by K-J | 6 Jun 2023 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag A veteran of the D-Day invasion in 1944 was laid to rest in Boissevain’s cemetery on a frigid winter afternoon.It was a few days after his death at age 94 in January 2019 when Francis Godon’s family and friends gathered for his funeral.It...
by K-J | 28 Feb 2023 | Features
“There is absolutely no differentiation on gravestones based upon the nature of the death of the soldier. Even soldiers executed by firing squad for crimes in the First World War have identical badge and cross placement on their gravestones,” says former...
by K-J | 8 Jan 2023 | Features
Stag editor spends his free time when not working or officiating in a number of sports, exploring cemeteries where he can be found researching his family tree, like the graves of his grandparents and great-grandparents in Nanaimo, BC. Or researching the life of PPCLI...
by K-J | 13 Nov 2022 | History
They dies unnoticed in the muddy trench,Nay God was with them, and they did not blench,Filled them with holy fires that naught could quenchAnd when he saw their work on earth was doneHe gently called to them my sons, my sons.— verse on Douglas cenotaph Jules...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | News
Jules XavierShilo Stag Who was PPCLI soldier Sgt George Mullin?2PPCLI soldiers visiting a Moosomin, SK, cemetery Nov. 11 learned about the Victoria Cross (VC) recipient from the Great War at his grave. B Coy Cpl Mackenzie Shambrook provided his comrades with the back...
