Personal intro to the memoirs
James "Boy" Dunsmuir, on Kismet, in military dress. Posed in profile, in front of Hatley Castle, looking towards porte cochere.
Hatley Castle from south east under construction. Two men in foreground. Windows not yet installed.
Hatley Castle was designed by renowned British Columbia architect Samuel Maclure for James Dunsmuir. Using only the finest materials, builders, stonemasons and detail carpenters only took 18 months to construct the building from 1908 until 1910. The construction was overseen by contractor, Thomas Catterall.
James Dunsmuir Jr, known to his family as ‘Boy’, and to others as Jim, was born in 1894. His childhood education took place at Loretto, a private school in Scotland, where he became an accomplished lightweight boxer. After he completed his schooling, Jim went to Montreal and worked as a private secretary at a bank. With a lifelong love of horses, it came as no surprise that he enlisted in the B.C. Horse and later the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (CMR) stationed at Willows fairground in Victoria at the outbreak of the First World War. Having taken the cavalry school course in Winnipeg, Jim was made a lieutenant, but he quickly grew frustrated with the seemingly endless ceremonial duties of the CMR. Anxious to contribute to the war in Europe, Jim resigned his commission and set sail for England to join a British cavalry regiment. Jim departed from New York on May 1, 1915, on the luxury passenger ship Lusitania. Tragically, as the ship neared the Irish coast on May 7, it was hit by a German torpedo and sank. His body was never recovered.
This photo would have been taken between 1914 and 1915, while James Dunsmuir Jr was stationed in Victoria. There are similar versions of this photograph in this and other collections.
New pavilion is installed, as is floating bridge. The upper Japanese garden at Hatley Park was designed by Japanese landscape architect Isaburo Kishida. The garden was installed in 1909 and developed by Tadashi Noda from 1913-1927.
Study group, Kostiuk is second from left. Image provided by classmate, #3181 John Willsher
Soccer team pictured in the 1953 Log Book. Brown second from right, in the front row
Boxing team, 1953 Rayment second from right, back row
Swimming team, 1953 Slee centre row, second from right
Log Book Front Cover 1954 was designed by DH Hook
Fraser Flight 1976 DeKoninck 7th from left front row
Whaler pulling team 1982, McIntyre far right
Veritas is a publication of the RMC club for ex-cadets of Canadian Military Colleges.
mouth washing with dentist; crossing lower pond. Note form creator: "Operation Teeth Cleaner: august 1973. "One of the last days in civies"
souvenir bulletin created on the occasion of library opening, 1 November 1974
Log Book image of basketball team, RF Holland is #45
