A member of the Canadian Cyclist Corp smiles for the camera, September 1917.Original image source: Canadian Library and Archives
German soldiers assist members of the Canadian Medical Corp in transporting Canadians injured in the battle of Vimy Ridge. April 1917.Original image source: Canadian Library and Archives
Two German prisoners of war captured by Canadians during the Battle of Vimy Ridge.Original image source: Library and Archives Canada
Canadian soldiers in a reserve trench, during the battle of the Somme, watch shrapnel bursts above them. Original image source: Library and Archives Canada
A father helps his son draw a French flag. Taken March, 1917.Source:Canadian Library and Archives
11/11 Portrait of R. Knight, of the Canadian Army Medical Corp, in a hospital bed.Original image source: Canadian Library and Archives
GWICwill be posting one portrait each day until November 11th.
I focus on human, not animal, death on this site, but this was too human not to post.
Cat burial scene, 1925. Weir, Québec. Source: Library and Archives Canada.