Theme Collections

185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders)

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Studio Portrait Photos and Personal Profiles - First World War

  • Photos and Photo Postcards - Eleven studio portrait photos and photo postcards of individual and pairs of 185th Battalion soldiers. 

  • Photo Postcard  - One studio portrait group photo of five 185th Battalion soldiers.

  • Photo - One studio portrait photo of four named soldiers from the 185th Battalion, including two pipers, Canada, 1916.

  • Photo - One studio portrait photo of Pte. Thomas Graham, circa 1916. 

  • Photo Postcards - Two studio portrait photo postcards of named soldiers from the 185th Battalion, Canada, 1916. The men are L-Cpl. John Michael McNeil and Cpl. Angus William Jeffers.
       
  • Photo Postcard -  One vintage colourized photo postcard of an unidentified sergeant with the 185th Battalion, Glace Bay, NS, 1916.
       
  • Photo Postcard - One studio portrait photo postcard of CSM John Angus McDonald, England, circa 1916-1918.
       
  • Photo Postcards - Two studio portrait photo postcards of unidentified enlisted men with the 185th Battalion, England, circa 1917-1918.

  • Photo Postcard - One studio portrait photo postcard of an unidentified enlisted man with the 185th Battalion, England, circa 1917-1918.

  • Photo Postcard - One studio portrait photo postcard of an unidentified enlisted man with the 185th battalion, England, circa 1917-1918

 

Miscell. Photos and Postcards - First World War - Canada - 1916

  • Photo  - One group photo of the staff sergeants and sergeants at Aldershot, 1916

  • Photos - One professsional group shot photo of the 185th Battalion officers at Broughton, NS, circa early 1916, and two snapshot photos taken at the same time showing the officers and the professional photographer.
     
  • Photos  - One photo of the Pipe Band and one photo of the Regimental Band, Aldershot, 1916. 
     
  • Photo Postcard - One photo postcard showing the 185th Battalion on a route march in Broughton, NS, 1916.
     
  • Panoramic Photo - One large panoramic photo of the 185th Battalion at Aldershot, NS, 1916.

  • Photo - One photo of the 185th Battalion Transport Section, Aldershot, NS, 1916.

 

Miscell. Photos and Postcards - First World War - England - 1916 to 1918

  • ​Photos - Four photos showing groups of 185th Battalion soldiers, England, circa 1917-1918.

  • Photo Postcard - One photo postcard showing the Intelligence Section from the 185th Battalion, England, circa 1917-1918.

  • Photo - One photo showing the Medical Section from the 185th Battalion, England, circa 1917-1918.

  • Photo - One photo showing the Medical Section from the 185th Battalion, England, circa 1917-1918.

  • Photo - One photo and a photocopy showing the pipe band of the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) in England, July, 1917.


Documents and Ephemera

 

 

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