pferguson | September 26, 2016
Ypres Day Two of Five Today it is a return to Ploegsteert and as we lumber our way across the roadway towards the Rijselpoort, the cobbles remind us every few seconds that we are not quite at our peak for the day. Heading south we successfully navigate our way in approxiamately an hour to Ploegseert Church. […]
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pferguson | September 25, 2016
Ypres Day One of Five The train arrives at Lille once again and I am most pleased to be back on this familiar expedition towards the Ypres Salient. As our driver takes us on our journey past drifting towns, villages and landmarks he is careful to avoid the many sail-less bicycles drifting to and fro on this […]
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Tags: Belgium, France, Great War, Ieper, In Flanders Fields Museum, It's The End of the World As We Know It, Lille, Passchendaele, Ploegsteert, Poperinge, St. Martin's Cathedral, Ypres, Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ypres Salient 2016
pferguson | September 21, 2016
“It has not been all milk and honey…” Originally with the 88th Victoria Fusiliers, Private Kingham served as a sniper with the 16th Battalion C.E.F. (Canadian Scottish). Kingham was with his battalion on the Somme and wrote about this time when half his platoon was killed on their way to the front line. The article entitled, Slaughter […]
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pferguson | August 13, 2016
Days of Champions Amidst the clattering of today’s world events we have some respite as the Olympics fill the ranks and files of media. Not without their “discussion” too, the Olympics celebrate achievement and highlight angst. There are stories each day of overcoming adversity, of participation and winning, sometimes even without receiving awards. The games […]
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Ian S. Williams | January 6, 2012
Two years after the “Terrific Drive” by the Canadians in April 1915, Frank Dadd composed this sketch. The fact that this was done so long after attests to the significance of that event in the war. In fact it was a major event in history. It marked the first significant use of poison gas as […]
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Tags: Battle, First use of Gas, Frank Dadd, Gas Attack, James Richardson, Piper, Richardson, Second Battle of Ypres, The Great War, WWI, Ypres
