pferguson | February 21, 2021
The Strang Brothers Some years ago, a decision was made to visit Winnipeg and have a wander about over a three-day period. The visit was our typical exploration of a city, its cemeteries, historical sites and points of interest. Much was learned as both new names of interest and familiar ones were brought to light. […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion Veterans Association, 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Canadian Scottish), Amputation, Campbell Sinclair Strang, Harold Beresford Sinclair Strang, Honours and Awards, La Boiselle, Robert "Robin" Sinclair Strang, St. John's Anglican Cathedral (Winnipeg)
pferguson | November 11, 2020
2020-11-11 My dear soldier friend, Again, I see you upon the high ground ever watchful. Each year we visit. Your sharp-eyed gaze has again passed across these horizons a hundred tens of thousands of times…Your watch… infinite…embedded within you, all that have passed, all here this day and all you know who will follow…this due…to […]
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Tags: 11 November 2020, Peace, Poppies, Remembrance Day, Rose, Victoria War Memorial, Vigil
pferguson | October 30, 2020
Three Soldiers of the 16th In 2017 we journeyed to Vimy from Ieper (Ypres, Belgium). It was my first experience driving on the continent and although prepared (having a plan for the day) and filled with hopeful arrival times, we were not without diversion. In one instance, with the white towers of Vimy on the […]
Category: Art, Remember Them Well |
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Tags: 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Canadian Scottish), 3-D Printing, Alvin Kines, Canadian Historical Documentation and Imaging Group, CANADIGM, Chalk, Daniel Holmes, Graffiti, John Cameron, Souterraine Impressions, Tunnels, Vimy Ridge, Vimy Ridge Visitor Education Cemtre
pferguson | August 18, 2020
Operation Jubilee When the 16th Battalion CEF formed at Valcartier in 1914 four drafts from Canadian Highland Regiments provided soldiers for this new battalion of this new Canadian army. They included men from the 50th Regiment (Gordon Highlanders) based in Victoria, B.C., the 72nd Regiment (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada) based in Vancouver, B.C., the 79th […]
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Tags: 19 August 1942, Art, Beach in Dieppe, Cause and Effect, Charles Gilchrist Gunn, Claude Monet, Dieppe, Honours and Awards, Operation Jubilee, pipers, Pourville, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Shannon Bettles-Reimer
pferguson | June 29, 2020
Revisiting Earlier Research This night I delve into past research to find a few words for the day. Amongst my work, from late 2014 – early 2015, I find references about two soldier graves at Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. As many of you are aware, I often turn to Ross Bay…its finely kept grounds […]
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Tags: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Craigdarroch Military Hospital, Edward VIII (Prince of Wales), Joan and Robert Dunsmuir, John James Kneale, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria Academy of Music, Victoria College, William J. Reed