Canada, Commonwealth. A Fort Garry Horse Second War Photo Album

Photo Album has ninety-five black and white photographs, the photos with either a matte or gloss finish. They feature soldiers of the 10th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Fort Garry Horse) in the Western European theatre. The soldiers appear as singles, in pairs and in groups, at rest, on the beach, in the snow, in front of a tent in the woods, in the towns and cities, with local citizens. Two photos highlight two signs, one of which is in front a building, both inscribed "52 FORT GARRY HORSE / 10 CDN ARMD REGT", with the I Canadian Corps flag at the top right on each. Another sign on a barricade states "CANADIAN FRONT LINE", while still another photo has a soldier standing upon a German bunker marked with a sign "LE CASTEL 6 JUIN 1944" (castle/fortification, June 6, 1944). Members of the unit are also seen visiting cemeteries, with grave markers in the form of white crosses, bearing the names of the late Summer 1944 casualties of their unit, 10 Canadian Armoured Regiment, including L/C L.L. Paulson, Capt. H.J. Peacy, Lt. A.E. Rogers, Cpl. W.E. Shineton, Tpr. M. Skwarchuk, Tpr. P.F,. Unger, with other crosses bearing the names of other Canadian soldiers, two of which are marked Maj. T.G. Wren of 4 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery and Rsm. E.G. Rhodes of the Highland Light Infantry of Canada, among many others. The soldiers are also seen visiting the Vimy Memorial in France, with a wreath placed upon the steps in one photo. Other photos document sailors on a dock, various ships, a jeep, a Royal Canadian Air Force truck marked "RCAF" on the cab and carrying refugees. Many of the photos are taken in the Netherlands, with the soldiers featured, along with citizens walking, posing for photos, four of which are on a cart being pulled by two horses, two children being pushed in a toy tank, on a truck with two United Kingdom and an Australian flag hanging from its side. Although many shots are of intact houses, buildings, churches, windmills, along with rivers and canals, one of which has a barge, others accentuate the destructive nature of war, showing towns with bombed out buildings, scattered rubble and destroyed bridges. Most of the photos are pasted in place, while a few are secured in place with photo corners, each of the twelve pages in a thick black paper, with the photos placed on one side on two pages and in two sides on four pages, the pages enclosed in a wrap-around style black cover and bound together with a leather strap fed through two holes on the spine, the exterior of the cover pebbled, the inside covers in a gray marbled-look paper, with a pouch placed on the inside back cover with the "BARTONS" manufacturer's mark at the lower left, the album measuring 320 mm (w) x 250 mm (h) x 22 mm (d), extremely fine.