World War 1 In Color: Canada’s War

[raydm6]

Fascinating images:
https://flashbak.com/world-war-1-in-color-canadas-war-407999/

"Canada employed three official photographers between 1916 and 1918—Captain Harry Knobel (from April-August 1916); Captain William Ivor Castle (from August 1916-June 1917); and Lieutenant William Rider-Rider (from June 1917-November 1918). Together they produced over 4000 photographs of Canadians at war that were printed in newspapers, sold as souvenirs and put on exhibition. Each of the official photographs has a negative number—usually visible in a corner— that begins with an “O” and is followed by the number it was received by the CWRO (O-1450 was the 1450th photograph received by the organization from the photographers)."

The Vimy Foundation:
https://www.vimyfoundation.ca/projects/explore/

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Good finding. It is very important to have it for history and people to see how real war looks like.

 

[Shac]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Great record.

 

[charjohncarter]

We Americans (US Americans) forget how much the the Canadians helped in WW 1 and WW 2: great photos.

 

[Muggins]

The British also forget how much the Empire provided in both world wars...