I have gathered all the resources for Canadian Military from previous posts in one file. Download is available under the Resou...

It is a common mistake people make, thinking their early immigrant family arrived in Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax. I did so myself!! ...

Canadian Women's Hospital Ship Fund WWI During WWI Women's groups all over the world held concerts, teas, bazaars and card...

The British Red Cross, Australian Red Cross, and the International Committee of the Red Cross have online databases. I pointed this out ...

During our country's 150th anniversary celebration of confederation I will write posts titled Canada 150 with a link to a publica...

This week I came across this study done by the University of Aberdeen in 1917... " Roll of commissioned officers in the Med...

This publication from 1863 contains the names of persons, enrolled as liable to military duty (under the act of Congress, approved March 3...

Just going through the "Call To Arms: Montreal's Honour Roll" for WWI. This is a record of those Montrealers, military and c...

Today I came across this website - Soldiers of the Queen - a virtual museum of British Military photographs and research. Inter...

A reader pointed out that we did not mention the Interment Camps during the war, specifically those in Canada, although other countries...

Canadian prisoners of war being lead through Dieppe by German soldiers  We have now looked at different wars and those who joined ...

No 2 Canadian General Hospital (Photo from LAC) I have mentioned my grandfather's brother Alexander George Mavor a couple of ...

Armistice Day was first observed throughout the British Commonwealth in 1919 to commemorate the ending of the great war - the eleventh hou...

While researching my grandfather's brother, I came across this amazing book. " Illustrated souvenir, Dominion Orthopaedic...