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 […]
Captured U-190 at St. John’s, Newfoundland in June 1945
I’m making my first and long overdue visit to Newfoundland and thought I would share some photos, both my own and those taken by my grandfather George Clifford who served […]
In Flanders Fields Museum
One of the highlights of my recent trip to Ypres was a visit to In Flanders Fields Museum, located in the city’s beautifully reconstructed Cloth Hall. As the museum guidebook points out the setting is no […]
Remembering Sgt. Edward W. Jackson: 100 years ago today
It was just over a week ago that I was walking and cycling through Flanders. I visited over 70 soldiers including the grave of Sgt. Edward Wesley Jackson who died on […]
Wrapping up my visit to Ypres
I’m back in London after a memorable six day visit to Ypres. As I’ve mentioned before my main objective was to visit the graves of soldiers who had a connection to […]
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 […]
Ypres Visit: Bellewaerde Ridge
On Wednesday I made the journey from the north Norfolk coast to the city of Ypres. It took five trains and the better part of a day but I arrived on […]
A Visit to Huddersfield, Royds Hall and Pte T.S.A. Shearman
On Vimy Day I published an article on Private Thomas Stinson A’Beckett Shearman, a 21-year University of British Columbia graduate who died at Huddersfield’s Royds Hall War Hospital on April 27, 1917 […]
More Twists in the Long and Winding Road
I arrived in England at the beginning of last week and headed north to Chester where I would spend the next four days. Much of the first day was spent at the […]
The Long and Winding Road
In a matter of days I will stand next to my great-grandfather’s grave in a quiet churchyard on the Wirral. He disappeared in 1920, just months after returning from the […]
Doing Our Bit 