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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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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