pferguson | December 29, 2016
Everything the Officer Needs Every day I visit with my computer and cross paths with a well-known search engine and its equally well-known doodle. Today was a surprise as the doodle has provided the impetus to make use of its content together with some of my own Great War research kept on hand for just […]
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pferguson | December 21, 2016
Some While Ago Rutherglen Town Hall (Lanarkshire) was first built in 1862 and after falling into disrepair was reopened in 2005 following a £12.5 million refurbishment. For some it may be a familiar landmark and for the Richardson family, whose son James is commemorated on the nearby Rutherglen War Memorial, the town hall was a landmark […]
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Tags: Bells, Bethlehem, Chris Van Allsburg, Christmas, David Francey, James Richardson, Lanarkshire (Scotland), Magi, Richardson Family, Rutherglen, Rutherglen (Scotland), Rutherglen Town Hall, Rutherglen War Memorial, Saints and Sinners, The Polar Express
pferguson | December 14, 2016
…my old friend The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”. (Often attributed to Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman, circa 1770). The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time. (British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary, 1914). We […]
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pferguson | December 11, 2016
The Calgary Highlanders playing Haughs of Cromdell, the tune Pipe Major John MacLeod played at Secunderbagh. The Unearthly Visitant Not everyone in action is considered for an award of valour or bravery. At times soldiers who we might think of as deserving are overlooked, although no end of writings, reading and re-reading of their actions offer […]
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Tags: 16 November 1857, 93rd Regiment of Foot, Bagpipes, Haughs of Cromdell, Indian Mutiny, Pipe Major John MacLeod, Relief of Lucknow, Secunderbagh, Sutherland Highlanders, Victoria Cross