2-753-098 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Canada's Enthusiastic Response to the Call of the Motherland', c1915, (1916). Canadian troops leave Victoria, British Columbia - the first contingent sailed for England in October 1914 with over 30,000 volunteers who joined British Forces operating in Europe against Germany. From "The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume IV. The Summer Campaign - 1915", edited by J. A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, 1916]