pferguson | November 10, 2019
One Day Soon… There is another place to visit, following in the footsteps of Professor John Macnaughton’s walk to his son’s grave at Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Found within the pages of the Canada Illustrated Weekly, a letter of thanks to St. Barnabas Hostels, a brief note of gratitude…. Will you kindly allow […]
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Tags: 24th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Empire Club of Canada, Gommecourt British Cemetery, Ian Robert Reekie Macnaughton, John Macnaughton, Kate Palmer, Kate Palmer's Walk, Menin Gate, Remembrance, Richard Lennard Hoare, Roy Palmer, St. Barnabas Hostels, Villers Station Cemetery, Woods Military Cemetery, Ypres Salient
pferguson | August 11, 2018
Thread Seven 1922 – Kate Palmer of Victoria, B.C. journeyed to Belgium to visit her son’s grave at Woods Military Cemetery, south of Ypres. Today, 11 August 2018, we retrace Mrs. Palmer’s path and decide to walk from Ypres to the grave-site of Roy Palmer, located some five miles south of the city. It is […]
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Tags: 3 June 1916, 8th Battalion CEF, Chester Farm Cemetery, Kate Palmer, Pilgrimage, Remembrance, Roy Palmer, Spoilbank Cemetery, Woods Military Cemetery, Ypres
