Since last autumn I’ve closely monitored First World War Centenary media coverage in Canada and Britain. In the UK the “big push” is underway and engaged on all media fronts: print, radio, television and the […]
These three 8″ x 19.5″ panoramic photos are of the 54th Kootenay Battalion at Vernon Camp and were taken in the summer of 1915 by Harold Smith, a Vancouver-based photographer. They […]
Ontario-based author Moushumi Chakrabarty is conducting preliminary research on Canadian women during the Great War years and is looking for diaries, letters, memoirs etc, of Canadian women during that period (1914-1918). Moushumi is primarily concerned with the lives of ordinary women affected by the War and explains that “there has been […]
“Les Musique de la Guerre” was published by Tolmer & Cie in Paris in November 1915. “The Music of War” is a 28-page book containing seven Hymnes Alliés: “La Marseillaise”, “L’Hymne Russe”, “La […]
Lives of the First World War, the Imperial War Museum’s permanent digital memorial to 8 million individuals, provides everyone with the opportunity to remember those who served. I had an opportunity […]
I would like to think that this photo is of Ethel Styles, a Voluntary Aid Detachment (V.A.D) nurse that I’ve been researching for several months. The postcard isn’t named however it came […]
UPDATE: The Canadian Attestation papers were added to Lives of the First World War on May 23rd! I’ve updated my Soldiers I’m Related to page with links to those who […]
The Player’s Navy Cut cigarettes carefully sewn by Frieda Hasenfratz into her letter to Frank Dunn never reached the young Second Lieutenant of the Durham Light Infantry. Exactly one month after […]
This real photo postcard features a group of Royal Engineers. Unfortunately there is nothing written on back of the postcard in regards to unit, date or location. They appear to […]
A more thorough search of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website led to the discovery of two additional soldiers whose parents resided in the area outlined in my previous article, Fairfield […]
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