pferguson | July 24, 2021
Strength and Determination Here is no giant warrior god on a high pedestal, but a man. He is tough, ready for the fight, his feet apart, arms held loosely by his sides ready. His helmet is just slightly at an angle, and, under its brim, his face reflects strength and determination. (A.L. Freundlich, The Sculpture […]
Category: Art |
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Tags: Bank of Montreal, Canadian Field Artillery, Honours and Awards, James Earl Fraser, Memorial, Military Cross, Sculpture, Statue, Winnipeg, Wynn Bagnall
pferguson | June 26, 2021
Canadian Artillery in Action Canadian war artist Kenneth Forbes was all to familiar with service on the Western Front. Born in Toronto, Canada Forbes, prior to the Great War, studied art in the United Kingdom and had twelve of his portraits exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, England. In 1914 Forbes joined the British Army’s […]
Category: Inspired By a True Story |
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), Canadian Artillery in Action, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian War Memorials Fund, Honours and Awards, Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE), Kenneth Forbes, Lord Beaverbrook, Military Medal, Phillip Henry Button, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI), War Artists, William Metcalf VC MM and Bar
pferguson | August 22, 2015
Eric Valentine Gordon I can imagine them gathered around a table perhaps with a jug of ale, mead or warm cider. Finger foods, breads, meats and good conversation abound in tales of great imagination possibly anchored in some old tale of Norse or other. What brought them together…a common interest to share and then so […]
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Tags: Bridget MacKenzie, British Columbia, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Patriotic Fund, Eric Valentine Gordon, Friendship, Great War, Honourably Rejected Volunteers of Canada, Ida Gordon, Manchester University, McGill University, Rhodes Scholars, Salmon Arm, Silver War Badge, Special Collections, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Misty Mountains Cold, The Viking Club, There and Back Again, Tolkien, University of Glasgow, University of Leeds, Victoria College
