pferguson | October 10, 2016
IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS NCO’S MEN OF THE 16TH. CANADIAN SCOTTISH WHO FELL IN ACTION ON THE SOMME Mouquet Farm September 4-7, 1916 Kenora Trench September 25-27, 1916 Regina Trench October 8-9, 1916 One of two known preserved wood battlefield markers of the 16th Battalion C.E.F. (Canadian Scottish). The Somme marker is held in the […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 25-27 September 1916, 4-7 September 1916, 8-9 October 1916, Ancre Heights, Battle of the Somme Bagpipes (Tune), Bay Street Armouries, British Columbia, Canadian Scottish Regimental Museum, Canadian War Museum, Casualties, Kenora Trench, Mouquet Farm, Pioneer Square, Pozières, Regina Trench, Remembrance, Somme, Thiepval Ridge, Victoria
pferguson | July 4, 2015
“Pioneer Square” the Regiment’s Place of Remembrance As I wander up to Victoria’s Christ Church Cathedral I first walk by Pioneer Square where I stop to take a picture of the Canadian Scottish Memorial. The memorial that stands here is a replacement as an original marker, from the Great War, stood here for many years […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion C.E.F., C.W. Peck VC DSO and Bar, Canadian Scottish, Christ Church Cathedral, DSO and Bar, H.M. Urquhart CVO, MC, Pioneer Square, Regimental Memorial, Victoria, Vimy Cross, W.H. Metcalf VC MM and Bar
