pferguson | October 21, 2017
The 16th Battalion C.E.F. (The Canadian Scottish) at Passchendaele Ridge In mid-October 1917 the Canadian Expeditionary Force was ordered to move towards Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium in relief of troops from Australia and New Zealand. The first attack, by Canadians at Passchendaele, occurred 26 October 1917. By mid-November when the Ridge was captured by the C.E.F. they […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), Crest Farm, Duisans British Cemetery (France), For Bravery in the Field, Gallantry, Grafenstafel Ridge, Honours and Awards, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Belgium), Military Medal, Passchendaele, Passchendaele Memorial, Passchendaele Ridge, Third Battle of Ypres, Waterfields, Zonnebeke
pferguson | October 7, 2017
Before and For All Time On a rainy day towards the Somme, we stop at Beaumont-Hamel and Thiepval before heading a short distance to Adanac Military Cemetery, to observe the day at the graveside of Piper James Cleland Richardson VC. Although we have been before, time and time again, our observances here strike a new […]
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pferguson | September 19, 2017
For a Thousand Years Each new day here on the Salient brings something new to my being. Though we have seen many of these places before with each new step there is a new experience to feel, a new plain to watch across. Today we have traded four wheels for two, from fossil fuel to foot […]
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Tags: 15th Battalion CEF, 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 1st Canadian Division, Churchbells, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Family, For a Thousand Years, Hill 60, Hooge Crater Cemetery, Lady Haig Poppy Cross, Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Maple Copse Cemetery, Mont Sorrel, Remembrance, Wreaths, Ypres Salient, Zillebeke Churchyard Cemetery
pferguson | August 17, 2017
For Freedom and Honour…For Valour There is a round bronze disc about 5″ across…Britannia with a lion, a son’s or daughter’s name, and the words “HE [or SHE] DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR. One Vancouver, B.C. family to receive a Great War Memorial Plaque was the family of Captain Cecil Mack Merritt, a former officer […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 19 August 1942, 23 April 1915, 72nd Regiment (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), Cecil Mack Merritt, Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, Dieppe Raid, Fathers, For Freedom and Honour, For Valour, George Randolph Pearkes, Memorial Cross, Memorial Plaque, Mentioned in Despatches, Pourville, Pourville (France), Saskatchewan Regiment, Sons, St. Julien (Belgium), Victoria Cross
pferguson | July 16, 2017
Canadian Scottish Pipers at Rest Piper Major James Groat and Piper James Low Our cab takes us to Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg. It’s a fine day with the sun above and the wind across the ground making this particular place a welcome start to our blitz of military history sites in Winnipeg. For a very […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF, 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 50th Gordon Highlanders, 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada, 91st Canadian Highlanders, Brookside Cemetery, Pipe Major James Groat DCM MM and Bar, Piper James Moir Low, Poppies, The Lament, Thistles, Tim Barnett, Valcartier, Winnipeg
