Who Goes There? 1st Canadian Sanitary Section
This small photo (view larger version here), with 17 signatures on the back, was owned by Driver John Fleming who is seated with his arms folded in the lower right […]
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Christmas at the Front – 1st Brigade Canadian Mounted Rifles
This well worn programme commemorates a concert held near the front lines just before Christmas 1915. It names 44 officers, NCOs and men from the First Brigade Canadian Mounted Rifles. The brigade […]
Christmas comes early – The British Colonist Online!
In early November I attended the launch of a new website called A City Goes To War. The event, held at the University of Victoria, included announcements on several other […]
Christmas at the Front – 16th Battalion Canadian Scottish
A simple Christmas card saved by Private John Denholm of the 16th Battalion Canadian Scottish and pasted into a scrapbook after the war. Denholm joined the 79th The Queen’s Own […]
A Tale of Two Brothers: Matt & James Liddell
We’ll never know exactly what the Liddell brothers were thinking when they made their way down Peel Street towards the 148th Battalion recruiting office on January 31, 1916. The rain […]
Christmas at the Front – 1st Cdn Tank Battalion
This wonderful die-cut 1918 Christmas card was sent by one of the 92 officers that made up the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion in 1918. The officer, whose initials were either […]
Christmas at the Front – 1918 French Silk Postcard
Christmas was a particularly difficult time for soldiers who were away from home, many for the first time in their lives. While the Christmas Truce of 1914 is well documented […]
Who Goes There? No. 2 Coy Mountain Battery RGA
Underneath one of these jaunty caps can be found Gunner Clark of the No. 2 Company Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. While some Mountain Batteries served in India some spent […]
Canadian War Diaries of the First World War
The collection of Canadian War Diaries of the First World War published by Library and Archives Canada is a wonderful resource for researchers. Unit diaries, when used in conjunction with service records, regimental histories […]
Get Stuck In: Contribute to Lives of the First World War
2014 marks the centenary of the First World War and over the next four years there will be hundreds if not thousands of events commemorating the occasion. Many will take […]
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