pferguson | November 6, 2021
Gunner Wainwright Merrill served as Arthur Ashton Stanley 343939 6th Siege Battery Canadian Garrison Artillery Though the Wainwright Merrill story can be found elsewhere on the internet (See Lauren D. Sphon: The Harvard Crimson) he is chosen here for a simple reflection on my part….a parent’s walk to their child’s graveside at Ypres Reservoir Cemetery […]
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Tags: 6 November 1917, 6th Siege Battery, A College Man in Khaki, AKA Arthur Ashton Stanley, Boston Globe, Canadian Garrison Artillery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Estelle Merrill, Harvard, Harvard College Library, Harvard Crimson, Pilgrimage, Samuel Merrill, Wainwright Merrill, Wainwright Merrill Memorial Fund, Ypres Reservoir Cemetery
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
