Menus
Another Christmas away from home
The menu was impressive, but the note at the bottom indicated that they might have to resort to tinned rations at the last minute.
Christmas in Germany
With the war over, soldiers of the 5th Battalion enjoyed Christmas 1918 in Germany, where they were serving with the occupation forces.
Christmas dinner in Champlain Barracks
To celebrate the holiday season in 1943, Number 26 Canadian Army (Basic) Training Centre in Orillia, Ontario, held a special dinner. This menu was saved by Trooper A.E. Stone.
Farewell to Edmonton
It was not unusual for units to have banquets before they left for service overseas - although the illustration chosen by the sergeants of the 51st Battalion might seem a little odd.
A special dinner for signallers
The Toronto-raised 134th Battalion sailed to England in the early spring of 1916, and was eventually broken up to provide reinforcements for other units in the field.
Christmas dinner at the front
To mark Christmas 1916, the officers of a unit of the Canadian Army Service Corps held a formal dinner near the front. The menu card, which all in attendance signed, imagines the commanding officer rising through the ranks to become a field marshal in 1940, and then returning to civilian life in 1960.
Christmas Dinner, 1918
The staff of the Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton made the 1918 Christmas festivities as pleasant as possible, in the full knowledge that the soldiers were desperately keen to get home.
Christmas in uniform
Few soldiers enjoyed being away from home at Christmas - but a proper Christmas dinner might have helped to soften the blow.
A Christmas menu
This hand-coloured menu may seem modest, but it would have represented a significant departure from a soldier's regular fare.