pferguson | March 14, 2020
It has occurred, an unwanted centenary Following commemorations marking the days and events of the Great War Centenary, we now face the reappearance of an unwelcome 2020 visitor – a global pandemic. Mimicking the timing of the influenza pandemic of 1918 – 1920 we now have Coronavirus or COVID-19. The new virus first appeared towards […]
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Tags: Alan Arnett McLeod VC, Albert Edward McKenzie VC, All Saint’s Churchyard Extension, Camberwell Old Cemetery, Canadian Army Medical Corps, Cholera Epidemic, Coronavirus, COVID-19, George Raymond Dallas Moor VC MC and Bar, Julian Royds Gribble VC, Kildonan Presbyterian Cemetery, Médaille d’honneur des épidémies, Niederzwehren Cemetery, Pandemic, Prisoner of War, Victoria Cross, William Leefe Robinson VC, Y Farm Military Farm Cemetery
pferguson | January 10, 2020
Farewell to the King In September 2016 a friend I had not seen since 1979 or so re-appeared. Peter managed to track me down (after all these years) through the Pipes of War website. Back in the day -…1978 – 1979…the days of youthful university Peter and I spent considerable time listening to and analyzing […]
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Tags: Drum Solo, Drumstick, Lyricist, Lyrics, Memories, Neil Peart, Rush
pferguson | January 10, 2020
16th Battalion C.E.F. Prisoners of War (Part 3) Every two years (in January) I have returned to my 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion Prisoner of War research project. To my surprise the battalion does not appear to have had any service personnel captured during 1917. Of particular interest in this the third and final installment are […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), Arras, Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Charles Margetts, Cuvillers, David Clelland MC, Escape, Haynecourt, James Rodolphus Jenkins (Escaper), John Clarence Scott, Kingsley Gower Poole, Military Cross, Military Service Act 1917, Mons Communal Cemetery, Niederzwehren War Cemetery, Norman Hough, Parvillers, Parvillers-Schwetz Wood, Prisoners of War, Quiévrain Communal Cemetery, Royden Percival Patton, Royden Percival Patton (Escaper), Sidney James Smith, Tells of Stirring Incidents at Front, Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery
pferguson | November 11, 2019
Remembrance I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars. Augustine Mandino II (Author and WWII USAAF B-24 Bombardier) This one night, seemingly so long ago, I lie awake looking from the window of our Brandhoek stay. The view is the […]
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Tags: Augustine Mandino II, Brandhoek, Brandhoek Military Cemetery, Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3, Casualty Clearing Station, Dark, Field Ambulance, Kasteelgracht, Light, Rosary, Royal Field Artillery, Sarah Hatton, Shoeing Smith W. Allen, Stars
pferguson | November 10, 2019
One Day Soon… There is another place to visit, following in the footsteps of Professor John Macnaughton’s walk to his son’s grave at Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Found within the pages of the Canada Illustrated Weekly, a letter of thanks to St. Barnabas Hostels, a brief note of gratitude…. Will you kindly allow […]
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Tags: 24th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Empire Club of Canada, Gommecourt British Cemetery, Ian Robert Reekie Macnaughton, John Macnaughton, Kate Palmer, Kate Palmer's Walk, Menin Gate, Remembrance, Richard Lennard Hoare, Roy Palmer, St. Barnabas Hostels, Villers Station Cemetery, Woods Military Cemetery, Ypres Salient
