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 […]
Who Goes There? Massed Regimental Bands
I recently acquired this 14″ x 21″ First World War photograph of massed Regimental Bands. It was scanned in four pieces and stitched together so I apologize for the patchwork […]
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 […]
Canadians in the BEF: Imperial War Service Gratuities records
In April of this year Ancestry made available “Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities, 1919-1921“, a dataset containing 17,702 records on Canadians who served in the B.E.F., British Navy, Royal Air Force and Nursing […]
Who Goes There? A collection with a connection?
Last month a local auction house featured a lot containing a large collection of photographs and some military postcards. Unfortunately I was not the successful bidder however a couple of weeks […]
Royal BC Museum invites you to help Transcribe WW1 Docs
In April the Royal BC Museum launched Transcribe, a crowd-sourcing website that provides citizen historians with an opportunity to transcribe historical documents from the Provincial Archives. The museum’s first transcription project […]
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 […]
Who Goes There? 158th Battalion Regimental Band
This impressive panoramic photograph was donated to the Vernon Museum and Archives by Louise Karlsson, the granddaughter of Private John Grears. “Jack” Grears was born in Whitehaven, Cumberland in 1881 and […]
Doing Our Bit 