Below is  a list of references used in the construction of this website. Many thanks go to the Victoria Police Department for allowing the use and exploration of the archives as well as The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Regimental Museum staff for their hospitality and assistance.

Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada. Guide to Sources Relating to Units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force: Pioneer Battalions.  http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/005/f2/005-1142.29.027-e.pdf.

Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War: 1914-1918. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/canadian-expeditionary-force.aspx

Veterans Affairs Canada. “St. Julien Canadian Memorial.” http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/overseas/first-world-war/belgium/stjulien.

Florence, James George. Service No. 313885. Library Archives Canada. RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3157-2.

Forster, John George. Service No. 28619.  Library Archives Canada. RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3210-38.

Forster, Robert. Service No. 28620.   Library Archives Canada. RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3211-19.

Hatcher, Frank. Service No. 313897.  Library Archives Canada. Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4151-27.

Ireland, John. Service No. 181040. Library Archives Canada . RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4705-47.

Jones, Frank. Service No. 1013308.  Library Archives Canada. RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4933-34.

Ritch, George R.  Service No. 303669.  Library Archives Canada. RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8297 – 39.

Scott, John Clarence. Service No. 28670. Library Archives Canada. RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8727-9.

Shawyer, Walter. Service No. 28671.   Library Archives Canada. Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8828-16.

Siciliano, Samuel. Service No. 116533.  Library Archives Canada. RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8893-13.

Simmons, Edgar Charles. Service No. 826987. Library Archives Canada. RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8911-44.

Sutton, Arthur Christopher. Service No. 28581.  Library Archives Canada. RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9442-11.

Thompson, George B. Service No. 703022.  Library Archives Canada. RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9635-32.

 BC Museum Archives

George R. Pearkes, interview by Ruth Chambers, October 21, 1975. BC Archives: T1787.

“Police Outside the Kaiserhof Hotel, Victoria.” BC Archives, Item C-07553. http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/police-outside-kaiserhof-hotel-victoria-after-the-lusitania-riots

“Damage to the German Consulate in Victoria.” BC Archives, Item C-07554. http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/damage-to-german-consulate-in-victoria-after-sinking-of-lusitania

“Damage to the Kaiserhof Hotel Bar.” BC Archives, Item C-07552. http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/damage-to-kaiserhof-hotel-bar-after-sinking-of-lusitania-victoria

War Comes to Victoria, (film clip). BC Archives: AAAA1107.

The British Colonist

University of Victoria Library’s Digital Collection. The British Colonist Online Edition 1858-1920.  http://www.britishcolonist.ca/index.html

The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Regimental Museum

The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Regimental Museum, Bay Street Armoury, Room 311. Assistant Director Robert C. Darnell.

Lieutenant-Colonel H. M. Urquhart, D.S.O., M.C., A.D. The History of the 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1919. Toronto: MacMillan Company of Canada, 1932.

University of Victoria Special Collections

Canada, Canadian Army. 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) fonds, (1900-1923). Call No.: SC338.

Victoria Police Department Archives

Items and Pictures

Courtesy of the Victoria Police Department Archives.