pferguson | February 25, 2024
During Air Raids Mary Meta Hodge was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in the Field. A resident of Winnipeg, Manitoba the above portrait appeared in theĀ Canada Illustrated Weekly, 21 December 1918, p. 397. Nursing Sister Hodge was one of nine Canadian women awarded the Military Medal during the Great War. Eight of the women […]
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Tags: Air Raid, Associate of the Royal Red Cross, Beatrice McNair, Canadian Army Medical Corps, Doullens (France), Edith Campbell, Eleanor Jean Thompson, Etaples (France), Helen Elizabeth Hansen, Honours and Awards, Janet Mary Williamson, Lenora Herrington, Lottie Urquhart, Marie Dow Lutwick, Mary Meta Hodge, Military Medal, No 2 Canadian Stationary Hospital, No. 2 Canadian General Hospital, No. 3 Canadian General Hospital, No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital, No. 58 Casualty Clearing Station, No. 8 Canadian General Hospital, Nursing Sisters, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve), Royal Red Cross
pferguson | November 11, 2022
Bourlon Wood. Battle of the Canal du Nord: Actions of 27 and 29 September 1918 DEAR LEW THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SEEN ARE ETERNAL For most conspicuous bravery during the Bourlon Wood operations, 27th September to 2nd October, 1918. On 27th September, when his company commander and all other officers of his company had […]
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Tags: 27 September 1918, 29 September 1918, 30 September 1918, 78th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers), Bourlon Wood, Canal du Nord, Honours and Awards, Samuel Lewis Honey VC DCM MM
pferguson | February 27, 2022
1915 and the 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion Distinguished Service Order Major Gilbert Godson-Godson DSO London Gazette: 22 June 1915 Awarded on the occasion of His Majesty’s Birthday. No citation. Occupation: City of Vancouver. Department Head. Prior service: Second Boer War (Corps of Guides and South African Constabulary. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and Mentioned in […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 1915, Alfred William Minchin, Bernard Charles Lunn, Cecil Mack Merritt, Frank Morison, Gerald Coussmaker Heath, Gilbert Godson-Godson, Honours and Awards, John Dougall, John William Bizley, La Quinque Rue Orchard, Robert Gilmour Edwards Leckie, St. Julien (Belgium), Victor Alexander MacLean
pferguson | November 4, 2021
Sergeant Alfred Norris M.M. and Bar 438822 1st Battalion Canadian Machine Gun Corps For Bravery in the Field…a twice decorated soldier who was awarded the Military Medal and a bar, representing a second award of this honour. AlfredĀ Norris received recognition for his coolness and courage at Fresnoy, France and again for conspicuous gallantry at Passchendaele […]
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Tags: 3 May 1917, 4 May 1917, 4 November 1918, 8 November 1917, Alfred Norris, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Emma Gees, Fresnoy, Honours and Awards, Military Medal (MM), Passchendaele
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 […]
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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