to Sgt William Niel Gow, a bugler with 2PPCLI; compilations of PPCLI wartime records produced for families of Sgt George C. Quartly, RSM "Jock" Anderson, Sir A.C. "Batty Mac" MacDonnell, L/Cpl C. Wynne and L/Cpl J.A. Wynne, and Pte L.E. Kramer (2010); and subject files consisting of photocopied articles, etc., on the Airborne Division during World War II, disbandment of the Canadian Airborne Regiment, the Devil's Brigade, Exercise Haines (1947), PPCLI in the Korean War, Korea maps, PPCLI dress, PPCLI history (to 1978), PPCLI in World War I, PPCLI in World War Ii, and Sanctuary Wood (compiled ca, 2009-ca. 2013)
Herdy, AlecThe fonds contains an 11 page letter detailing the treatment of prisoners at Dulmen Camp, 1 October 1916 to 5 May 1917.
Munro, AlexanderThe fonds consists of correspondence, certificates, speeches, essays, programs, menus, books, log books, manuals, posters, scrapbooks, newsclippings, photo albums, loose photographs and maps related to the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and Hamilton Gault's life and his service with the Regiment. Correspondents include Raymond Pelly, Percival Campbell, Princess Patricia (Lady Patricia Ramsay), Agar Adamson, G.R. Pearkes, Prince Arthur (Duke of Connaught), Kate Blackader, Georges-P. Vanier, Ralph Hodder-Williams, Hugh Niven, J.G. Edmonds, Hugh Dyer, M.R. TenBroeke, Cameron Ware, and Sir Adrian Cartion de Wiart. Includes photographs of Hamilton Gault's funeral, correspondence of Dorothy Gault, records of Hatch Court Museum (1972-1995), and research documents collected by Jeffery Williams. Includes files on the Hamilton Gault Skill-at-Arms Trophy, the Hamilton Gault Memorial Fund, and the naming and ascent of Mount Hamilton Gault. Includes collected personal papers of LCol D.H. Rosser, LCol Agar Adamson, and Capt. Talbot Papineau. .
Gault, Andrew HamiltonThe collection consists of photographs of Andrew Hamilton Gault, the founder of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, at various stages of his life. Includes photos of his funeral procession and a memorial statue.
The fonds consists of standing orders for Exercise Haines II (1948), a nominal roll of participants in Ex Haines II, standing orders for Exercise Cougar, a tactical exercise without troops (TEWT) (1957), correspondence regarding insurance for Andrew Osland's home (1959), a résumé of his qualifications as a boxing official (ca. 1960), and documents such as expense claims related to his role as liaison with the Canadian Rangers (1961-1962).
Osland, AndrewThe fonds contains newsclippings, a telegram from Agar Adamson, a dance card and a letter from the Bourgmestre of Ypres. Also includes a biographical article written by R.S. Peacock, ca, 2006.
Mortimer, Arthur Norrie BissetThe fonds contains 1 photograph of Major Arthur Robb Milne, 7 photographs of Princess Patricia inspecting the Regiment 21 February 1919, 2 trench maps, 3 Christmas cards, 1 postcard, 1 Memorial Service programme 15 November 1917, 6 original poems written by Milne, 2 newsclippings and some service records.
Milne, Arthur Robb