pferguson | August 18, 2020
Operation Jubilee When the 16th Battalion CEF formed at Valcartier in 1914 four drafts from Canadian Highland Regiments provided soldiers for this new battalion of this new Canadian army. They included men from the 50th Regiment (Gordon Highlanders) based in Victoria, B.C., the 72nd Regiment (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada) based in Vancouver, B.C., the 79th […]
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pferguson | September 3, 2018
Friends are good on the day of battle Located near to Y Ravine, within the present day Newfoundland Park, the 51st Division Memorial commemorates their success during the Battle of the Ancre 13 November 1916. The memorial project was aided by the good work of Lieutenant Colonel Nangle, the former Roman Catholic padre of the […]
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pferguson | June 10, 2018
Someday Here We Will Meet Again …a while ago I have stood here many times, brought others to you and wondered who you are…and yet for all the time that has passed – today you have spoken. Who are you Piper John MacLeod? …this day I have walked this place of memory since the late […]
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Tags: 102nd Battalion (North British Columbians), 67th Battalion CEF (Western Scots), Balallan, Bushey Park (England), Empress Hotel, Harry Hardy, Illness, Isle of Lewis, James C. Hanna, John Weightman Warden DSO, King Edward Hotel, King's Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Lewis Chess Pieces, Loyal Lewis Roll of Honour, Mark Knopfler, Passchendaele, Piper John MacLeod, Piper Major Billy Wishart, Piper to the End, pipers, Private C. Haggerty, Private H. Clear, Private H.M. Henderson, Private J. Grant, Private J. Robinson, Private S. Trickett, Resthaven Hospital (Sidney), Ross Bay Cemetery, Stornoway, Victoria BC, Victoria Military Hospital (Esquimalt)
pferguson | October 7, 2017
Before and For All Time On a rainy day towards the Somme, we stop at Beaumont-Hamel and Thiepval before heading a short distance to Adanac Military Cemetery, to observe the day at the graveside of Piper James Cleland Richardson VC. Although we have been before, time and time again, our observances here strike a new […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 9 October 1916, Adanac Military Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Piper James Cleland Richardson VC, pipers, Thiepval War Memorial
pferguson | September 21, 2017
Expressions On Their Faces The wheels begin to roll earlier today, across the cobbled back streets towards the Groote Markt and on through the Lille Gate. We are headed south of Ypres past Bedford House towards the St. Eloi Craters. The route today is almost a re-creation of our first visit to the Salient. At […]
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Tags: Bedford House, Chester Farm, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, CWGC Cemeteries, Iron harvest, Menin Gate, pipers, Remembrance, Spoilbank, St. Eloi Craters, The Last Post, The Last Post Association, Ypres, Ypres-Comines Canal