Nova Scotia Archives Library Search: World War, 1914-1918 — Canada
A century of rifles, 1860-1960 : the Halifax Rifles (RCAS) (M) Cede nullis / editor & historian, John Gordon Quigley. Halifax : Printed by Wm. McNabb, 1960-. xvii, 230 pages : illustrations, portraits(2 folded) ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F105 H13 Qu4
Corrected caption mounted on plate between pages 12-13.
World War, 1939-1945 — Regimental histories — Canada
World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada.
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A peculiar kind of politics : Canada's overseas ministry in the First World War / Desmond Morton. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1982. xii, 267 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5039 M889 - Open Shelf
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada
Canada — Politics and government — 1911-1921
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A Short history & photographic record of the Nova Scotia Overseas Highland Brigade, C.E.F. : composed of the 85th Nova Scotia Highlanders, 185th Cape Breton Highlanders, 193rd Nova Scotia Highlanders and 219th Overseas Highland Battalion Halifax : Mortimer, 1916. 1 v. (various pagings) : portraits ; 32 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F105 N85
World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada.
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A short history and photographic record of 106th Overseas Battalion C.E.F. Nova Scotia Rifles / Lieut. Col. Robert Innes, Commanding Officer. Ottawa- : Mortimer Co., 1916. 47 pages : chiefly ports. ; 32 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA601 N935 I58
World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada — Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles, 106th.
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Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Honour Roll, 1914-1919 / Wayne W. Walker. Ottawa, ON. : Wayne W. Walker, 2013. iv, 365 pages ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 N935 A613 2013 - Open Shelf
A record of the service of the men and women of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia who volunteered or were drafted for service in the Home Guard, the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) or the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force (CSEF).
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia) — Registers
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Canadian Expeditionary Force — Registers
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Nova Scotia Overseas Highland Brigade — Registers
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Annapolis (County) — Registers
World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia — Annapolis (County) — Registers
Annapolis (N.S. : County) — Biography
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Art and war, Canadian war memorials London, Colour Ltd, 1910. 16 pages and 57 plates.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S DC16 Ar1 - Oversize
Konody, P. G. (Paul George), 1872-1933.
Canadian War Memorials Fund
Canadian War Records Office.
Art, Canadian
World War, 1914-1918, in art
Art, Modern — 20th century — Canada.
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Bishop, Harold Fletcher, 1896-1919
As ever, the wartime letters written by Cpl. Harold Fletcher Bishop : A Student from Acadia University / compiled by John Bishop Grant. Sydney : John Bishop Grant, 2016. 158 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D640 B547 2016
Harold Bishop, of Auburn, Nova Scotia was a member of the Class of 1917 at Acadia University. Upon completing his sophomore year in 1915 he, along with the majority of men in his graduating class, joined the 4th University Company of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. This is a compilation of his letters sent from training bases and the front lines of France to the home front. In them, he thanks those who wrote to him and sent parcels, as well as he advises his brothers how they should enlist. A personal story of military service, including mention of the loss of friends in combat. Bishop demonstrateds his attachment to family, the importance of his faith, and the connections to those he knew on the campus of Acadia and in his home community. Includes index.
Bishop, Harold Fletcher, — 1896-1919 — Correspondence
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), 2nd — Biography
Acadia University — Students — Biography
World War, 1914-1918 — Personal narratives, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Biography
Soldiers — Canada — Biography
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Canada in Flanders / by Sir Max Aitken ; with a preface by A. Bonar Law and an introduction by Sir Robert Borden. London ; Toronto : Hodder and Stoughton, 1916-1918. 3 v. : maps (1 folded) ; 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D547 C2 B4
The official story of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Volume 2 has title: Canada in Flanders / by Lord Beaverbrook. Volume 3 has title: Canada in Flanders / by Charles G.D. Roberts, with a preface by Lord Beaverbrook. Folded map tipped in.
Roberts, Charles G. D., 1860-1943.
World War, 1914-1918 — Campaigns — Belgium
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada.
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Canada's black battalion : No. 2 Construction, 1916-1920 / by Calvin W. Ruck. Halifax : Society for the Protection and Preservation of Black Culture in Nova Scotia, 1986. x, 143 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA602 C54 R8 1986
Includes index.
Society for Protection and Preservation of Black Culture in Nova Scotia.
World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada
World War, 1914-1918 — Blacks — Canada
Blacks — Canada — History — 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada.
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Canadian Official Record Ottawa : Director of Public Information, 1918-19. 46 no. in 1 v. : tables ; 34 cm.
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Description based on Vol. 1, no. 15, January 7, 1919. Published weekly by the director of public information to record the activities of various departments of the government, commissions and committees organized for war purposes, under authority of Order in council.
Canada. Dept. of Public Information.
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada
World War, 1914-1918 — Periodicals.
Canadian welcome home medals, 1899-1945 / author, George A. Brown ; publication coordinator, Vickey Kidd ; photography, Don LeBlanc. Langley, B.C. : Western Canadian Distributors, 1991. ix, 155 pages : col. illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UB435 C3 B76 1991
Presented by: J. Douglas Ferguson Historical Research Foundation. Includes index.
