by K-J | 30 Nov 2022 | History
Editor’s Note: During the First World War, Pte Cecil Minary served in the CEF, beginning his military training at Camp Hughes prior to being shipped to England for additional training. He saw his first action soon after Canada’s involvement in the Battle of Vimy Ridge...
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 | 30 Oct 2022 | CAF/DND
Among the possessions found with Pte Atherton’s skeletal remains was a 10th Battalion cap badge. Some of the artifacts included a brass Canada shoulder title, Canadian C10 numbered collar badge, plus his ID disc. Shilo Stag The Department of National Defence (DND) and...
by K-J | 6 Oct 2022 | History
While not all military grave markers tell an obvious story about the person interred there, some do depending on what the deceased soldier wanted engraved on the facade after they died. We know PPPCLI’s Great War soldier Sgt Mullin is a Victory Cross recipient...
by K-J | 6 Oct 2022 | CAF/DND
Padre Capt Sye VanMaanen leads the burial party from The British Columbia Regiment on June 12, 2019 during the burial ceremony of First World War fallen soldier Pte George Alfred Newburn at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Loos British Cemetery outside...
