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Lieutenant Colonel H E Kendall. Unit:C.A.M.C. Canadian Expeditionary Force.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/414/81...at=photographs
Henry Ernest Kendall, (May 18, 1864 – August 25, 1949), was a farmer, physician and politician who served as the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1942 to 1947.During World War I, Kendall enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th Stationary Hospital based at Bramshott Military Hospital in England from 1916 to 1919.

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Colonel William Frederick Richard Hart-McHarg MID. Unit: Commanding Officer, 7th Battalion, also possibly 1th Battalion, British Columbia Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 24 April 1915 Western Front.
Only son of Maj. W. Hart-McHarg Essex Regt. and Jane Scott Hart-McHarg, of 18, Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, England.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/424/18...at=photographs
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/424/9/...at=photographs
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/423/91...at=photographs
http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.c...l.asp?Id=29989


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Lieutenant Colonel C H Mitchell. Unit: Canadian Expeditionary Force.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/427/78...at=photographs
http://skulepedia.ca/wiki/Charles_Hamilton_Mitchell

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Lieutenant Colonel S McKee CMG. Unit: Canadian Army Medical Corps,Canadian Expeditionary Force.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/426/21...at=photographs

Stationary Hospital No. 1
Organized Valcartier, 15-9-14
Hampstead, 12-11-14 to 1-2-15
Wimereux, 3-3-15 to 28-7-15
Lemnos, 16-8-15 to 31-1-16
Salonika, Greece, 3-3-16 to 4-9-17
Hastings, 28-8-17 to 2-10-17 when it became No. 13 General Hospital
Officers Commanding
Lieut.-Colonel L. Drum
Lieut.-Colonel S. H. McKee
Lieut.-Colonel E. J. Williams
Matrons:
E. M. Charleson
L. Brock.
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Lieutenant Colonel A E G McKensie DSO. Unit:26th Battalion (New Brunswick Regiment), Canadian Expetionary Force.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/426/31...at=photographs
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcken...raham_14E.html

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Lieutenant Colonel J D McQueen DSO. Unit: Canadian Army Medical Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/424/77...at=photographs

11th Field Ambulance, C.A.M.C. 4th Canadian Division.
Officer Commanding.
Lieut.-Col. J.D. McQueen.

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Lieutenant Colonel M Maclaren. Unit: Canadian Army Medical Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/466/64...at=photographs

There were four special hospitals in 1916. increasing to seven in 1918. These hospitals were for such cases as orthopaedic, tubercular, eye and ear, physiotherapy, and venereal. The bed capacity varied, according to the type of cases to be provided for.

Granville Special Hospital (orthopaedic)
Ramsgate 28-9-15 to 18-10-17
Buxton, 19-10-17 to 17-9-19
Officers Commanding:
Lieut.-Colonel W. L. Watt
Colonel J. T. Clarke
Colonel E. C. Hart
Colonel M. MacLaren
Matrons:
E. B. Ridley
V. A. Tremaine
M. E. Blott.
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Colonel William Renwick Marshall DSO MID. Unit: 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 19 May 1916 Western Front.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/425/20...at=photographs
http://uccremembers.ca/old-boy/lieut...k-marshall-88/
http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.c...l.asp?ID=25066


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Lieutenant Colonel W A McConnell. Unit: Canadian Railway Services.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/424/50...at=photographs
The 256th Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in late 1916 in that city. The unit later became the 10th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops. The 256th Battalion, CEF had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. W. A. McConnell.


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Lieutenant Colonel J L Parsons DSO. Unit: Saskatchewan Regiment, Canadian Forces, General Staff.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/430/13...at=photographs

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Colonel C M Nelles KCMG. Unit:CO, Royal Canadian Dragoons.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/429/13...at=photographs

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Lieutenant Colonel A B Powley. Unit:143rd Battalion (British Columbia Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/433/28...at=photographs

The 143rd (B.C. Bantams) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Victoria, British Columbia, the unit began recruiting in 1916 throughout Western Canada. Bantam units were organized to recruit men who were shorter than the standard 5-foot-4-inch (163 cm) height required for joining the army. By the time they were fully formed, however, only about half of the men were under that standard height as they could not find enough short men to enlist.
The battalion had barracks at Beacon Hill Park and trained for the months of July through October 1916 at Sidney Camp.
After sailing to England in February 1917, the battalion was absorbed into the 1st and 24th Reserve Battalions, and the Canadian Railway Troops in March 1917. The 143rd (B.C. Bantams) Battalion, CEF had one officer commanding: Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Powley.


