pferguson | April 1, 2020

I Will Continue to Walk As I walked the stone markers I read their names…ranks, dates and inscriptions of those who fell. I breath deeply…release the air slowly taking in another life and think…not any thought in particular…but perhaps share in a bit of aged sorrow, once felt….now felt again for a life lost… I […]

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Tags: Albert Medal, Arturo Fanconi, Bayeux War Cemetery, Royal Navy, Sick Berth Attendant

pferguson | April 23, 2018

St. George’s Day – Zeebrugge Day A hundred years ago this day…on St. George’s Day (sometimes known as Zeebrugge Day)…23 April 1918, 1,700 British sailors and marines took part in the raid on the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. Of the 75 vessels used in the attack some are better known than others including HMS Vindictive […]

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pferguson | May 31, 2016

In Memory of Fallen Comrades. Jutland Service 1933. British Pathé Update to Two Days of May A recent jaunt to the University of Victoria has found four other sailors with Canadian connections lost at sea during the Battle of Jutland May 31 – June 1, 1916. Royal Canadian Navy Engineer Lieutenant Stanley N. de Quetteville, […]

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Tags: Jutland, Jutland Service, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Navy

pferguson | September 10, 2015

The Ordinary with the Extraordinary All nations have their awards and many of these symbols of valour (valor), honour (honor), bravery, and courage are well known. They take on many names such as the Victoria Cross, the Légion d’Honneur, Croix de Guerre, Ritterkreuz (Iron Cross), and the Medal of Honor. In earlier times, gallantry was […]

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Tags: "Jackie" Smyth VC MC, 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, 42nd Canadian Infantry Battalion, 8th Canadian Infantry Batalion, A bit of coloured ribbon, Alexander Brereton, Amiens (France), Armillaies, Bravery, British Army, Burg Linn Museum Center (Krefeld Germany), Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, Conspicuous Service Cross, Courage, Crimea War, Croix de Guerre, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Flying Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service ORder, Distingusied Service Cross, Extraordinary, George Cross, Great War, Humility, Imperial War Museum, Indian Army, Iron Cross, James Magennis VC, Johnson Beharry VC, King George V, Legion of Honour, Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Lord Michael Ashcroft, Medal of Honor, Military Cross, Military Medal, Modesty, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ordinary, Parvillers (France), Phaleraes, Polybius, Ritterkreuz, Roman Gallantry Awards, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, the Légion d’Honneur, Thomas Dinesen, Torcs, Valor, Valour, VC & GC Gallery, Victoria Cross, William Harold Coltman VC DCM* MM*

pferguson | February 17, 2015

The Royal Navy’s Great War Battle Commemorations Recent research into the Royal Navy fleet that Admiral Sir Jacky Fisher, First Sea Lord of the Board of the Admiralty, built has led to some interesting discoveries. Fisher was instrumental, or rather was the powerhouse, in re-developing the British Navy. In October 1905 the Dreadnought program commenced […]

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