 Group photo of the staff members of the Canadian battle drill training school that took place at the Coldstream Ranch, ca. 1943. Identified is: Lt. Col. J. Fred Scott (back centre).

Canadian Battle School Staff 1943

From the album of Pte. Earl Dermont Duxbury, a stretcher bearer with the Calgary Highlanders who served in Northern Europe from the D Day landings until the end of hostilities, this photo obviously taken in Canada before embarkation.

Canadians on the Southern

Soldiers crawling through the mud and snow during Battle School at Coldstream Ranch, Canada 1943. In the foreground is a Bren gunner firing live rounds over their heads.  The Coldstream Ranch battle school was part of the Vernon, British Columbia Army camp during WW2