Unit Photos

52nd Battalion Bugle Band in Port Arthur (Thunder Bay) Likely Prior to the Battalion's Departure in the Fall of 1915. Note the Canadian-Pattern Service Dress Tunics with Seven Buttons and Crisp Peaked Caps. Also Note the Pagoda in the Background, the Royal Bank on the Right and What Is Likely the Prince Arthur Hotel on the Left (Postcard from the Private Collection of Lorne Chenier).

LCol Archibald Hay (Centre) Speaking to Fort William Times Journal Reporter Gay Page (To the Right of LCol Hay) in Front of the Fort William Library (Building on the Far Right). The Photo is Taken on Brodie Street Some Time in the Summer/Fall of 1915. The Building in the Centre Background was Part of the Fort William Townhall (Postcard from the Private Collection of Lorne Chenier).

The 52nd Battalion Orderly Room at Gresley Park, Port Arthur (Thunder Bay) in 1915. From Left to Right: Maj Gordon Thomson, LCol Archibald Hay, Unknown Lady, Maj Edward Wilcox (Postcard from the Private Collection of Lorne Chenier).

52nd Battalion Bugle Band in France. Very Likely Arthur Smith Front Row Third From Left and Frederick Caza Middle Row Fifth From Left. Note the British-Pattern Tunics with Five Buttons and Crushed Peaked Caps (Postcard from the Private Collection of Lorne Chenier).

52nd Battalion being Reviewed at Ottawa in 1915. Shortly Afterwards, the Battalion left for Winter Quarters at St. John, N.B. (Postcard from the Private Collection of George Romick).

52nd Battalion on Parade, Port Arthur, May 29, 1919 (Postcard from the Private Collection of George Romick).