Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919

When the rather mundane medals came up for auction, I remember my only interest was based on the fact that World War One grouping named to a...

SETTLING UP During the war 245 officers and 8096 N.C.O.'s and men have passed through the 3rd Battalion and it has suffered battle cas...

LATE 1918 - PART TWO The 1st Canadian Division then took over a new sector farther north , the 1st Brigade being in Reserve at Vis-en-Art...

LATE 1918 The hard pounding by the 2nd and 3rd divisions had left General Currie short of his ambitious goal by only the final objective, ...

EARLY 1918 By early 1918, the Canadian Corps headed by Lt.General Arthur Currie, had evolved into an elite and efficient fighting force, ...

LATE 1917 "The word "Passchendaele" conjures vivid images of the Great War's fruitless slaughter and epitomizes the nad...

EARLY 1917 The remainder of the winter (1916-17) passed without incident, the battalion doing regular trench tours in the neighbourhood of...