Photo album - 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada engaged in Aid to Civil Powers for the Coal Miners' Strike on Vancouver Island at Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Extension, Cumberland, South Wellington and Union Bay, circa 1912 - 1914. The album consists of snapshots taken by #140 Sgt. Bernard Charles (B.C.) Lunn, 72nd Regiment, SH of C who later served in the 16th Battalion, CEF during the Great War. He had previously served in the Hampshire Regiment (Territorial Force) of the British Army before emigrating to Canada from Basingstoke. CEF service file attached. There are 191 individual photos of various sizes in the album over 108 pages. The photos are glued onto the pages and thus it is not possible to label them individually with accession numbers. Nevertheless, the photos in this album are accessioned and described separately. Several of the photos are faded and warped. A PDF version is attached to Media. The leather bound album is 5.75" x 4.75" in size. On the front cover: "Photographs [embossed in grey] / [SHCMA] 985.15.2" with a faded diagonal strip of MacKenzie tartan glued on. On the inside cover: "Snapshots of Civil Aid Force on Vancouver Island 1913-1914 - Sgt. B.C. Lunn - 72nd S.H.O.C. A decal on this inside cover states: "Donated to the Seaforth Museum by [his son] Doug Lunn". On the rear cover: "A0501.5 - 162 Inside the album was a torn newspaper clipping of Captain E.F. Anderson who was wounded in Italy on 8 October, 1943. This clipping is accessioned as 1985.015.002a in ARCHIVES. It is not known how this clipping is associated. 29519 CSM (WO2) Bernard Charles Lunn, DCM enlisted in the 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) on 22 September 1914. He had previously served in British Territorial Force with the Hampshire Regiment (as he was from Basingstoke) for 4 1/2 years and 3 1/2 years in the 72nd Highlanders as an original member. He served in the Civil Aid Force for the coal miner's strike on Vancouver Island (Nanaimo and Ladysmith) in 1913-1914. Lunn joined the 16th Battalion, CEF on 22 September 1914 of which he was an original member. He served in France from 9 March 1915 until 8 September 1916. He served in Reserve Units in England from 9 September 1916 until 3 August 1919 and was struck from Strength on 20 August 1919. He was promoted Warrant Officer 2 on 26 April 1916. He was wounded with a gunshot wound to the left foot and the right knee on 7 September 1916. From the Edinburgh Gazette dated 9 July 1915: "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion near St. Julien on the morning of 23rd April 1915, following a night attack, in twice going out under fire and dressing a man who was badly wounded in the arm and covering him with a blanket." In retirement, Lunn was involved with the 16th Battalion Veterans' Association. In 1968 he was selected to represent the association at the 50th Anniversary of the World War One Armistice Day. [University of Victoria Archives]