Gun Gallery #1

As at 10 June 2017

Gun Gallery #1 is intended to feature the panoramic photos of Yorke Island that feature a portion of the gun emplacements. The Island was originally equipped with two 4.7" coastal guns. These were traded with the 6" Guns from the Stanley Park Fort in June/July of 1942. At the same time as the guns were traded, the defences were bolstered with the addition of plastic armour protection around the two guns. 

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
985.88.005
​Yorke Island from the N.W. showing #1 and #2 lights. O.Pip can be seen on hill.
​Source: Ken Foote photo album
1.05Mb
Similar Photo: ​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives, 985.77.14 at 422 Kb and 
​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives, YorkeIAB004 Source: Alex Bessville, donated by Capt. D. Morley at ​1.13 Mb

Ross Keller Collection
​Photo997_002_008A
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Ross Keller Collection
Photo997_001_097A
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Ross Keller Collection
Photo997_002_009A
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
​RE.84.1083
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​
RE.84.1084
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​
RE.84.1105
​1.53 Mb
​Similar photo: 15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives, YorkeIs018 at ​3.90 Mb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1103
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1.62 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1100
​1.83 Mb
Similar Photo: 15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​, RE.84.1099 at 1.84 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1102​
1.26 Mb
​Similar Photos: Ross Keller Collection, Untitled-13 at ​486 Kb, and
15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives, YorkeIs007 at ​1.20 Mb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1106
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​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1107
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​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1109
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​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1108
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​1,97 Mb

Gun Gallery #2

The original 4.7" Guns are shown in the following photographs. These photos would have been taken between 1939 and June/July 1942.

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
 #1 4.7.
No. 1 Gun and Clarence Island, Yorke Island, June 194
​5.53 Mb
Similar Photos: ​​Ross Keller Collection, Untitled-4 1​ at ​5.33 Mb; and
​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​, YorkeIAB005, No. 1 Gun and Clarence Island, Yorke Island, June 1941, Source: Alex Bessville, donated by Capt. D. Morley at ​1.43 Mb​​ and 004.61.02, Yorke Island, Gun Drill #1 Gun 4.7" at 1.15 Mb
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​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
BWRVS45​
No. 1 Gun and Clarence Island, Yorke Island, June 194
​233 Kb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
984.72.8g​
Yorke Island, #1 Gun, 4.7" gun
Source: Lieutenant J.K.A. Foote Collection
​1.35 Mb
​Similar Photo: Ross Keller Collection, Gun 1 4.7​ at ​915 Kb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
Yorke4.7gun​

​1.31 Mb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.138

Source: Ken Foote Photo Album
​1.18 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.011​
#1 Gun (4.7") from O'Pip roof at last watch of night shift. Blinkensop Bay in background across Sunderland Channel.
September 1939
​Source: Ken Foote Photo Album
993 Kb
Similar Photo: ​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives, 1940sYI4pt701​ at 201 Kb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
984.72.8h​
Yorke Island, Fire! Coastal gun painting
Source: Lieutenant J.K.A. Foote Collection
2.0 Mb
Similar Photo: Ross Keller Collection, Picture 25​ at ​2.0 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.177
Yorke Island, ​#1 Gun, 4.7", with George? the dog
​Source: Ken Foote Photo Album
​1.28 Mb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
BWRVS44​

​158 Kb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
No.1YorkeIs4.7​

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​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
YorkeIs006​

​2.03 Mb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
YorkeIs019​

​1.15 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.188​

​Source: Ken Foote Photo Album
​5.97 Mb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
995.20.07​
​Yorke Island, 4.7 inch gun

​222 Kb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
993.2.16
Yorke Island, 4.7" December 1939
1.47 Mb​
Similar Photo: 15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives, ​​993.2.16m
Yorke Island, 4.7" December 1939 at ​896 Kb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.186
​Yorke Island, Group Photo, Coastal gun, mascot-George
​​Source: Ken Foote Photo Album
​​1.36 Mb
​Similar Photos: 15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
984.73.9d​, Source: Lieutenant J.K.A. Foote Collection at ​1.53 Mb; 994.25.03
Yorke Island, Group Photo, Coastal gun, mascot-George at ​1.71 Mb; BWRVS35​ at ​227 Kb; ​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
Gun one JR​ at ​895 Kb and Ross Keller Collection, ​John Rorison at ​895 Kb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
#2 4.7 inch no cover​
​333 Kb
Similar Photo: Ross Keller Collection, Number 2 4.7 inch no cover at 333 Kb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
993.3.1a.131
560 Kb
Similar Photos: ​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives, 984.72.90 at ​1.26 Mb; 985.88.187 at ​1.42 Mb; 994.25.19 at ​1.81 Mb; 995.23.01, 4.7" Yorke Island, BC, Source: ​D Dashwood - Jones at ​436 Kb; YorkeIs021 at ​1.75 Mb; and ​​Ross Keller Collection, 2898208_orig at ​277 Kb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
​985.88.017
Yorke Island, District Gunners (peacetime permanent force) Bill Barker and Pete Coburn cleaning the breech of #2 gun.
​Source: Ken Foote Album
​1.44 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.185​
Yorke Island, 4.7" coastal gun, open breech
Source: Ken Foote Photo Album
1.34 Mb
Similar Photos: 15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
984.73.9n, Yorke Island, coastal gun, open breech, Source: Lieutenant J.F.K. Foote Collection at 1.52 Mb; 994.25.12 at 1.60 Mb, 994.26.05​ at 956 Kb; BWRVS34 at ​219 Kb and Ross Keller Collection, 4.7 inch Naval Gun Open Breech with Shells at ​1.52 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
4.7 Inch Side View
584 Kb
Similar Photos: Ross Keller Collection, Untitled-17 1 at 584 Kb and Unknown
Untitled-17Untitled-17BA at ​1.54 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
4.7 inch
492 Kb
Similar Photos: Ross Keller Collection, Untitled-16 1 at 492 Kb and Unknown, Untitled-16Untitled-16BA at ​1.26 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.173​


