Free Digital Downloads from The National Archives
The saying goes that every dark cloud has a silver lining and that is certainly the case with The National Archives at Kew. COVID19 has forced them to close their […]
The saying goes that every dark cloud has a silver lining and that is certainly the case with The National Archives at Kew. COVID19 has forced them to close their […]
UK-based Osprey Publishing is offering up 5 free e-Books each week to fans of military history. It is a limited time offer lasting four weeks only. I just recently became aware of it and missed out on week 1 however I did download the titles for week 2 and so […]
Can you help identify the soldier in this photograph? It was treasured by its original owner and is now in the possession of her granddaughter. All that is known […]
A recent article in a local newspaper told the story of a 17-year old Canadian soldier killed in action during the First World War and his name, Marc Edward Berton, was […]
Anthony Baker was a “turner” by trade, fashioning metal parts for use in machinery, a skill that would be in great demand during the world’s first mechanized war. Born in […]
Part 1 of my two-part series on obtaining Canadian Second World War service files dealt with records belonging to those who died in service between 1939 and 1947. Part 2 […]
*Updated January 21, 2019* Over the past year I’ve received an increasing number of requests for information on Canadians who served during the Second World War. Obtaining their service file […]
Just over 60,000 Canadian servicemen and women died during four years of fighting in the First World War however the death toll from the Spanish Flu pandemic that spread across […]
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 […]
This is the first of two articles on using trench maps in your research. Part 1 provides an overview of digitized trench map resources while Part 2 will include tips […]