Polish Battalion Drilling Niagara Camp

Also titled:

• Polish Battalion Drilling, Niagara Camp  

c1918

Height 52.7 cm, Width 71.6 cm  

Inscription: (recto): C.W. JEFFERYS; Charles W. Jefferys; Polish Battalion Drilling, Niagara

Beaverbrook Collection of War Art Canadian War Museum Artifact #19710261-0218

Published References

• Merritt, Richard D.  Training for Armageddon:  Niagara Camp in the Great War, 1914-1919.   Victoria, B.C., Friesen Press, 2015.  307 p.  Illus. verso title page  -  “BACK COVER (ABOVE):  Polish Battalion Drilling, Niagara Camp,  artist C. W. Jefferys, ink on wove paper, 1918. The leading Polish soldiers are wearing the traditional square Polish ‘czapska’ hats and the uniform of the French (later Haller’s) Army.  Those behind are still wearing the uniforms of the old Canada Militia.  The Canadian Army officer astride his horse in front is Captain Alexander  G.E. Smith, MC, Canada’s  most highly decorated Native officer in the Great War.  Behind is the Polish Army Camp Commandant, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur D. LePan." p.vi –vii  -    “Acknowledgements…Very sincere thanks to each of the following who have assisted me in a variety of ways.  Listed in no particular  order…Callie Stacey…”

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