pferguson | September 25, 2014
Dinna Forget Today I have been thinking about one line that a fiancé wrote about her departed best friend. Appearing on the wall at the visitor’s centre at Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial, Belgium, the words remind us of a departed soul and the ones left behind to remember. And then I turn towards a […]
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Tags: 1918, Fiances, John "Jock" Low, King's Royal Rifle Corps, Love, Memories, Memory, Remembrance, Scottish, Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Visitors Centre
pferguson | September 19, 2014
Some Time Behind the Lines Once in a while there was just a little respite, a little peace and perhaps a different kind of banter for the troops to enjoy behind the lines away from harm’s way. A gathering of souls who on most days were in a different place – on the lines, in […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF, Behind the Lines, Canadian Scottish, Highland Dancing, Sports Competitions
pferguson | September 8, 2014
The Voice of 1919 Even though there is a desire on my part to try to make every blog, at this time, commemorate an anniversary of the Great War, I find that when the idea is generated one has to work with it else it leaves this writer for a great while. I know that […]
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Tags: 1919, Caius College, Caius College Master’s Speech, Cambridge University, Chariots of Fire, Film, Film History, Freshman's Dinner, Harold Ackroyd VC MC, Lindsay Anderson, Remembrance, Sir Harold Delf Gillies, Veterans