The Western Front was no stranger to the macabre but surely the fate of Lance-Corporal Josiah Cleator was particularly cruel. Creature comforts were in short-supply in the trenches and soldiers often […]
Last week Library and Archives Canada announced digitized copies of Imperial Gratuity records would soon be available through their Personnel Records of the First World War web portal. Paid subscribers […]
Today’s announcement by Library and Archives Canada caught me by surprise and so I’ve spent the last couple of hours checking out their new Personnel Records of the First World War database. If […]
This is the fourth update to My Estimate of when your CEF Service File will be Digitized article posted in December 2015. Library and Archives Canada posts updates on their blog on the 15th […]
If you’d like to learn more about researching Canadian soldiers of the First World War and if you live in the Greater Victoria area you may be interested in two seminars I’m […]
Update Feb 9/17: Please note that I’ve closed “The Shop” as I’ve been selling items locally and on eBay. If you are interested in military and historical items please check […]
I’m making my first and long overdue visit to Newfoundland and thought I would share some photos, both my own and those taken by my grandfather George Clifford who served […]
Earlier this month I visited the Special Collections section of the University of Victoria Library where I had a first-hand look at their 16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) fonds. While waiting for the items to […]
I’ve spent a lot of time recently immersed in trench journals, one of my favourite resources when researching soldiers from the First World War. Library and Archives Canada has a […]
This is the third update to My Estimate of when your CEF Service File will be Digitized article posted last December. I was away last month and so it’s been three months […]
