Private Eby served in the First Canadian Contingent of the British Expeditionary Force and in the Second Infantry Brigade, Fourth Company, Fifth Battalion. He was killed in action in France on 21 March 1915 and was reported to be the first native of Waterloo Township, Ontario, to be a victim of the Great War.
The photographer, Levi R. Yost, operated a photography studio at 175 King Street West in Berlin, Ontario, from 1915 to 1920. His studio was located at 12 King Street West, Berlin in 1912.
Private Eby is buried in Rue David Military Cemetery, near Fleurbaix, France. Section II, Row A, grave 44.
Levi R. Yost operated a photographic studio in Elmira, Ontario from 1888 to 1900 and later in Kitchener from approximately 1911 to 1931. Yost Studios were located at 12 King St. West (later 175 King St. West.
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Black and white photo of First World War soldiers walking along an unidentified ice-covered road near an open field. Three soldiers are standing at the side of the road near a post on the left of the image, while across the street a small group of soldiers are gathered. A barn and farmhouse appear …
Black and white photo of First World War soldiers walking along an unidentified ice-covered road near an open field. Three soldiers are standing at the side of the road near a post on the left of the image, while across the street a small group of soldiers are gathered. A barn and farmhouse appear in the background.
The soldiers do not appear to be in marching formation.
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A black and white photograph of the rescue of the bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I from the lake in Victoria Park, Berlin, Ontario. The image shows five men standing in a boat, three of whom are wearing bathing suits, with the bust of the Kaiser. A second boat and man can be seen behind the first boat.
A black and white photograph of the rescue of the bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I from the lake in Victoria Park, Berlin, Ontario. The image shows five men standing in a boat, three of whom are wearing bathing suits, with the bust of the Kaiser. A second boat and man can be seen behind the first boat.
The bust of the Kaiser Wilhelm I was thrown into the lake in Victoria Park Kitchener in August 1914, as an act of vandalism and as a consequence of anti-German sentiment during World War I in Berlin (later renamed Kitchener on 1 September 1916). The bust was retrieved from the lake by the men shown in the photograph. It was later stolen.
The Berlin Portrait Rooms was owned and operated by Ernest Denton. He was a photographer in Berlin/Kitchener from approximately 1912 to 1955. He operated photography studios at various locations in the city.
A black and white copy of this image, P009302, belonging to the Kitchener Public Library has not been uploaded to Our Digital World.
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Lance Corporal C. Haskell died in Givenchy, France on 15 June 1915.
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Capt. Briscoe was with the 29th Battalion from Galt, Ontario, and later joined the 101st Fusiliers of Edmonton. He was killed by accident on the Salisbury Plains in January, 1915.
The photographer, Langfur, had a studio on Old Bond Street, London W.
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Black and white, studio photograph, mounted on a mat, of Private Richard O. Gatehouse, seated on the left, and Private Ernest Gatehouse, seated on the right, both of Preston, Ontario, in uniform.
Black and white, studio photograph, mounted on a mat, of Private Richard O. Gatehouse, seated on the left, and Private Ernest Gatehouse, seated on the right, both of Preston, Ontario, in uniform.
Pte. Richard O. Gatehouse of Preston, Ontario, enlisted with the 34th Battalion and had active service in France. Pte. Ernest Gatehouse, of Preston, also enlisted with the 34th Battalion, served in France with the 49th Battalion and died on 16 April 1916.
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Private Wyatt enlisted in June 1915 with the 13th Highlanders Infantry and was killed in action at Hill 70 on 16 August 1917. He was buried in France.
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Pte. Crawford was killed by enemy shell on 13 October 1915 in France.
Thomas H. Smith was a photographer in Galt, Ontario from 1888 to 1925. In 1912, his studio was located at 6 Ainslie Street, Galt, Ont.
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Captain Carleton Carroll Green was born in Parkhill, Ontario in 20 June 1888. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Wheeler Green of Kitchener, Ontario and was educated at Galt Collegiate Institute. Green enlisted with the Algonquin Rangers, 97th Regiment in December 1914 and later transferred to the 37th Battalion and to the 13th Montreal Highlanders. He went overseas with the 37th Battalion in 1915 and was in the trenches in early 1916. Green was killed in action at Courcelette on 26 September 1916 and was buried with his major and the colonel of the battalion with full military honours. He was survived by his wife, Mabel McKinnon of Haileybury, Ontario and two daughters.
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