by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | History
Pte Bill May and his brother Harold spent many months honing their infantry skills at Camp Hughes before going overseas to be part of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917. During his military training, Pte May wrote many postcards which he sent to family in the...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | History
Note from great-great-niece Kendra Mindary: this is one of the few letters describing a bit more in detail the darker sides of the Great War and Cecil’s experiences. Typically, he wasn’t able to write about this sort of thing as the letters would get censored...
by K-J | 9 Nov 2022 | History
Andrew OakenStag Special “It seems strange and useless that I should have to die for this,” Canadian Spitfire pilot William Fortt said in a heartfelt letter to his parents 16 months before he died in a fiery plane crash in Essex, England on April 12,...
by K-J | 1 Nov 2022 | History
Second World War soldiers catch up on the news from newspapers sent overseas from Canada during a lull in fighting the Germans in the days following D-Day, with Canadians landing on Juno Beach. Moira FarrStag Special When Canadians marked the 78th anniversary of D-Day...
by K-J | 30 Oct 2022 | History
Stag Special PPCLI history — On Oct. 30, 1917 at Passchendaele, PPCLI’s Sgt George Mullin attacked a German pillbox and killed a sniper outside it. He climbed onto the pillbox’s roof and shot two machine gunners. He compelled 10 others to surrender. For...
by K-J | 21 Oct 2022 | History
A rededication ceremony for PPCLI’s LCpl Morgan Jones Jenkins, 475898, took place Sept. 28 at CWGC Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery in Haucourt, France. 1RCHA Padre Capt Euikyun Chang officiated the grave site ceremony, with 2PPCLI Padre Capt Sean Smallwood...
