pferguson | May 31, 2016
In Memory of Fallen Comrades. Jutland Service 1933. British Pathé Update to Two Days of May A recent jaunt to the University of Victoria has found four other sailors with Canadian connections lost at sea during the Battle of Jutland May 31 – June 1, 1916. Royal Canadian Navy Engineer Lieutenant Stanley N. de Quetteville, […]
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pferguson | May 28, 2016
The Skye Boat Song. Perhaps appropriate for Two Days of May. JUTLAND North Sea near the coast of the Denmark Peninsula May 31 – June 1, 1916 The research dance has started again. Realizing that the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland was on a fast approach I wrangled through several ideas firstly taking on the […]
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pferguson | May 4, 2016
May 4th – May 5th It’s a fine day as the classical notes from a flute drift across the airwaves into the clubhouse. I turn towards the retro-styled ’30s radio as the tempo rises, lowers and then gently hovers as my thoughts cascade towards these day in 1945 – May 4th/5th, the Netherlands and the Canadian Scottish. […]
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