I just bought 3 volumes of the following book:

"The War Pictorial The Leading Pictorial Souvenir of the Great War; Depicting Especially The Part Played By Canada and Canadians..."
Montreal: Dodd-Simpson Press Ltd.
Edited by Leslie G. Barnard

Volume One: [ vi ], 196 pages (4to) Pictorial covers based on the famous YPRES Bernard Patridge cartoon of Canadian soldier holding aloft his cap atop his rifle and the red ensign in the other hand
Parts 1 to 8

Volume Two: pages 197 - 388 (4to)
Parts 9 to 16


Volume Three: pages 389 - 540 (4to)
Parts 17 to 24
At the front of this volume is: "Photographs Memoranda and Letters From the Front - Special Supplement To Vol. III" [ 26 pages (non-pag.) ]

My copy is inscribed (subscriber copy) printed on all 3 volumes to:

Private L. Karl Harrop, 6th. Battalion, CEF

In Volume III, Special Supplement -
Private Louis Karl Harrop 15257
Enlisted at Battleford,
Saskatchewan August 8th. 1914

August 22nd. 1914 entrained for Valcartier

October 18th. 1914 sailed on board the Lapland for England [ Plymouth ]

May 13th. 1915 crossed the Channel enroute to the trenches


QUESTIONS:

1) What happened to Private Harrop?

2) Are these volumes and this book COMPLETE as they are OR were further volumes ever published?

3) HOW rare are these volumes?

Thanks!
John

It looks like volumes 1 & 2 are common enough. They sell for around $30 each. Vol 3 appears more difficult to find.

marc

Thanks Marc! Any news on the man though himself? I suspect he subscribed personally or someone from his immediate family (guessing older sister? younger sister? the handwriting is neat and double-spaced where it gives in the special supplement the details of his Aug 1914 to May 1915 services).
John
Toronto

Hi John

If you are still interested, I have found some information on the soldier in question.

Our family has a set of the 3 same books (yes there are 3 in total) dedicated to a relative born in England who served in the CEF and was killed in action 1917 and is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium.

The personalised dedicated volumes will be one of a kind.

I could not find any record for Louis Karl Harrop in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database which would indicate that he survived the war. I did find him age 22 living with his parents and siblings in Battleford, Saskatchewan in the 1916 Canada Census, he was working as a railway section foreman for CNR and his father was a station agent. You can find an image of his actual enlistment attestation form online at www.collectionsca.gc.ca, I have downloaded it and can send it to you if you prefer (I will need your email address).

Regards
Helen

P.S. The same Louis Karl Harrop (21 August 1893 - 17 December 1957) is buried in Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (Source www.findagrave.com).