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HISTORY OF WORK POINT BARRACKS
by Jack Bates
FROM THE ATTIC ...
A Collection of Unidentified Photos and Other Ephemera.
If you can identify or have any information re the Attic items below,
or,
have any items to add, please email opcmh@telus.net
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| 1. Troops and Bands March Through the Dockyard Gate |
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| 2. Royal Canadian Engineers Work Party |
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| 3. 5th RCGA Rodd Hill 1912-2-12 |
4. TIMES - February 19, 1906
Just prior to the time when the British Garrison was to leave Victoria to return to England, there was an article in the TIMES titled: “NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT AT ESQUIMALT – HISTORY OF”. If you have any information re this article, please email opcmh@telus.net. |
5. COLONIST - December 4, 1960 (53)
In the Islander there is an article “Cole Island Kept Navy’s Powder Dry” by Ginnie Beardsley. If you have any information re this article, please email opcmh@telus.net. |
6. COLONIST - December 4, 1960 (58)
In the Islander there is an article titled “When the Fifth Invaded Seattle” by James C. Nesbitt. It is about his visit to 1 PPCLI at Work Point Barracks and some history of the Fifth Regiment in 1898. If you have any information re this article, please email opcmh@telus.net. |
7. COLONIST - March 19, 1972 (58 & 59)
In the Islander, by TW Paterson, there is an article “If Derelics Could Speak” about old Royal Canadian Navy Ships. If you have any information re this article, please email opcmh@telus.net. |
9. When the Veteran’s Pavilion at the Royal Jubilee Hospital ceased to operate, two commemorative plaques in the “Patricia Room” were removed and their where-abouts are unknown. If you know where they are the PPCLI Association in Victoria would like to recover them. The inscriptions read:
To the memory of all ranks Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry 1914 – 1918, 1939 – 1945, this room is furnished by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Regiment’s Esquimalt Branch 1947.
This room was refurbished by the PPCLI Association Victoria Branch and serving members of the PPCLI Regiment in memory of those who gave their lives in the Korean conflict 1950 – 1953.
If anyone has any knowledge of these plaques please email me at opcmh@telus.net. |
10. FROM THE ATTIC - April 22, 2020
I am looking for a copy of the 1975 / 1976 and the 1996 “PATRICIAN,” the annual publication of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. This regimental publication, initially called the “ESQUIMALT PATRICIAN” started in 1934 at Work Point Barracks, and was issued every year except a break from 1939 to 1952. They are online at ppcli.com for those wishing to read them. I have some duplicates of the years 1959 to 2013 if anyone would like to read a hard copy. Please email me at opcmh@telus.net. |
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| 11. “Local Artillery Group Photo With 12 Pdr Field Gun”.
If you can identify this group and the location of the photo please email me at opcmh@telus.net. |
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| 12. “Camp Macaulay July 1911”.
If you can identify this group and the location of the photo please email me at opcmh@telus.net. |
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| 13. “Boxing Match at Work Point Barracks”.
If you can identify the soldiers in this photograph please email me at opcmh@telus.net. |
14. THE 48TH SUBMARINE MINING COMPANY AT ESQUIMALT – 1900 - 1906. Written by Don Carmichael, 441 Moresby Road, Esquimalt, B.C. Dated January 6, 1965.
I am looking for the original document or any of the files contained within. References were made to include Mrs. F.G. Hood and Mr. George Jones along with Cdr R.L. Hughes CD, RCN. Please email me at opcmh@telus.net. |
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| 15. If anyone can confirm this photo and a date please contact me at opcmh@telus.net. City of Victoria Archives - AC1 M06549 - Work Point Across the Harbor. |
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| 18. “A Memorial at Esquimalt” - photos courtesy of BC Archives.
If you have any information re these two photographs please email me at opcmh@telus.net. |
More will be added as they become available so please check back often
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