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Douglas Honeyman fonds
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Field report notebook with enclosures, clippings

File includes three photographs, two of an unknown woman, and one of the "Etta", a British dirigible, 200 ft. in length, taken June 1, 1915. File also includes a bankbook from the Royal Bank of Canada, and a newspaper clipping of Miss Elspeth Honeyman's poem in the New York Times.

Photographs

File includes five photographs titled as follows: military group photograph in front of the Industrial Hall; Crucifix at Agny; Walls of Ypres; Red Chateau, Kemmel; No. 1 Crater, St. Eloi.

German pamphlet of war scenes

File includes duplicate copies of "Aus dem Leben und der Gefechtstatigkeit unserer Division". Within one of the pamphlets is a letter addressed "To the Escort", written by "Loffler" (German?), Major-General and Division Commander.

Maps - Belgium WWI

File includes four maps of Belgium: Namur, 1910; Marche, 1912; Liege, 1916; Belgium and part of France, 1918.

Photographs [and postcards]

File includes six postcards, five photo postcards, and seven photographs. Postcard titles are: Lille Gate and ramparts, Ypres; Metz, Deutsches Tor.; Bruxelles, Place de Brouckere; Mont St. Eloy (Vimy front); Bruxelles, La Bourse; Bourlon Village; Ruined bridge, Canal du Nord, Cambrai; Passchendaele Church; Nanaimo Harbour and Bastion, British Columbia. Photo postcards titles are: Board of Trade (location unknown); The famous Market Square, Ypres; [men digging trenches, location unknown]; [men digging trenches, location unknown]; [marching men, location unknown]. Photograph titles are: [Honeyman family portrait?]; Douglas Honeyman portrait; military group photo; family photos (4).

Douglas Honeyman fonds

  • AM814
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1968; predominant 1915-1919

The fonds consists of diaries written in trenches, correspondence regarding 29th Battalion activities, photographs, and miscellaneous publications from World War I.

Honeyman, Douglas Ramsey