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From Brian Milthorpe, a paper written at the University of Northern BC November 11, Remembrance Day. How many of us have stood and watched as old men, many now infirm or confined to wheelchairs place wreaths to “Fallen Comrades” at … Continue reading →

For sixty-five years this was the story of John Clement Carruthers’ grave in the Soldier’s section of the Nelson Cemetery. While the position and number of the grave was recorded, no headstone graced the barren spot.  This fact was discovered … Continue reading →

Maj Gilbert Anderson Major Anderson was the A Company Commander on the Somme and his letters home provide an idea of the battles they took part in. It references Maj Lucas’s injury. Detail on Major Anderson’s background will go here … Continue reading →

16 May 2011 With all the recent Remembrance Day activity, I remembered that my wife had an uncle who was killed in action in WW1, and decided to do a little digging in our old treasure chest of family keepsakes. … Continue reading →

We publish this web site in WordPress. After a lull that began the day after the Vimy Ridge Celebrations in 2017 we have taken up the reins once again to push everything from previous versions of the site to the … Continue reading →

Every day of the war was recorded in the War Diary Date:1916/08/01-1918/04/30 Date:1918/05/01-1919/04/30

Part II Orders detail personnel arrivals in the unit while in France and Belgium This is a zip file which you can view Link here We can also arrange for you to download these 421 files from Google Drive Send … Continue reading →

Get your own day by day record of the news clips of WW1 and the day by day struggle or heroism and tragedy. The story archive at the bottom of the front page was the brainchild of Vern Schneider of Trail … Continue reading →

Transcribed by Sandy Wightman – grandson of Alec W Jack Note to readers: I have transcribed these notes from a photo copy of a photo copy of an original transcription of an interview with my grandfather, Alec W. Jack with … Continue reading →