Unpublished Memoir Sheds Light on P.O.W Experience
I’ve written several articles on Sgt. Thomas Diplock over the past few years but who better to tell his story than the man himself. I would like to thank Sharon […]
Reunited! Another Diplock P.O.W. Postcard Returns Home
In April 2016 I wrote an article describing how a 1915 Christmas card posted by Sgt. Thomas Diplock from Giessen P.O.W. camp was reunited with his family. That happy outcome […]
Reunited: 1915 Sgt. Diplock postcard goes home (again)
In December I published an article on a 1915 Christmas card written by Sgt. Thomas Diplock to his future wife Gwen while he was a Prisoner of War in Giessen, Germany. Thomas was […]
In Their Own Words: Oral Histories as a Research Tool
Mining archives and databases for information on an ancestor requires focus, a methodical approach and an eye for detail. However shaping this raw data into a meaningful story, one that you […]
Christmas at the Front – Merry Xmas from Giessen Dec. 1915
As a Prisoner of War in the Giessen P.O.W. camp Sergeant Thomas Bramah Diplock was nearly 300 miles behind enemy lines when he posted this Christmas card 100 years ago. It was […]
Remembering Lt. John Keith Bousfield, Holzminden P.O.W.
Victoria BC has been home to expatriates from across the Empire since it’s earliest days. Despite knowing this I must admit I was nonetheless surprised to discover that an officer, one of 29 […]
The War Behind the Wire by John Lewis-Stempel
My great-grandfather was one of 1400 Canadian soldiers taken prisoner in April 1915 during the 2nd Battle of Ypres. He survived the war but disappeared in 1920 and as such […]
Who Goes There? POWs and their German guard
This interesting postcard caught my eye and I thought others might be intrigued by it as well. The labels sewn onto the jackets of two men would imply they were […]
Doing Our Bit 