pferguson | June 29, 2020
Revisiting Earlier Research This night I delve into past research to find a few words for the day. Amongst my work, from late 2014 – early 2015, I find references about two soldier graves at Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. As many of you are aware, I often turn to Ross Bay…its finely kept grounds […]
Category: Remember Them Well |
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Tags: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Craigdarroch Military Hospital, Edward VIII (Prince of Wales), Joan and Robert Dunsmuir, John James Kneale, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria Academy of Music, Victoria College, William J. Reed
pferguson | August 22, 2015
Eric Valentine Gordon I can imagine them gathered around a table perhaps with a jug of ale, mead or warm cider. Finger foods, breads, meats and good conversation abound in tales of great imagination possibly anchored in some old tale of Norse or other. What brought them together…a common interest to share and then so […]
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Tags: Bridget MacKenzie, British Columbia, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Patriotic Fund, Eric Valentine Gordon, Friendship, Great War, Honourably Rejected Volunteers of Canada, Ida Gordon, Manchester University, McGill University, Rhodes Scholars, Salmon Arm, Silver War Badge, Special Collections, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Misty Mountains Cold, The Viking Club, There and Back Again, Tolkien, University of Glasgow, University of Leeds, Victoria College