Source: Ken Foote Photo Album
650 Kb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
YorkeDJ05​

857 Kb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
YorkeIs020​

​1.28 Mb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
The Gun​

​8.55 Mb
Similar Photo: Ross Keller Collection, ​The Gun at ​8.55 Mb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.77.04​
Yorke Island, 6 Pdr June 1941
125 Kb
Similar photo: ​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.176, Source: Ken Foote Photo Album at 1.47 Mb

Gun Gallery #3

The 6" Guns are shown in the following photographs. These photos would have been taken between June/July 1942 and the end of the Second World War.

Ross Keller Collection
6 inch Mark II Gun #1 Yorke Island Fort

1.04 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
Canadian War Museum ​CWM12458
6 Inch gun emplacement under construction circa June - July 1942
Orville Fisher drawing
Source: Canadian War Museum
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​1.13 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
Canadian War Museum ​CWM12489 
6 Inch gun emplacement under construction circa June - July 1942
Orville Fisher drawing
Source: Canadian War Museum

1.03 Mb

​Ross Keller Collection
Photo977_001_085A​

​399 Kb
Similar Photo: ​Ross Keller Collection, Photo997_002_002A at 854 Kb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1085

1.89 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1112​

​1.20 Mb
Similar Photo: ​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives,  YorkeIs004, ​567 Kb and Ross Keller Collection, View from 6 inch Gun Position at ​567 Kb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1081

​1.61 Mb​
Similar Photo: ​Ross Keller Collection, Untitled-16 2 at 6.24 Mb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1079

​1.25 Mb

​​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
YorkeIs009​

​1.84 Mb
Similar Photos: ​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​, ​#2-6inch at ​5.40 Mb; ​​RE.84.1111​ at 1.60 Mb and Ross Keller Collection, ​Untitled-2 1 at ​
​5.40 Mb

​​Ross Keller Collection
​Photo997_001_096A

​297 Kb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
YorkeIs003​

​900 Kb
Similar Photo: 15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​, RE.84.1113​ at ​1.88 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
Canadian War Museum CWM12444​
Cleaning the barrel of a 6 Inch gun circa June - July 1942
Orville Fisher drawing
Source: Canadian War Museum 
​1.01 Mb
​Similar photo: ​​​Ross Keller Collection, Untitled-26​ at 542 Kb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
YorkeIs002​

1.04 Mb
Similar photo: ​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives, RE.84.1115 at ​1.89 Mb

​​​Ross Keller Collection
Y.Is.pic #2 six in. gun

213 Kb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1098​

1.61 Mb
Similar Photo: Ross Keller Collection, Untitled-15 2​ at 6.04 Mb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
YorkeIs005
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​1.17 Mb
Similar Photo: ​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives, RE.84.1110​ at ​1.25 Mb

Gun Gallery #4

The following gallery features photos of other guns that were on Yorke Island other than the main coastal guns. These include the Bofors 20mm Anti-Aircraft and the Hotchkiss Examination Gun.

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
6lb Hotchkiss​

​340 Kb
Similar Photo: ​Ross Keller Collection, 6lb Hotchkiss​ at 340 Kb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
Unidneg36​

​1.26 Mb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
996.19.01​
Yorke Island (Sgt A.E. "Doc" Livock, 30 Bty LAA, RCA) - Laser photo
 30th Battery mobilized as a Light Anti-Aircraft Battery under the Command of Major Conn Smythe.  The 30th Battery was unofficially known as the “Sportsman’s Battery”
Source: Mr J.M. Gunn
​1.35 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
996.19.02​
Yorke Island (40mm Bofors) Laser photo  1942

1.25 Mb

Gun Gallery #5

In addition to the coastal and anti-aircraft guns, the fort was also equipped with small arms and section weapons for defence against an enemy landing.

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
985.88.041​
Vickers .303 Machine Gun
Source: Ken Foote Album
1.85 Mb
Similar Photo: ​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives, 994.26.03 at ​536 Kb and 1940VickersYI.​ at 264 kb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
984.73.9b
Yorke Island, AA Lewis Gun
Source: Lt J.K.A. Foote
2.22 Mb
Similar Photo: ​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives, 985.88.080 at ​1.67 Mb and BWRVS30.15 at 267 kb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
985.88.082​
3 soldiers with MG
Source: Ken Foote Album
1.41 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
985.88.139​
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Source: Ken Foote Album
1.09 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
985.88.111
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Source: Ken Foote Album
2.20 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
985.88.112
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Source: Ken Foote Album
2.01 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
985.88.039
Soldiers on Dock
Source: Ken Foote Album
1.20 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
985.88.168
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Source: Ken Foote Album
1.29 Mb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
985.88.019
Capturing CScotR
Source: Ken Foote Album
2.14 Mb
Similar Photo: ​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives, 984.73.9a at ​1.74 Mb, 1939YorkeIs01​ at 288 kb, Goofin on Yorke.2​ at 286 kb and Ross Keller Goofin on Yorke.2 at 286 Kb

​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
YorkeDJ02
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Source: 
670 Kb
Similar Photo: ​Ross Keller collection, Untitled-22 at ​607 Kb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
YorkeDJ01
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Source: 
569 Kb
Similar Photo: ​Ross Keller collection, Untitled-23 at ​499 Kb

​​​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives 
984.72.9k
Yorke Island, 3 soldiers unsafe weapon handling
Source: 
​1.57 Mb