pferguson | June 10, 2018
Someday Here We Will Meet Again …a while ago I have stood here many times, brought others to you and wondered who you are…and yet for all the time that has passed – today you have spoken. Who are you Piper John MacLeod? …this day I have walked this place of memory since the late […]
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pferguson | September 24, 2016
I GOT HIT ON SEPTEMBER 24 Corporal Norman Caldwell (16th Battalion CEF) and his brother Harry Calldwell (67th Battalion CEF) were the nephews of Mr. L.A. Berkeley of Roccabella. A portion of Norman’s letter entitled, Brothers Have Seen Some Heavy Fighting appeared in The Daily Colonist, 7 November 1916, page 10. “I got hit on […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 1916, 24 September 1916, 67th Battalion CEF (Western Scots), Brothers, Courcelette, Harry Caldwell, Military Medal, Norman Caldwell, Somme, Thiepval, Wounded
pferguson | August 7, 2015
Great War Canadian Scottish Battalions There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier Who wandered far away and soldiered far away… …And on a hillside, a Scottish hillside You’ll see a piper play his soldier home… The Scottish entertainer Andy Stewart (1933 – 1993) penned the lyrics A Scottish Soldier set to the traditional Scottish tune, […]
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