pferguson | December 25, 2018
Christmas Parcels The joy delivered to soldiers at the front…a little bit of peace from home. Gathered together they made the most of their day. A little welcome celebration…pooling their newly delivered resources…Tommy, Billy, Robert, James, Jeremy and others…Merry Christmas to all. Across British Columbia news of parcels and soldiers made their way into the […]
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pferguson | September 15, 2016
Authenticity, Accuracy in the Depiction of the Great War Today we reflect upon an event of a 100 years ago when the Canadian Expeditionary Force took part in its first major action of the Somme campaign during the Battle of Flers-Courclette. The Capture of the Sugar Refinery, September 15, 1916, was interpreted by Italian war artist […]
Category: Snapshots of the Great War |
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Tags: 1916, Absolution, Authenticity and Accuracy, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Capture of the Sugar Refinery, Flers-Courcelette, Fortunino Matania, Goodbye Old Man, Illustration Francaise, November 11, Royal Munster Fusiliers, September 15 1916, Somme, Somme Campaign, Sugar Refinery, The Graphic, The Last General Absolution of the Munsters, The Sphere, War Artists