Underage and Overeager
Eighteen Canadian Soldiers Who Died Before Their 16th Birthday An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 underage boys served for Canada and Newfoundland during the First World War. “Old Enough to Fight” […]
80th Anniversary of Holland Liberation Tour – Part 3
This is the third of three posts describing my experience as Historian/Storyteller on Liberation Tour’s 8-day Holland Liberation 80th Anniversary Canadian Battlefield and Remembrance Tour. Part three covers the three […]
80th Anniversary of Holland Liberation Tour – Part 2
This is the second of three posts describing my experience as Historian/Storyteller on Liberation Tour’s 8-day Holland Liberation 80th Anniversary Canadian Battlefield and Remembrance Tour. It was great working with […]
80th Anniversary of Holland Liberation Tour – Part 1
This is the first of three posts describing my experience as Historian/Storyteller on Liberation Tour’s 8-day Holland Liberation 80th Anniversary Canadian Battlefield and Remembrance Tour. It was great working with […]
Utilizing Trench Maps: Part 2 – Map References & Case Studies
This is the second of two articles on using trench maps in your research. Part 1 provided an overview of digitized trench map resources. This article includes tips on finding and […]
Serene and Secluded: Tofino’s Morpheus Island Cemetery
Nestled in Clayoquot Sound a short distance away from the small community of Tofino lies Morpheus Island, the final resting place of twenty-two¹ west coast pioneers, including three soldiers of […]
Remembering Two Saanich Soldiers KIA at Passchendaele 100 Years Ago Today
On November 10 1917 two soldiers from Saanich British Columbia, Sgt Frank Willey M.M. and L/Cpl Frank Joseph Webb, were killed in the final assault on Passchendaele ridge. They were both […]
Roads to Remembrance: to Passchendaele by Bike
To commemorate Remembrance Day this year I’ll be remembering two Canadian soldiers on the 100th Anniversary of their deaths. They represent a tiny fraction of the 15,654 Canadians who died […]
Two Seminars at the Saanich Centennial Library: Nov. 2 & 23
If you’d like to learn more about researching Canadian soldiers of the First World War and if you live in the Greater Victoria area you may be interested in two seminars I’m […]
An Update on my visit to Ypres
I’ve just completed my third full day in Ypres and although it was my intention to blog every day I simply haven’t had the time or the energy to do […]