J. Douglas Ferguson Historical Research Foundation.
South African War, 1899-1902 — Canada — Medals
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada — Medals
World War, 1939-1945 — Canada — Medals.
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Digby County, Nova Scotia Honour Roll, 1914-1919 / Wayne W. Walker. Ottawa, ON. : Wayne W. Walker, 2013. iv, 275 pages ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 N935 D571 2013 - Open Shelf
A record of the service of the men and women of Digby County, Nova Scotia who volunteered or were drafted for service in the Home Guard, the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) or the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force (CSEF).
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia) — Registers
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Canadian Expeditionary Force — Registers
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Nova Scotia Overseas Highland Brigade — Registers
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Digby (County) — Registers
World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia — Digby (County) — Registers
Digby (N.S. : County) — Biography
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Echoes from labor's wars : industrial Cape Breton in the 1920's, echoes of World War One, autobiography & other writings / Dawn Fraser ; with an introduction by David Frank & Don MacGillivray, a chronology & further readings. Expanded ed. Wreck Cove : Breton Books, 1992. xxvi, 117 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8511 R224 E18
Working class — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — Poetry
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada — Poetry
Poets, Canadian (English) — 20th century — Biography.
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Ethnic minorities during two world wars / John Herd Thompson. Ottawa : Canadian Historical Association, 1991. 20 pages : 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.385 #16 - Vertical File
Canadian Historical Association.
Minorities — Canada — History — 20th century
Racism — Canada — History — 20th century
Nativism
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada
World War, 1939-1945 — Canada
Canada — History — 1914-1945
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First World War honour roll of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia / Bruce F. MacDonald. Antigonish : Bantry Publishing, 2015. Volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Issued also in electronic format.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D609 C2 M25 2015
The book contains profiles of 71 First World War soldiers from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, all of whom died while in uniform, the majority in military combat. The stories are arranged chronologically by date of death and covering the years 1915 to 1917 inclusive. The profiles provide a glimpse into the events of the war through the soldiers' stories. While the majority served with Nova Scotian battalions, some served with units from New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Western Canada, also providing a glimpse into the roles of various military battalions and some non-combat units in the war's events. Includes index.
Canada. — Canadian Armed Forces — Registers of dead
World War, 1914-1918 — Registers of dead — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County)
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County) — Biography
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In the morning : biographical sketches of the veterans of Victoria County, Cape Breton, that served in both World Wars / edited by Bonnie Thornhill and W. James MacDonald. Sydney, Canada : University College of Cape Breton Press. 1999. xiv, 567 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 V52 Z48 1999 - Open Shelf
MacDonald, W. James
Thornhill, Bonnie, 1948-
World War, 1914-1918 — Veterans — Nova Scotia — Victoria (County) Biography
World War, 1939-1945 — Veterans — Nova Scotia — Victoria (County) Biography
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Merry Hell : the Story of the 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919 / Robert N. Clements ; edited by Brian Douglas Tennyson. Toronto, ON. : University of Toronto Press, 2013. xxiii, 265 pages ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D547 C212 C626 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Battalion, 25th — History
World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada
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Merry Hell: the ways I saw it: the story of the 25th Nova Scotia Regiment C.E.F. 1914-1919 / researched and recorded by Robert N. Clements. rev. ed. 1976.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfilm 3734 - Open Shelf
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New Brunswick's Fighting 26th : a draft history of the 26th New Brunswick Battalion, C.E.F., 1914-1919 / S. Douglas MacGowan, Harry M. (Mac) Heckbert, Byron E. O' Leary. Saint John, N.B. : The 26th Battalion Overseas Association, Inc., 1991. 2 v. in 1 (326 pages) ; 36 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA601 N42 M146
Typescripts. Cover & spine title: The 26th New Brunswick Battalion, C.E.F.
World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada
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Ninth Canadian Siege Battery : memorial and war record Halifax : 1977. 32 pages : 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.5 #25 - Vertical File
Author, R.E. Inglis.
World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada.
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Pastoral letter for restoration of peace / James Morrison. Antigonish : Diocese of Antigonish, 1915. 11 pages : 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.384 #3 - Vertical File
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Robert Laird Borden : his memoirs / Edited and with a preface by Henry Borden ; with an introduction by Arthur Meighen. Toronto : Macmillan, 1938. 2 v. (xvii, 1061 pages) : illustrations, plates (incl. portraits)
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC556 B67 A3 1938 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada
Canada — Politics and government — 1867-
Canada — Politics and government — 1911-1921.
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The black battalion : 1916-1920 : Canada's best kept military secret / Calvin W. Ruck. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 1987. 125 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA602 C54 R8 1987
Includes index.
World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada
World War, 1914-1918 — Blacks — Canada
Blacks — Canada — History — 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada.
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The C.E.F. roll of honour : members and former members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force who died as a result of service in the Great War, 1914-1919 / compiled and edited by Edward H. Wigney. Ottawa : Eugene Ursual, 1996. 867 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D609 C2 W54 1996
World War, 1914-1918 — Registers of dead — Canada.
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The Canadian Patriotic Fund : a record of its activities from 1914 to 1919 / compiled and edited by Philip H. Morris. Ottawa- : The Fund, 1920-. 367 pages, [28] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 26
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F86 C16P
World War, 1914-1918 — Civilian relief
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