Photo Album of Lt. Marshall Beck who originally joined the 72nd Regiment and then joined the 16th Battalion, CEF at the onset of the war. After being wounded, he was commissioned and was transfered to the 15th (48th Highlanders) Battalion, CEF where he was again wounded. At the end of the war, he was transferred to the military hospital in Esquimalt. CEF service file attached. The album has good photos of the 1st Canadian Contingent and the 16th Battalion in Valcartier and the Atlantic crossing on the Andania in 1914. The photos continue showing the mud of Salisbury Plain, England and later at Ypres where the 16th battalion took a heavy toll in April 1915. The album ends with photos of the wounded and medical staff at the Esquimalt Military Hospital, 1917-1919. There are also pictures of Beck's friends in other units such as the Lord Strathcona's Horse and the Canadian Field Artillery.