A Tale of Two Brothers: Matt & James Liddell
We’ll never know exactly what the Liddell brothers were thinking when they made their way down Peel Street towards the 148th Battalion recruiting office on January 31, 1916. The rain […]
Christmas at the Front – 1st Cdn Tank Battalion
This wonderful die-cut 1918 Christmas card was sent by one of the 92 officers that made up the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion in 1918. The officer, whose initials were either […]
Christmas at the Front – 1918 French Silk Postcard
Christmas was a particularly difficult time for soldiers who were away from home, many for the first time in their lives. While the Christmas Truce of 1914 is well documented […]
Who Goes There? No. 2 Coy Mountain Battery RGA
Underneath one of these jaunty caps can be found Gunner Clark of the No. 2 Company Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. While some Mountain Batteries served in India some spent […]
Canadian War Diaries of the First World War
The collection of Canadian War Diaries of the First World War published by Library and Archives Canada is a wonderful resource for researchers. Unit diaries, when used in conjunction with service records, regimental histories […]
Get Stuck In: Contribute to Lives of the First World War
2014 marks the centenary of the First World War and over the next four years there will be hundreds if not thousands of events commemorating the occasion. Many will take […]
Who Goes There? Army Service Corps Sergeants
Not every First World War photo or piece of ephemera can be linked to a specific individual or event but if shared a story may emerge at a later date. […]
Staff Sergeant “Jack” from the 50th Battalion CEF
I have a new mystery to unravel and it involves a Staff Sergeant from the 50th Battalion CEF. Identifying”Jack” should have been relatively straight-forward but this has proven not to […]
Punch up
Punch, the London-based satirical magazine, published some wonderful cartoons during the First World War, including this water-logged trench sketch that appeared in the Jan. 31st 1917 issue. The period advertisements […]
William Harrison Liddell – Reg. No. 418355
Today marks the 97th anniversary of the end of the Somme offensive and I thought it fitting to post a story about William Harrison Liddell. In a previous article I […]
Doing Our Bit 