BOP Gallery # 1 

As at 19 May 2017

The Battery Observation Post on Yorke Island went through considerable modifications during the Second World War. The first gallery are views of the BOP between 1939 and 1942.

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.013​
Bottom part of OP was signals watch, top used by DRF crew. Single yardarm & Officers' shack added in 1941.
Source: Ken Foote Photo Album
1.51 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
​Op 4.7's

​5.65 Mb
​Similar Photos: Ross Keller Collection, Untitled-1 1 at 5.65 Mb and
15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives, 985.77.02,​ Yorke Island, OP, June 1941 at 141 Kb and YorkeIAB006​, The O.P., ​Source: Alex Bessville, donated by Capt. D. Morley at ​1.12 Mb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
YorkeDJ03.​

762 Kb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
984.70.8f

1.44 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
004.3.02

607 Kb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.149

Source: Ken Foote Album
​1.92 Mb

Ross Keller Collection
997_002_032A

567 Kb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
984.73.9q
O'Pip from rear. Emergency range dial on roof.
​Source: Lieutenant J.K.A Foote
2.01 Mb​
Similar photo: 15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.012​, O'Pip from rear. Emergency range dial on roof, ​Source: Ken Foote Photo Album at ​1.71 Mb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.083
Soldier with emergency range dial.
Source: Ken Foote Photo Album
​1.41 Mb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
​985.88.085

​Source: Ken Foote Photo Album
​1.54 Mb

15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
984.73.10a​
Yorke Island, OP (accession log says Point Grey)
​Source: Lieutenant J.K.A Foote
1.64 Mb
Similar Photo: ​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.151​, ​Source: Ken Foote Photo Album at 444 Kb

BOP Gallery #2

The following photos reflect the Battery Observation with the addition of a third level sometime in 1942.

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
995.20.06​
​421 Kb
​Similar Photos: 15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
985.88.184​, Source: Ken Foote Photo Album at 1.62 Mb and 994.26.06​ at 0.99 Mb
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​​Ross Keller Collection
Colour OP OF​
Artist: Orville Fisher
157 Kb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
CWM12488​
Yorke lsland in 1943: men of the Royal Canadian Engineers work on a roadway behind the battery observation post and gun emplacements
​1.19 Mb
Similar Photo: Ross Keller Collection, Untitled-27 2​ at 4.06 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1096​

1.54 Mb

​15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​​
RE.84.1116​

​1.58 Mb​
Similar Photos: 15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives ​, OP 6 inch at 5.35 Mb and ​YorkeIs010 at ​1.72 Mb and
​Ross Keller Collection, Untitled-6 2​ at ​5.35 Mb

Ross Keller Collection
Untitled-17 2
-
​6.85 Mb

BOP Gallery #3

The following photo is undated. 

Ross Keller Collection
Photo997_001_099A
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​338 Kb