Group Photo at Camp Borden

This photo was part of an auction lot listed on eBay in mid-February 2006 and shows a group of men from the 205th Battalion while the unit was training at Camp Borden. According to the item's description, the photo was addressed to a person in Hamilton, Ontario, however, none of the men in the photo are identified. Written on the hat of the man seated on the left is "Tigers Signals". For further information click here.

Camp Borden

The 205th (Tiger) Battalion trained at Camp Borden during the summer of 1916.

Military Barracks King St. E. Hamilton

Image is taken from a postcard that was issued in 1917 or 1918 and shows military barracks that were erected by the City of Hamilton in 1915 on the Scott property, where Ivor Wynne Stadium now stands. In December of of 1915, the depot regiment of the Canadian Mounted Rifles was relocated there from a temporary encampment on the Mountain. At the moment, I'm not certain whether they were ever used by the 205th (Tiger) Battalion.