Okanagan Military Museum
Kelowna, British Columbia
Gallery
Thumbnail Gallery
Stories
Contact Us
Search
Always First
02) Great War 1914 -1918
<head> <script language="JavaScript" src="CM_V2_Apps/cm.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body { scrollbar-face-color: #A79F85; scrollbar-shadow-color: #cccccc; scrollbar-highlight-color: #cccccc; scrollbar-3dlight-color: #000000; scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #cccccc; scrollbar-track-color: #cccccc; scrollbar-arrow-color: #FFFFFF; } #stChild * { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; } .cmStoryLineText { margin-bottom:0px; padding-bottom:0px; font-size: 12px; } #stDivider { margin:0px; padding:0px; z-index:1; float: left; left:0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; width:770px; border-top: 1px solid #808080; } #stChild { height:315px; margin:0px; padding:0px; z-index:1; position:absolute; left:0px; width:770px; } #scSplit { height:315px; margin:0px; padding:0px; z-index:3; position:relative; left:379px; border-left: 2px solid #283F45; width:1px; } .pageSplit { z-index:2; position:relative; float:left; height:315px; margin:0px; padding:0px; border-left: 2px solid #283F45; width:1px; overflow:auto; } .sc { z-index:2; position:relative; display:none; float:left; width:350px; height:315px; left: 0px; right: 0px; margin:0px 10px 0px 10px; padding-right:5px; padding-left:5px; overflow:auto; } .sc img { border:1px solid #000000; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:5px; } #scNav { position:absolute; top:320px; left:0px; height:15px; margin-left:0px; /* border:1px solid #FF0000; */ font-size:9px; font-weight:bold; } #scNav td { padding-right:5px; padding-left:10px; /* border:1px solid #0000FF; */ } .scLink { visibility:hidden; } .scLink img { border:none; } h4.float-left { float: left; padding-top: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0.2em; margin-right: 0.2em; border-right: 1px solid #808080; border-bottom: 1px solid #808080; } h4.float-right { float: right; padding-top: 0em; padding-bottom: 0em; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-left: 0.2em; margin-right: 0.2em; border-left: 1px solid #808080; border-bottom: 1px solid #808080; } --> </style> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"> <!-- function getE(id) { if (typeof id == "string") return document.getElementById(id); return id; } function flip(where, storyCardPos, startCard, totalCards) { var flipNo = 1; // number of cards to flip back (prev) and forth (next) by var scDivNo = false; var currentCard; var currentCardTracker; var flipTo; // remove current SCs for (var ea in scShowing) { scDiv = scShowing[ea]; if (!scDivNo) { scDivNo = Number(scDiv.substr(2)); } el = getE(scDiv); el.style.display = "none"; } scShowing = []; switch (where) { case "scPos": flipTo = storyCardPos; break; case "scNext": flipTo = scDivNo+flipNo; break; case "scPrev": flipTo = scDivNo-flipNo; break; } currentCardTracker = startCard + flipTo - 1; currentCard = currentCardTracker; for (var i=0; i<=1; i++) { scDivNo = flipTo+i; if (scDivNo<=scCount) { scDiv = "sc"+scDivNo; scShowing.push(scDiv); el = getE(scDiv); el.style.display = "block"; } } if (currentCard > 1) { el = getE("scJumpFirst"); el.style.visibility = "visible"; } else { el = getE("scJumpFirst"); el.style.visibility = "hidden"; } if (currentCard < totalCards - 1) { el = getE("scJumpLast"); el.style.visibility = "visible"; } else { el = getE("scJumpLast"); el.style.visibility = "hidden"; } if (currentCard < totalCards) { currentCardTracker = currentCard + "-" + (currentCard + 1); } if (scDivNo>=scCount) { el = getE("scNext"); el.style.visibility = "hidden"; el.style.display = "none"; if (currentCard < totalCards - 1) { el = getE("scJumpNext"); el.style.visibility = "visible"; el.style.display = "block"; } else { el = getE("scJumpNext"); el.style.visibility = "hidden"; el.style.display = "none"; } } else { if (currentCard < totalCards - 1) { el = getE("scNext"); el.style.visibility = "visible"; el.style.display = "block"; } else { el = getE("scNext"); el.style.visibility = "hidden"; el.style.display = "none"; } el = getE("scJumpNext"); el.style.visibility = "hidden"; el.style.display = "none"; } if (scDivNo<=2) { if (currentCard > 1) { el = getE("scJumpPrev"); el.style.visibility = "visible"; el.style.display = "block"; } else { el = getE("scJumpPrev"); el.style.visibility = "hidden"; el.style.display = "none"; } el = getE("scPrev"); el.style.visibility = "hidden"; el.style.display = "none"; } else { el = getE("scJumpPrev"); el.style.visibility = "hidden"; el.style.display = "none"; el = getE("scPrev"); el.style.visibility = "visible"; el.style.display = "block"; } dcsMultiTrack('DCS.dcsuri', '/commem2/storyline.html', 'WT.ti', 'JS%20Actions', 'DCSext.CardNav', currentCardTracker, 'WT.rcip-chin_001_01', '01_001_ADIQ0001', 'DCSext.storyId', '5313'); } function moWin(theURL) { // add x and y relative to opener x, y var serv=window.open(theURL,'moWin','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=400,height=500'); serv.focus(); } function remWin(theURL) { // add x and y relative to opener x, y var serv=window.open(theURL,'remWin','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=400,height=620'); serv.focus(); } //--> </script> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <div id="stChild"> <div class="sc" id="sc1"> <h4 class="float-left">1</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> 02) The Great War 1914 -1918<br /> - Declaration<br /> - Lt. Col. Bott's offer<br /> - Mobilization of the 2nd CMRs<br /> - Aid to Civil power<br /> - Onto England<br /> - Fighting as Infantry<br /> - Lt. Col. "Whizzbang" Johnston<br /> - Vimy Ridge<br /> - Battle Honours </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc2"> <h4 class="float-right">2</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> 30th BCH on parade at start of World War I.<br />1914<br /> Vernon, BC, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#1" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=152075','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=558')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADIQ/0001/image/storycard/ADIQ0001001e.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc3"> <h4 class="float-left">3</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> News that Great Britain had declared war on Germany and entered the European conflict early in August 1914 electrified the British Empire. In Canada, where much of the English speaking population had been born in Britain, the call to arms produced a flood of young men anxious "To Serve King and Country." <br /> <br /> It is difficult today to understand their eagerness to get into the fray. We have the benefit of hindsight. The conflicts of the late 19th Century had been brief, colonial affairs and relatively bloodless. There was great pride in the British Empire and Canada's place within it. Men were eager to take part in the great adventure before it was over. Everyone, including the military authorities, were completely unprepared for the carnage that was to be unleashed in the form of death by attrition in the muddy trenches of France and Flanders. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc4"> <h4 class="float-right">4</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Mobilization Camp at Vernon.<br />1915<br /> Vernon, BC, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#2" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=152070','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADIQ/0001/image/storycard/ADIQ00010019.