by K-J | 8 Jan 2023 | Features
Douglas has a cenotaph on Hwy 340 adjacent to the curling club. Retired RCA Museum senior curator Kathleen Christensen placed a poppy cross at the grave of LCpl James Kendall prior to an informal Remembrance Day ceremony at Camp Hughes’ cemetery. LCpl James...
by K-J | 16 Dec 2022 | Community
Soldiers from 2PPCLI, 1RCHA participated in Brandon’s No Stone Left Alone event in November. They mingled with students, helping them place poppies at each grave in the military section of the municipal cemetery. Photos Jules Xavier/Shilo Stag Stag Special The...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | Community
Shilo Stag Why was the poppy chosen as the symbol of remembrance for Canada’s war dead?The poppy, an international symbol for those who died in war, also had international origins.A writer first made the connection between the poppy and battlefield deaths during the...
by K-J | 7 Nov 2022 | Features
Jules Xavier Shilo Stag The acting Commanding Officer (CO) with 2PPCLI knows all about sacrifices when he looks out on the military section at the Brandon cemetery. Speaking during the eighth annual No Stone Left Alone event, Maj Chris Hartwick acknowledged his...
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...
