pferguson | November 11, 2021

Private George Edwin Ellison L/12643 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers Son of James W. and Mary Ellison, George Ellison was born in York and raised in Leeds where today a memorial to him has been placed at Leeds Railway Station. The commemorative plaque, normally blue in colour, is olive green representing the British soldier uniform of […]

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Tags: 11 November 1918, 309 Fatalities, 46th Canadian Infantry Battalion, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, 994, Armistice, Chatham Naval Memorial, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Frederick Thomas Ellison, George Edwin Ellison, George Lawrence Prince, H.M. Trawler Towhee, John Parr, King George V, Known unto God, Middlesex Regiment, Silent Witnesses, St. Symphorien Military Cemetery, The King's Pilgrimage

pferguson | November 4, 2019

The Imperial War Graves Commission During the Great War the work of Fabian Ware and his associates in the registration of war graves did not go unnoticed. Ware and others also became concerned for what would become of their work post-war. In January 1916 the National Committee for the Care of Soldier’s Graves was formed. […]

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Tags: Cross of Sacrifice, Directorate of War Graves Registration and Enquiries, Edward (Prince of Wales), Fabian Ware, Forceville, Frederic Kenyon (British Museum), Gertrude Jekyll, Imperial War Conference, Imperial War Graves Commission, John Kipling, King George V, Known unto God, Le Treport, Louvencourt, Menin Road South Military Cemetery, National Committee for the Care of Soldier’s Graves, Rudyard Kipling, Sir Edward Lutyens, Sir Herbert Baker, Sir Reginald Blomfield, Stone of Remembrance, The King's Pilgrimage, Their Name Liveth for Evermore, Tyne Cot Cemetery

pferguson | September 10, 2016

Soldiers Who Lie Here Row On Row The award of a humble bronze cross, the Victoria Cross, to Piper James Cleland Richardson has meant much to many people, many communities and many organizations. Jimmy’s story has been told and retold in articles, books and magazines… in exhibits and films and this will not end with […]

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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF, 8 October 1916, 8/9 October 1916, 9 October 1916, Adanac Military Cemetery, Cemeteries, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, I.W.G.C. / C.W.G.C. Principles, Imperial War Graves Commission, J.C. Richardson, James Cleland Richardson, Jimmy Richardson, Known unto God, Piper, Pipes of war, Regina Trench, Remembrance, Silent Cities, T.E. McLaren, Thiepval, Victoria Cross, Visitors to Adanac, War Graves, War Memorials