Valentine Hitchcock – Part 3
Valentine Hitchcock Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 Note: Valentine’s service file contains no specific details on his early days with the 67th Battalion and so in Part 3 […]
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Who Goes There? Gun Crew No. 4 RNA
This 4″ x 3″ Carte Postale is a puzzler but one that I suspect someone out there will be able to solve. Written on the front are the words “Sole […]
Bristol & The War – Feb. 6, 1915
Vol. 1 No. 9 of “Bristol & the War”, the third issue which I’ve scanned and uploaded to Flickr, features a great cover photo of a snowman in Essex named […]
Australian Red Cross Flag – Update
On December 11th I published a blog article describing a Red Cross flag that belonged to the 3rd Field Ambulance of the Australian Imperial Force. New information has come to […]
Valentine Hitchcock – Part 2
Valentine Hitchcock Part 1 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 Valentine Hitchcock’s military training began in the 1890’s when he joined the 5th Regiment Canadian Garrison Artillery in Victoria, BC. He had […]
Bristol & The War – Nov. 14, 1914
I’ve received positive feedback from yesterday’s blog post and so I’ve added a Flickr set that includes the Nov. 14, 1914 issue of Bristol & the War. Vol. 1 No. […]
Bristol & The War – Oct. 17, 1914
Last year I purchased ten issues of an interesting journal called Bristol and the War. It was originally issued fortnightly for a penny however by the autumn of 1915 it had […]
Valentine Hitchcock – Part 1
Valentine Hitchcock Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 The inspiration behind this research was a four page letter written by a son to his mother several weeks after the […]
Who Goes There? With My Best Pal
One of my favourite real photo postcards and a wonderful example of the strong friendships forged during the First World War. I have no idea who these soldiers are but […]
Nominal Rolls for the Canadian Expeditionary Force
Note: this article has been replaced by an updated Nominal Rolls of the Canadian Expeditionary Force post. A Nominal Roll is a list of the Officers, NCOs and Men who served in a unit of the CEF at a specific point in time. They were often compiled prior to a […]
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