pferguson | April 11, 2017
Ethelbert “Curley” Christian Enlisting in 1915 with the 108th Battalion CEF, Curley Christian served on the Western Front with the 78th Battalion CEF, a unit of the Fourth Canadian Division. At the Battle of Vimy Ridge “Curley” Christian was crushed and trapped for two days, his wounds becoming gangrenous requiring the amputation of his forearms […]
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pferguson | April 8, 2017
W.J. Milne 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish) William Milne came to Canada in 1910 from his native Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland settling near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan where he worked as a farmer. On 11 September 1915 Milne joined the 46th Canadian Infantry Battalion but transferred on 16 June 1916 to the 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Canadian […]
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pferguson | April 8, 2017
The Royal Flying Corps at Work Aerial reconnaissance images taken by Royal Flying Corps (RFC) personnel. Printed and carefully assembled by the RFC for the four Canadian Divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, April 1917. Click on images for larger versions. Compare the images above with the map illustration below to learn where Canadian units […]
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Tags: 5 April 1917, 6 April 1917, 7 April 1917, Aerial Reconnaissance, Army Historical Section, Canadian Expeditionary Force, First Canadian Division, Fourth Canadian Division, Nicholson Vimy Map, Photo Reconnaissance, Royal Flying Corps, Second Canadian Division, Third Canadian Division, Vimy Ridge
pferguson | April 7, 2017
Two Pipers of Canada’s 25th Battalion The 25th Canadian Infantry Battalion, from Nova Scotia, was part of the 5th Infantry Brigade of the Second Canadian Division. The unit, although not considered a highland battalion, had a pipe band of 12 pipers and 10 drummers. The unit’s March Past was “MacKenzie Highlanders” and their mascot, a […]
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Tags: "Robert the Bruce", 1936 Vimy Pilgrimage, 25th Canadian Infantry Battalion, 5th Infantry Brigade, 9 April 1917, Amputation, Bonnie Dundee, Gassed, Machine Gun Fire, Mascots, Nova Scotia, Pipe Band, pipers, Pipes and Drums, Second Canadian Division, Shell Fire, Shell Shock, Vimy Ridge, Walter James Telfer, William Brand, Wounded
pferguson | July 25, 2014
Searching for the Great War 100 Years Later “Some wars name themselves…This is the Great War. It names itself.” Maclean’s Magazine, October 1914, p. 53 “Every intelligent person in the world knew that disaster was impending and knew no way to avoid it.” H.G. Wells (Writer) “…an old world of swords, lances and bugles would […]
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Tags: 100th Anniversaries, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, France and Flanders, Great War, H.G. Wells, In Flanders Fields Museum, MacLean's Magazine, Maple Copse, Passchendaele, Poppies, Richard Holmes, Vimy Ridge, Waterfields, Westwold, What Will Be Remembered
