My 2024 Pacific POW Memoir ‘To Be Read’ List
I don’t normally compile a TBR (To Be Read) list however this year I’ve pulled together my unread POW memoirs written by those that served in the Pacific theatre during […]
The Last Veteran of the Battle of Hong Kong Passes
On November 29, 2023 the last surviving Canadian soldier from the Battle of Hong Kong, Hormidas Fredette passed away at the age of 106. The Globe and Mail published an […]
WW2 Memoirs – Hong Kong, Part 1
This is the first in a series of articles highlighting vintage Second World War books, with a special emphasis on personal memoirs published in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. All […]
Mystery Soldier John “Jack” Thomson McCallum Identified!
In November 2013 I posted an article of a Company Sergeant-Major in the 50th Battalion CEF identified only as “Jack”. I published two photos of the soldier and speculated on […]
Website Update
Judging by the lack of posts one could assume there’s been little going on in regards to First and Second World War research. However, this isn’t the case. I’ve been […]
Liberating the Netherlands – A Remarkable Restoration
A series of remarkable films documenting the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945 has appeared on YouTube over the past two weeks. The videos have been published by Rick88888888, a […]
Slava Ukraini!
Please do your bit and show your support for Ukraine by donating to the Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal Thank you.
Update: Service Restored (Temporary outage at LAC)
December 24, 2021 LAC restored their online services yesterday. You should now be able to access nominal rolls, trench newspapers and any other link from my site to LAC. Merry Christmas! December 16, 2021 My website contains links to many resources at Library and Archives Canada, including but not limited […]
Germans recount life inside Canadian WW2 POW Camps
My most recent research project focused on a First World War veteran who served in the Veteran Guards of Canada (VGC) during the Second World War. Resources pertaining to the […]
Remembrance Day 2020
In 2015 I wrote about two brothers from Essex, 2nd Lieut. Henry Harry Skelton and 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin Dowell Skelton, both of whom died in the last six weeks of […]
Doing Our Bit 