Global and Regional Conflict, Military and War
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It’s been more than 100 years since the beginning of the First World War. How can we now use artifacts, documents, and other primary sources to understand what life was like for people during this part of BC’s past?
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Documentary film and photographic images held in the BC Archives help us to remember the First World War. Watch video, see photographs and read about the war sometimes called The Great War.
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Hidden Histories
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Journey to Freedom Day
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Escape to Freedom
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National Aboriginal Veterans Remembrance Day Backgrounder
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Swannell Diary Image
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This Week in History: Season 6, Episode 10 – Photos of Great War Soldiers and Nurses from BC
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War in the Air
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Joe Shires
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WWI Christmas Cards
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The Call Went Out
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Teacher Resource Call Went Out
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Imbert Orchard
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Henry Vivian “Paddy” Acland
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Jean Noel Bond
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Theresa Wolfwood
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Ted Adye
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Canadian Women at War
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Christmas 1915
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Poem by Ellanore Parker
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Bantam Recruitment Notice
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Back of postcard from Murney Pugh
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Postcard from Murney Pugh
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Frank Swannell Diary
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Letter from King George to Ellanore Parker, 1918
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Onboard the Missanabie
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Frank Swannell
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Nurses Before and After Night Duty
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BC Bantams Vancouver
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Group Portrait
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Nursing Sister’s Uniform worn by Murney Pugh during World War I
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The Great War
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Frank Swannell Diaries
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British Columbia 143rd Bantam Battalion
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A Chinese Coin to Raise Canadian Dollars
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Jolly Good Luck to Johnny Canuck (BC Remembers: The Great War) – Royal BC Museum
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Jon Joe (Chow) and Charlayne Thornton-Joe
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Soldiers of the King (BC Remembers: The Great War) Royal BC Museum
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War Poster
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48th Battalion Veterans
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War Prisoners
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Leaving Prince George
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SS Princess Victoria
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The SS Princess Sophia
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