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Lieutenant Colonel H E Pense DSO MC. Unit:21st Battalion (East Ontario Regiment).CEF.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/470/45...at=photographs
http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.c...l.asp?ID=71845

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Lieutenant Colonel H W Niven DSO MC. Unit: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/429/41...at=photographs
http://www.kingandempire.com/candy2.html


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Lieutenant Colonel Lorne Ross DSO. Unit: Canadian Pioneer School.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/435/77...at=photographs
http://canadiangreatwarproject.com/s...l.asp?ID=97087

The 67th Battalion (Western Scots), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War which was converted to a pioneer battalion. The 67th Battalion was authorized on 20 April 1915 and embarked for Britain on 1 April 1916. It was converted to pioneer and redesignated the 67th Canadian (Pioneer) Battalion, CEF on 15 May 1916. It disembarked in France on 14 August 1916, where it served as part of the 4th Canadian Division in France and Flanders until 28 April 1917, when its personnel were absorbed by the Canadian Corps in the field. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.

The 67th Battalion recruited in and was mobilized at Victoria, B.C.
The 67th Battalion was commanded by Lt.-Col. L. Ross, DSO, from 2 April 1916 to 30 April 1917.
The 67th Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:

SOMME, 1916
Ancre Heights
Ancre, 1916
ARRAS, 1917
Vimy, 1917
Arleux
FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1916-17THE GREAT WAR 1916.

LCol Howley of the 143rd Battalion, wearing what is likely a silver cap badge and has the officers rare 7th Bn collars on.

There has been some discussion whether or not the collars on LCol Powley's uniform were actually post war collars or not. There is some amazing detail in these wonderful pictures.
Thank you
Don

Agreed, these images are answering a lot of questions, while adding a few more.
Lt-Col. MacLaren has unique shoulder straps, with some sort of piping in the centre of the strap.

Jo, are there any dates on the images?

The LAC site shows attestation papers for LCol Powley that show he attested in 1914 and again in 1916.


http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discove...6id%3d586447a&

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discove...6id%3d586446a&

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discove...6id%3d586446a&

His attestation to the 143rd Battalion indicates his service in France as a member of the 7th Battalion. Given his age, I'm surprised he went overseas.


There is plenty of photographic evidence to show those particular collar badges were worn by the 7th Bn in the first world war. The pictorial history Swift and Strong shows the collar badges worn by the 7th Bn and by the 1st BC Regiment in the 1920s.

Phil

Thank you Voltigeur,

Interesting reading the account of Col Hart-McHarg, incidentally DoW on the same day as my ancestor also serving in the 7th, bad days indeed, but good to know they were all in. Regards Mark

Phil, clarification. The collars worn by the 7th and 1st BC Regt were the same pattern?

Poor image, but this pattern.

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...pictureid=4493

Phil

So, the 1st BC Regt continued to wear the wartime collar. This was not uncommon and will add a comment to my notes in Mazeas.
And a follow up question. Were these officers' collars only?

Bill,

Officers only.

Phil

Sorry to answer you so late....no date on any photos.

Jo

BS. If you would post a proper link, there is more information available.
This photo was purchased in June 1918. This gives at least some idea of when the picture was taken.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205387322

Phil

I Agree, the photo was in my opinion purchased in June 1918...does that mean it was taken in that month.....or sometime before....
Jo

Hugh Wilderspin Niven, DSO, MC, was born on May 22, 1876. He was made a provisional 2nd Lieutenant in the 26th Regiment (Middlesex Light Infantry) in Strathroy, ON, on May 16, 1896, and commissioned a substantive 2nd Lieutenant on June 1, 1897. From June 12, 1897, to May 30, 1900, he was a Captain in the 26th.

Early in the war on August 12, 1914, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Canadian Militia. He sailed to England with the first contingent as a member of the PPCLI. On June 20, 1917, he was made a brevet Major. After the war on April 1, 1919, he was made a substantive Major in the Permanent Force PPCLI, and a Lieutenant Colonel on January 20, 1932. By 1936 he was the Commanding Officer of the regiment in Winnipeg.

Cheers,
Dan.