Who Goes There? A rather lovely Red Cross Nurse
One can only imagine that this Red Cross nurse broke more than a few soldier’s hearts during the First World War. Even Jakealoo admits to being just a little smitten. […]
One can only imagine that this Red Cross nurse broke more than a few soldier’s hearts during the First World War. Even Jakealoo admits to being just a little smitten. […]
Since posting my original article on the Musselburgh Company of the 7th Battalion Royal Scots I’ve spent some time examining the newspaper photographs in John Duncan’s Newbattle at War photo gallery. Although the […]
UPDATE: please see the comments section for feedback regarding the names of soldiers shown in these photos. A year ago I picked up three wonderful real photo postcards of men […]
Valentine Hitchcock Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 6 On Aug. 9th, 1917 Pte Valentine Hitchcock was transferred to the 11th Canadian Light Trench […]
Who are these young men in uniform? The detail in this 4″x5.75″ photograph is excellent however I cannot make out the cap badges they are wearing. The photo is mounted […]
Originally posted on Promises of Home:
William Blay (Barnardo photo) William Blay, my great-great uncle, was a Home Child. William’s father had died when he was a baby and his mother, who had sold all her furniture to pay the rent, could no longer afford to keep him. In September of…
Valentine Hitchcock Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 5 | Part 6 On arrival in England the 67th Battalion (The Western Scots) were stationed at Camp Borden in Hampshire where on May 15th they learned […]
Earlier today Library and Archives Canada announced that they will digitize the service records of all 640,000 members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. These digital copies will be available online free of charge. The project begins in March when servicemen whose surnames begin with ‘A’ through ‘D’ are digitized. Those […]
The recent passing of my uncle has led to the discovery of a 1920’s photograph album that once belonged to my grandmother, Jean Paulin. Much to my surprise it contained […]
Originally posted on Operation War Diary:
We have gathered together the statistics for the first week of Operation War Diary – Tues 14th Jan – Mon 20 Jan. Citizen Historians…