by K-J | 10 May 2023 | Features
Andrew OakenStag Special Who was Col Josiah G. Holmes?Recently, Stag editor Jules Xavier shared with me a photograph of what appeared to be the grave of a high-ranking military officer while visiting historic Ross Bay Cemetery in BC’s capital on Vancouver Island.In...
by K-J | 18 Oct 2022 | History
Col Josiah G. Holmes was the first C Bty CO from 1887 to 1893. Of note, he commanded the Skeena River Revolt in northern BC in 1888. In 1893, British soldiers took over permanent garrison duties at Esquimalt and C Bty returned to Quebec. The Canadian Militia...