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc5"> <h4 class="float-left">5</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Responding to the call the Commanding Officer (CO) of the 30th BCH, Lt. Col. J.C.L. Bott pressed officials in Ottawa for orders to send the regiment overseas immediately. The early weeks of the war, however, demonstrated clearly that Infantry in trenches, and not Cavalry, would be the main tactical weapon in the age of heavy artillery and machine guns. Bott's request was refused and the regiment did not form a part of the first Canadian Division sent overseas, although a draft of men under Lt. Bell left the unit for Valcartier, Quebec, to join as independant soldiers. <br /> <br /> Throughout the fall of 1914 the 30th BCH remained in the Okanagan, and the men became increasingly impatient. Some indeed transferred to mobilized Infantry units in the hope of seeing action sooner. The remainder concentrated at Camp Vernon where they trained hard, but waited. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc6"> <h4 class="float-right">6</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Canadian Army Concentration Camp on Mission Hill.<br />1915<br /> <br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#3" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=152071','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADIQ/0001/image/storycard/ADIQ0001001a.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc7"> <h4 class="float-left">7</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> On Nov. 5, 1914 Britain declared war on Turkey, arousing hopes that there might be a need for Cavalry in the Middle East. Shortly thereafter, military officials in Ottawa authorized the formation of the 2nd Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, with Lt. Col. Bott as CO. It was one of four Cavalry units raised for the Second Division. The new regiment became popularily known as the 2nd CMRs and Okanagan men flocked to it.<br /> <br /> The 2nd CMRs were an amalgamation of the volunteers from the 30th BCH and the Victoria Independant Squadron of Horse (VIS), another Militia unit formed shortly before the war on southern Vancouver Island. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc8"> <h4 class="float-right">8</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Badge of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles.<br />1914<br /> <br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=79357&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FADIQ%2F0001%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Always+First&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_8_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_8_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#4" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=152144','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=722,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADIQ/0001/image/storycard/ADIQ00010063.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc9"> <h4 class="float-left">9</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> This was the bronze shoulder title worn by the 2nd CMRs.<br />1914<br /> <br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#5" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=152145','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=432')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADIQ/0001/image/storycard/ADIQ00010064.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc10"> <h4 class="float-right">10</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Horse lines at the Vernon Armoury during summer camp.<br />1916<br /> Vernon, BC, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#6" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=152074','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=529')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADIQ/0001/image/storycard/ADIQ0001001d.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc11"> <h4 class="float-left">11</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> The uniforms of the 30th BCH.<br />1916<br /> Vernon, BC, Canada<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=79337&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FADIQ%2F0001%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Always+First&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_11_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_11_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#7" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=152073','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADIQ/0001/image/storycard/ADIQ0001001c.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc12"> <h4 class="float-right">12</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Squadrons of the 30th BC Horse leave Vernon.<br />4 December 1914<br /> Canadian National Railways Station, Vernon, BC, Canada<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=79338&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FADIQ%2F0001%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Always+First&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_12_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_12_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#8" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=152076','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADIQ/0001/image/storycard/ADIQ0001001f.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc13"> <h4 class="float-left">13</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> The former 30th BCH Cadet, Albert Harwood.<br />November, 1915<br /> Probably Vernon, BC, Canada<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=79333&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FADIQ%2F0001%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Always+First&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_13_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_13_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#9" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=152064','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=495,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADIQ/0001/image/storycard/ADIQ00010013.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc14"> <h4 class="float-right">14</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Brothers in arms in the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, (2nd CMRs).<br />1915<br /> Probably Vernon, BC, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#10" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=152063','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=605,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADIQ/0001/image/storycard/ADIQ00010012.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <table id="scNav"><tr> <td width="172" style="text-align:left;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000653&sl=5313&pos=1&scpos=1" id="scJumpFirst" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_start.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="170" style="text-align:right;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 68);" id="scPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000653&sl=5313&pos=1&scpos=0" id="scJumpPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="174" style="text-align:left;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 68);" id="scNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000653&sl=5313&pos=14&scpos=1" id="scJumpNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="172" style="text-align:right;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000653&sl=5313&pos=67&scpos=1" id="scJumpLast" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_last.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="scSplit" id="scSplit" /> </body> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var scCount = 14; var scShowing = []; flip("scPos", 1, 1, 68); </script>
Important Notices
© 2024 All Rights Reserved
