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 | April 15, 2020
Carved into the Lessons from History On 14 April 2020 the Daily Express presented the suggestion, made by Mr. Terence McIlroy, that in recognition of the bravery of the British National Health Service (NHS), during the Covid-19 pandemic, that the organization could be presented with the honorific award of the George Medal. Although the article […]
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Tags: COVID-19, Croix de Guerre (France), Daily Express, Distinguished Service Cross, Dunkirk, George Cross, George Medal, In Flanders Fields Museum, Malta, Medal of Honour (France), Military Cross, National Health Service, Pandemic, Royal Ulster Constabulary, Terence McIlroy, Verdun, Ypres
pferguson | January 10, 2020
16th Battalion C.E.F. Prisoners of War (Part 3) Every two years (in January) I have returned to my 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion Prisoner of War research project. To my surprise the battalion does not appear to have had any service personnel captured during 1917. Of particular interest in this the third and final installment are […]
Category: Remember Them Well |
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), Arras, Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Charles Margetts, Cuvillers, David Clelland MC, Escape, Haynecourt, James Rodolphus Jenkins (Escaper), John Clarence Scott, Kingsley Gower Poole, Military Cross, Military Service Act 1917, Mons Communal Cemetery, Niederzwehren War Cemetery, Norman Hough, Parvillers, Parvillers-Schwetz Wood, Prisoners of War, Quiévrain Communal Cemetery, Royden Percival Patton, Royden Percival Patton (Escaper), Sidney James Smith, Tells of Stirring Incidents at Front, Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery
pferguson | January 18, 2016
16th Battalion C.E.F. Prisoners of War (Part 1) At long last the first installment of Canadian Scottish soldiers captured during the Great War. This work would not have been possible without the tremendous effort of the late Ted Wigney whose work, in recording and publishing (for all) a record of CEF prisoners of war, was a […]
Category: Snapshots of the Great War |
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 1915, Amputation, Army Order 193 (1919), Attempting to Escape, Captain B.L. Johnston, Determination, Died of Wounds as Prisoner of War, Escaped, Escaping, Gallant Conduct, Interned in Holland, Larchwood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery (Belgium), Lieutenant F.W. MacDonald, Lieutenant Victor Alexander MacLean MC, Major R.Y. Cory, Mentioned in Despatches, Military Cross, Military Medal, Niederzwehren War Cemetery (Germany), Prisoner of War, Prisoners of War, Released, Released [from captivity], Russian Order of St. Anne 4th Class, Schevenigen, Second Battle of Ypres, Services Rendered in Captivity, Tyne Cot Cemetery (Belgium), Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Belgium)
pferguson | October 8, 2015
…I am not able to carry on!” Temporary Major Harry John Hall, MC, 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Canadian Scottish) 8 October 1916 One of the great 16th Battalion characters of the Great War was the Scottish born soldier Harry John Hall. A soldier through and through, Hall had previously served during the Second Boer War […]
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Tags: 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Canadian Scottish), 20th Hussars (British Army), 43rd Canadian Infantry Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada), 8 October 1916, Contay British Cemetery, H.M. Urquhart DSO* MC, Harry John Hall MC, J.E. Leckie DSO, King's Own Scottish Borderers (British Army), Kommandos, Military Cross, Mouquet Farm, No. 9 Casualty Clearing Station, Regina Trench, Seaforth Highlanders (British Army), Second Boer War, Warloy (France)
