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The last of the Royal Engineers at the 1909 luncheon

A black and white group photograph of one woman and 15 men formally dressed and organized into three rows. The bottom row includes an elderly Philip Jackman who stands on the left. The first row also includes three men standing and one man and one woman seated. The back two rows consist of five men each standing on steps.

Courtesy of the New Westminster Archives, IHP1592.

The photograph shows (from left to right) in the back row: Premier Richard McBride, Judge F.W. Howay, Mayor W.H. Keary (infant passenger on Royal Engineer ship), Henry Bruce, and John Cox. The middle row: Surveyor George Turner, Allen Cummins, Bandmaster William Haynes, Bugler Robert Butler, and Samuel Archer. The front row: Philip Jackman, Sgt. Lewis F. Bonson, Lt. Col. Richard Wolfenden, and Thomas Argyle. Corp. William Hall and Mrs. Maria Keary, widow of James Keary, are seated. Matthew Hall, John Henry Scales (an infant passenger) and John Musselwhite are absent.