Jack’s Wartime Photo Collection Most museums are very good at collecting, caring for, and displaying objects; however, many museums, including the RCA Museum, struggle to identify the human element or stories behind each artifact. When artifacts enter a museum through the accessioning process, staff sometimes do not take the time to collate the shared experiences […]
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Canadian Artillery Boer War Photo Staff at the RCA Museum found an excellent historical photo showing D Battery, RCA, and their six-gun teams deployed in South Africa during the Boer War (1899-1902). Canada raised and deployed three artillery batteries in the Boer War (C Battery, D Battery, and E Battery), each having six 12-pounders. Staff
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Captain Alfred A. Farley The RCA Museum has a striking collection of B Battery heritage photographs showing Captain Alfred A. Farley, a good-natured and ubiquitous soldier in B Battery and the Royal School of Gunnery in the 1880s. Captain Farley joined B Battery as an Active Militia soldier in 1882, then as a founding member
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