by K-J | 28 Dec 2022 | History
Andrew OakdenStag Special In 1986, R. Masterman donated a Second World War recruitment poster for the 13th Winnipeg Field Battery.The Gunners Wanted poster ties in nicely with Canada’s recruitment campaign during the Second World War. It also connects with the...
by K-J | 20 Dec 2022 | History
Andrew OakdenStag Special During the First World War, the Canadian Militia established a network of military training sites across Canada to train 600,000 recruits for the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) going overseas to fight on the Western Front.One of the 17...
by K-J | 6 Dec 2022 | Community
Students in an Ottawa classroom receive a lesson in battlefield first aid using artifacts from Supply Line First World War Discovery Box, an educational initiative of the Canadian War Museum. A service dress cap is one of a group of artifacts in the Canadian War...
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 | 13 Nov 2022 | History
They dies unnoticed in the muddy trench,Nay God was with them, and they did not blench,Filled them with holy fires that naught could quenchAnd when he saw their work on earth was doneHe gently called to them my sons, my sons.— verse on Douglas cenotaph Jules...
