pferguson | April 2, 2020
The Math is Staggering The Home Front has returned. Mobilized now to fight an invisible enemy the need is great. Like those who gathered materials for two world wars they work…long days… with heart, dedication, love, concern. During the Great War those on the home front accepted linens, cottons, flannels and blankets to be re-purposed, […]
Category: Inspired By a True Story |
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Tags: Arthur Edward Pitman, British Empire Medal, Cholera, COVID-19, Home Front, Prisoner of War, Royal Army Medical Corps
pferguson | November 9, 2016
But in Some Brighter Clime He was a soldier, unknown to me, but through my wanderings across Flanders I stumble upon his place. He is there with his fellow soldiers… who knew not what the day would bring. But this day, this time, this place, I stop a while and think upon his life and […]
Category: Remember Them Well |
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Tags: "Life" (Poem), 106th Field Ambulance, 1917, 30 November 1917, Age 31, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Minty Farm Cemetery, Remembrance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Sergeant John Gibbs, War Graves
pferguson | April 15, 2012
RMS Britannic Another White Star Line Sinking This week has seen an extraordinary amount of film at home and in the theatre with the launch of James Cameron’s 3-D version of Titanic. Ceremonies have recognized the 100th anniversary of the loss of this titan on its maiden voyage, such as in Halifax, (the City of […]
Category: Odds & Ends |
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Tags: 15 April 1912, 21 November 1916, Britannic, Charles Alfred Bartlett, Charles Sydney Ellis Bartlett, Film History, HMS Goliath, Hospital Ships, Merchant Navy, Piraeus Naval and Consular Cemetery, Royal Army Medical Corps, Titanic, Tower Hill Memorial, Violet Jessop, White Star Line
pferguson | March 10, 2012
Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC and Bar, MC Royal Army Medical Corps attached 1/10th The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment For several years I have visited the exhibits of the Imperial War Museum (IWM) in London, England. There is much to see, with artifacts (both large and small), documents, and artworks sharing the exhibition space in a rich […]
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Tags: Brandhoek, Chavasse Family, Guillemont, Imperial War Museum, Liverpool Scottish, Noel Godfrey Chavasse, Royal Army Medical Corps, Somme, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment, The Wounded, Victoria Cross and Bar