pferguson | January 10, 2020
16th Battalion C.E.F. Prisoners of War (Part 3) Every two years (in January) I have returned to my 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion Prisoner of War research project. To my surprise the battalion does not appear to have had any service personnel captured during 1917. Of particular interest in this the third and final installment are […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), Arras, Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Charles Margetts, Cuvillers, David Clelland MC, Escape, Haynecourt, James Rodolphus Jenkins (Escaper), John Clarence Scott, Kingsley Gower Poole, Military Cross, Military Service Act 1917, Mons Communal Cemetery, Niederzwehren War Cemetery, Norman Hough, Parvillers, Parvillers-Schwetz Wood, Prisoners of War, Quiévrain Communal Cemetery, Royden Percival Patton, Royden Percival Patton (Escaper), Sidney James Smith, Tells of Stirring Incidents at Front, Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery
pferguson | December 23, 2017
Greetings Christmas and New Year I can only imagine a group of soldiers at Christmas with their thoughts of home. Glasgow, Aberdeen, Kirkcaldy, Dundee, Kilmarnock, Falkirk, Peebles and others. Though at home they may rise in the morning to different landscapes they are brothers in this trench, this town, this Scotland. To soldiers near and far, […]
Category: Christmas Special |
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Tags: Armentières, Arras, Christmas, Festubert, Film History, I’m Dreaming of Home, Joyeux Noël, Loos, Lyrics, New Year, Scottish Soldier, Scottish Soldiers, Somme, Vimy, Ypres
pferguson | October 4, 2016
The 16th Battalion C.E.F. (The Canadian Scottish) Regina Trench Awards The Victoria Cross for Valour 28930 Private (Piper) James Cleland Richardson Died of wounds August 9, 1916. Buried at Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France. For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when, prior to attack, he obtained permission from his Commanding Officer to […]
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pferguson | March 5, 2015
Actors and the Great War Seemingly one just has to ferret about the internet and much will be revealed simply by coming up with the right combination of search terms. Recently I was reviewing none other than Basil Rathbone’s Great War service, with the Liverpool Scottish, when I learned of three actors who served during […]
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Tags: 14th London Regiment, 1914, 1915, 1917, A Double Life, Academy Awards, Actors, Amputee, Arras, Battle of Messines, Bedford Regiment, Blinded, Comines–Ypres Canal, David Lean, David Niven, Film, Film History, Gas Attack, Golden Globe, Greta Garbo, Herbert “Bart” Brough Falcon Marshall, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Humphrey Bogart, Insignia, John Gielgud, Katherine Hepburn, Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence Olivier, London Scottish, London Scottish War Memorial, Marlene Dietrich, Phantom Pain, Prosthetic Limb, Race to the Sea, Rampant Lion, River Douve, Ronald Charles Colman, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Scottish Thistle, Silver War Badge, Sniper, Strike Sure, Theatre, Tony Awards, West Middlesex Dramatic Society, William Claude Rains, Wytschaete
pferguson | January 1, 2013
THE NONCHALANT PIPER The pipers of the 16th Battalion C.E.F. received several awards for gallantry during the Great War. These awards included the posthumous Victoria Cross to Piper James Cleland Richardson as well as seven other pipers being awarded the Military Medal. In addition, Pipe Major James Groat received the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF, 79th Camerons, Arras, Brookside Cemetery (Winnipeg), CEF Multiple Gallantry, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Hand-to-Hand Fighting, James Groat, Lord Derby War Hospital, Manitoba Military Hospital, Military Medal, pipers, Piping, Shrapnel, Thelus, Winnipeg, Wounded
