A Gallery to Remember
On Remembrance Day 2015 I’m commemorating the men and women featured on my website by launching a new Remembrance Gallery. A picture is worth more than a thousand words when it is […]
Remembering Fallen Brothers Henry & Benjamin Skelton
Today I’m remembering two brothers from Woodford in Essex, both of whom lost their lives in the final six weeks of the Great War. The youngest died of wounds 97 years ago […]
A West Coast Cadet: Remembering E. R. Shearman
In hindsight it’s easy to forget that not every soldier who wanted to do his bit in the First World War had the opportunity to do so. In 1914, and in […]
Remembering Lt. John Keith Bousfield, Holzminden P.O.W.
Victoria BC has been home to expatriates from across the Empire since it’s earliest days. Despite knowing this I must admit I was nonetheless surprised to discover that an officer, one of 29 […]
Remembering Pte John Fleming, C.A.S.C – Part 1 of 3
This is the first in a three-part series remembering John Fleming who served as a driver and mechanic in the First World War. Part 1 focuses on his early life […]
Remembering Lt. Frederick J.C. Ball and a gift for son Edmund
Not long ago I was in a shop and was drawn to a book sitting alone atop a small table. The first thing I saw when I opened it up […]
Madame Guérin and the Poppy Campaign: July 4, 1921
Earlier this week I was contacted by Heather Johnson who kindly provided me with a photograph (©/courtesy of Linda Ryma Photography) and description of a plaque that commemorates a significant date […]
Remembering Sgt. John Reid Cunningham, 7th Royal Scots
A couple of years ago I purchased three postcards showing Musselburgh soldiers from the 1/7th Royal Scots. I’ve published several articles about these men and the Quintinshill rail disaster that claimed so […]
Remembering Pte Harry Bassett, 3rd Battalion CEF
Inspiring future generations to remember the men and women who endured the most traumatic period in our country’s history must surely be one of the most important aims of the First World War […]
100 Years Ago Today: In Flanders Fields
On May 3, 1915 newly promoted Lt-Col. John McCrae penned “In Flanders Fields“, inspired by the death of his good friend Lt. Alexis Helmer. To commemorate the centenary of this […]
Doing Our Bit 