Who Goes There? A rather lovely Red Cross Nurse
One can only imagine that this Red Cross nurse broke more than a few soldier’s hearts during the First World War. Even Jakealoo admits to being just a little smitten. […]
Who Goes There? Update: 7th Battalion Royal Scots
Since posting my original article on the Musselburgh Company of the 7th Battalion Royal Scots I’ve spent some time examining the newspaper photographs in John Duncan’s Newbattle at War photo gallery. Although the […]
Who Goes There? The 7th Battalion Royal Scots
UPDATE: please see the comments section for feedback regarding the names of soldiers shown in these photos. A year ago I picked up three wonderful real photo postcards of men […]
Valentine Hitchcock – Part 5
Valentine Hitchcock Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4Â | Part 6 On Aug. 9th, 1917 Pte Valentine Hitchcock was transferred to the 11th Canadian Light Trench […]
Who Goes There? Young British Cadets
Who are these young men in uniform? The detail in this 4″x5.75″ photograph is excellent however I cannot make out the cap badges they are wearing. The photo is mounted […]
William Blay, A Home Boy and WWI Veteran by Linda Jonasson
William Blay, like my great-grandfather Herbert Clifford, was a Home Child who was sent to Canada in the early 1900’s. He and Herbert were just two of the 6,211 Barnardo Boys who served during the First World War. The article that I’m reblogging today was written by Linda Jonasson and […]
Valentine Hitchcock – Part 4
Valentine Hitchcock Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 5 | Part 6 On arrival in England the 67th Battalion (The Western Scots) were stationed at Camp Borden in Hampshire where on May 15th they learned […]
LAC to digitize all 640,000 Canadian Soldier Service files
Earlier today Library and Archives Canada announced that they will digitize the service records of all 640,000 members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. These digital copies will be available online free of charge. The project begins in March when servicemen whose surnames begin with ‘A’ through ‘D’ are digitized. Those […]
Pte Joseph Labreche – 139th Northumberland Overseas Battalion
The recent passing of my uncle has led to the discovery of a 1920’s photograph album that once belonged to my grandmother, Jean Paulin. Much to my surprise it contained […]
116,638 names tagged in first week!
Operation War Diary is a wonderful example of how an institution can collaborate with the public in a meaningful way and accomplish something quite extraordinary in the process. I haven’t […]