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.
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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 |
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Ross Keller Collection
Photo997_002_008A - 1.07 Mb |
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Ross Keller Collection
Photo997_001_097A - 296 Kb |
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Ross Keller Collection
Photo997_002_009A - 1.01 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
RE.84.1083 - 1.51 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
RE.84.1084 - 1.62 Mb |
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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 |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
RE.84.1103 - 1.62 Mb |
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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 |
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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 |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
RE.84.1106 - 1.89 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
RE.84.1107 - 1.65 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
RE.84.1109 - 1.91 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
RE.84.1108 - 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.
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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 |
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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 |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
Yorke4.7gun 1.31 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
985.88.138 Source: Ken Foote Photo Album 1.18 Mb |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
BWRVS44 158 Kb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
No.1YorkeIs4.7 1.43 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
YorkeIs006 2.03 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
YorkeIs019 1.15 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
985.88.188 Source: Ken Foote Photo Album 5.97 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
995.20.07 Yorke Island, 4.7 inch gun 222 Kb |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
985.88.173 Source: Ken Foote Photo Album 650 Kb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
YorkeDJ05 857 Kb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
YorkeIs020 1.28 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
The Gun 8.55 Mb Similar Photo: Ross Keller Collection, The Gun at 8.55 Mb |
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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.
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Ross Keller Collection
6 inch Mark II Gun #1 Yorke Island Fort 1.04 Mb |
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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 1.13 Mb |
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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 |
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Ross Keller Collection
Photo977_001_085A 399 Kb Similar Photo: Ross Keller Collection, Photo997_002_002A at 854 Kb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
RE.84.1085 1.89 Mb |
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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 |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
RE.84.1081 1.61 Mb Similar Photo: Ross Keller Collection, Untitled-16 2 at 6.24 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
RE.84.1079 1.25 Mb |
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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 |
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Ross Keller Collection
Photo997_001_096A 297 Kb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
YorkeIs003 900 Kb Similar Photo: 15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives , RE.84.1113 at 1.88 Mb |
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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 |
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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 |
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Ross Keller Collection
Y.Is.pic #2 six in. gun 213 Kb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
RE.84.1098 1.61 Mb Similar Photo: Ross Keller Collection, Untitled-15 2 at 6.04 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
YorkeIs005 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.
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
6lb Hotchkiss 340 Kb Similar Photo: Ross Keller Collection, 6lb Hotchkiss at 340 Kb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
Unidneg36 1.26 Mb |
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
985.88.082 3 soldiers with MG Source: Ken Foote Album 1.41 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
985.88.139 - Source: Ken Foote Album 1.09 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
985.88.111 - Source: Ken Foote Album 2.20 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
985.88.112 - Source: Ken Foote Album 2.01 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
985.88.039 Soldiers on Dock Source: Ken Foote Album 1.20 Mb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
985.88.168 - Source: Ken Foote Album 1.29 Mb |
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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 |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
YorkeDJ02 - Source: 670 Kb Similar Photo: Ross Keller collection, Untitled-22 at 607 Kb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
YorkeDJ01 - Source: 569 Kb Similar Photo: Ross Keller collection, Untitled-23 at 499 Kb |
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15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives
984.72.9k Yorke Island, 3 soldiers unsafe weapon handling Source: 1.57 Mb |
