pferguson | May 29, 2022
A War Horse Story In 2006 while on tour with an English friend across the landscapes of the Western Front, we happened upon the horse memorial at Chipilly. Time was of the essence, our host and driver wanted to show us as much as possible, I managed to ask for a quick stop to roll […]
Category: Art, Snapshots of the Great War |
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Tags: 1st Canadian Pioneer Battalion, 58th (London) Division Memorial, Canadian Forestry Corps, Chilliwack, Chipilly (France), Handspring Puppet Company, Henri Gauquie, In Flanders Fields Museum, John Tams, Michael Morpurgo, National Army Museum, Only Remembered, Royal National Theatre (London), Sculpture, Soldiers Settlement Board, Thomas Prentiss Wicks, War Horse
pferguson | April 10, 2017
They did not waiver. This was Canada at its best. The Canadians at Vimy embodied the true north, strong and free. Extract from Prince Charles’ speech, Vimy, April 9, 2017 Within these few lines some words from Canada’s national anthem, …the true north, strong and free. Words to ponder upon a ridge or to feel […]
Category: Remember Them Well |
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Tags: 12 November 1918, Canadian Army Service Corps, Canadian Forestry Corps, Canadian National Anthem, Disease, Douglas Weir, Influenza, Margaret "Gerite" Alexander Weir, Mourning Figures, Pneumonia, Remembrance, Robert Stanley Weir, The true north strong and free, They did not waver