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Sub Series 74 - War Diaries

This sub-series consists of 141 files containing World War II war diaries, operation reports, orders, Battalion, Company, Platoon, Section, Daily orders, operational orders, training orders and Adjutant correspondence, as well as 2 Canadian Infantry Brigade Operation Reports.

Series 1 - World War II diary

  • Series
  • 1939-1940

This series consists of one item, a diary/scrapbook that was maintained, possibly by Richardson’s mother Helen Richardson, to record the political events of the early years of the Second World War.

John Henry Richardson fonds

  • PPCLI Fonds 19
  • Fonds
  • 1939 - 2009

The John Henry Richardson fonds covers two distinct periods, his military service and his activities with veterans’ tributes and Korea pilgrimages after his service. He kept extensive news clippings for the time of his service in Korea and through the 1950s, as well as numerous well-labeled photographs from this period. He also kept key service files that provide an outline of his career progression including courses taken and qualifications earned, as well as dates of service. CWO Richardson collected a number of records from Korean pilgrimages in the 1980s and 1990s and veterans’ reunions. He also kept articles and scrapbooks/copied stories concerning his military peers. The fonds also includes a scrapbook/diary possibly kept by a family member documenting the early years of the Second World War.

Richardson, John Henry

C.S. Shawcross fonds

  • PPCLI Fonds 87
  • Fonds
  • 1940-1953

The fonds includes photographs documenting C.S. Shawcross's experiences with the 3rd Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Korea, and prior to his deployment. Includes images 3PPCLI's voyage to Korea, Korean landscapes, life in the PPCLI camp. Includes identified images of Capt. Gordon Seller, Herb Pitts, Peter Worthington, Jock Mackie, Prest, "Scoachy" Lee, CQMS E.P. "Boy" Shaw, New Brunswick Hospital, broom-i-loo, The Hook. Also includes 7 images of Shawcross, ca. 1940-1952, from the PPCLI Archives collections.

Shawcross, C.S.

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