pferguson | May 1, 2017
Om morgonen, kvelden, natta* In the darkness of the early morning the men of Alberta waited for the barrage to commence which would send them “over the top.” In spite of the heavy enemy bombardment, there were few casualties before the opening of the attack; but in front, swept by rifle and machine-gun fire and […]
Category: Remember Them Well |
4 Comments »
Tags: 31st Canadian Infantry Battalion, 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Alberta, Alderson (Alberta), Berget Family, Bernard Kyllo, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Emma Berget, Fresnoy, Medicine Hat (Alberta), Norwegian, Norwegian-Canadian, Ole Berget, Souchez, Villers Station Cemetery, Vimy Memorial
pferguson | April 8, 2017
How many eyes have seen these names… and whispered voices read them softly? (P. Ferguson, © September 1999) ————————-o————————- Part One The Battle for Vimy Ridge Vimy Ridge, a northern French landscape helped establish Canada’s identity as a nation unto itself. Heavily fortified along a seven kilometer front the Ridge, occupied by German forces, held a […]
Category: Remember Them Well |
No Comments »
Tags: 1936 Vimy Pilgrimage, 29 September 1916, 3 May 1917, 31st Battalion CEF, 50th Battalion CEF, 83rd Battalion CEF, Alderson (Alberta), Bernard Kyllo, Byng of Vimy, Canadian Legion, Canadian Legion Dominion Convention 1928, Charlotte Susan Wood, Emma Berget, Expression in Stone, Frederick Louis Wood, Harry Ambrose Willis, King Edward VIII, Medicine Hat (Alberta), Memorials, Monuments, Mother Canada, Mountain View Cemetery (Vancouver), Mrs. MacDonald, Mrs. McDermott, Mrs. Wardle, Ole Berget, Remembrance, Richard Peter Unthank, Sculpture, Silver Cross Mother, Statues, The Epic of Vimy, Vimy Memorial, William Arthur Unthank