Canadian Lives of the First World War
UPDATE: The Canadian Attestation papers were added to Lives of the First World War on May 23rd! I’ve updated my Soldiers I’m Related to page with links to those who […]
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Remembering Second Lieutenant Frank Mewborne Dunn
The Player’s Navy Cut cigarettes carefully sewn by Frieda Hasenfratz into her letter to Frank Dunn never reached the young Second Lieutenant of the Durham Light Infantry. Exactly one month after […]
Who Goes There: The Corps of Royal Engineers
This real photo postcard features a group of Royal Engineers. Unfortunately there is nothing written on back of the postcard in regards to unit, date or location. They appear to […]
Fairfield in the FWW: Cpl. C.S. Baxter & 2nd Lt. C.L. Price
A more thorough search of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website led to the discovery of two additional soldiers whose parents resided in the area outlined in my previous article, Fairfield […]
Remembering C.S.M. Thomas Albert Narraway, M.M.
Being contacted by the relative of a soldier I’ve written about is one of the most gratifying aspects of maintaining my blog. This is exactly what happened as a result of […]
Two more 7th Battalion Royal Scots identified
Rosemary Camp contacted me earlier this month when she recognized the name of her great-uncle Charles McDonald in a newspaper clipping included in my post about Pte Arthur B. Colville. […]
Fairfield in the First World War
Fairfield in the First World War is my attempt to shine a light on the contribution made by the residents of my neighbourhood 100 years ago. It’s a micro history […]
99 Years ago today: the Second Battle of Ypres
Today I commemorate my great-grandfather Lance-Corporal Herbert Clifford, 14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment), who in the early evening of April 22, 1915 was shot and captured while on patrol near the G.H.Q. line. Herbert would spend the remainder of the war enduring the hardships of a First World War POW camp. The […]
A Field Message Book belonging to Capt. Cyril Norman, MC
Lieutenant Cyril Norman‘s Field Message Book offers a fascinating glimpse into the working life of an officer on the Western Front. His entries begin in August 1916 and end in February 1917 […]
Remembering Lt. George Geoffrey May
A tribute to my grandfather’s cousin, Lt. George Geoffrey May, who died at Vimy on the morning of April 9, 1917.
Doing Our Bit 