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...
by K-J | 19 Oct 2022 | History
Pte Cecil Minary wrote many Great War letters home to Edna, first from England, then from France after his final training was completed. His family called Nesbitt home. Photos supplied by Kendra Minary Letter Home From France Editor’s Note: During the First World War,...
by K-J | 11 Oct 2022 | History
Kendra Minary shows a Great War portrait of her great-great-uncle Pte Cecil Minary at her family bakery in Souris.. Photo Jules Xavier/Shilo Stag Letter Home From France Editor’s Note: During the First World War, Pte Cecil Minary served in the CEF, beginning his...
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...
by K-J | 5 Oct 2022 | Features
Standing inside the family bakery on the main drag in Souris, Kendra Minary looks over a Great War portrait of her great-great-uncle Pte Cecil Minary. She has an assortment of Great War photos of Pte Minary, which she cherishes. Photo Jules Xavier/Shilo Stag Jules...
