Ypres Visit: Bellewaerde Ridge
On Wednesday I made the journey from the north Norfolk coast to the city of Ypres. It took five trains and the better part of a day but I arrived on […]
A Visit to Huddersfield, Royds Hall and Pte T.S.A. Shearman
On Vimy Day I published an article on Private Thomas Stinson A’Beckett Shearman, a 21-year University of British Columbia graduate who died at Huddersfield’s Royds Hall War Hospital on April 27, 1917 […]
Ramble On
My posts are less frequent these days as I’m currently in Britain indulging my life-long passion for long-distance walking. I am however working on an update to my story about Private Thomas Shearman and […]
More Twists in the Long and Winding Road
I arrived in England at the beginning of last week and headed north to Chester where I would spend the next four days. Much of the first day was spent at the […]
The Long and Winding Road
In a matter of days I will stand next to my great-grandfather’s grave in a quiet churchyard on the Wirral. He disappeared in 1920, just months after returning from the […]
British Unit War Diaries at Library and Archives Canada
While the majority of British Unit war diaries can be found in the National Archives at Kew you may or may not be aware that some are held at Library and Archives […]
Doing Their Bit: Marika Pirie
If you research Canadian soldiers of the First World War there is a very good chance that you’ve read a news clipping or seen a photograph posted by Marika Pirie who in […]
