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 | 21 Feb 2023 | History
Andrew Oaken Stag Special Bob Ferguson, from the RCA Museum’s board of directors, gave me a copy of First World War letters from brothers Bert and Don Mackenzie they wrote to loved ones back home in Canada. Bob thought I might be interested in reading about two...
by K-J | 14 Feb 2023 | Features
No. 2 Construction Battalion members in Nova Scotia pose before leaving for France in the spring of 1917. Ginger Lamoureux’s great-grandfather Cpl Damascus Virgil with son Owen. Photo supplied Lamoureux family archives Accommodation at the front for Black soldiers...
by K-J | 11 Feb 2023 | 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 in France soon after Canada’s involvement in the Battle of...
by K-J | 10 Feb 2023 | Features
Andrew Oakden Stag Special In 1967, the RCA Museum received a donation from Cpl William May, who enlisted at Camp Sewell in Manitoba on Sept. 16, 1915 at the age of 23. The gift was one of the earliest donations to the museum, including two paper artifacts from the...
