pferguson | October 8, 2015
…I am not able to carry on!” Temporary Major Harry John Hall, MC, 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Canadian Scottish) 8 October 1916 One of the great 16th Battalion characters of the Great War was the Scottish born soldier Harry John Hall. A soldier through and through, Hall had previously served during the Second Boer War […]
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pferguson | March 11, 2015
Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10 – 13 March 1915) J.P. Beadle was an English painter who was interested in historical and military subject matters. His interests included the Peninsular War (1807 – 1814), the Boer War (1899 – 1902) and the Great War (1914 – 1918). Beadle’s painting of the opening day of the Battle […]
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Tags: 10 - 13 March 1915, 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Canadian Scottish), 39th Garwhal Rifles, 8 October 1916, Battle Honours, Battle of Neuve Chapelle, Great War, J.C. Richardson, James Prinsep Beadle, Victoria Cross, War Artists
pferguson | August 1, 2014
B.C.’s 1914 Canadian Expeditionary Force Battalions On August 4, 2014 the 100th anniversaries of the Great War will be launched. On this day in 1914 Britain declared war against Germany launching itself and the nations of the Commonwealth into the fray. As mentioned, in an earlier blog, this date will be the start of numerous […]
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