Sunday, January 12, 2014

L/CPL CHARLES FENTON HOLT , A CANADIAN FIGHTING FOR BRITAIN

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LANCE CORPORAL CHARLES FENTON HOLT, #G/6827, 6/THE BUFFS (EAST KENT REGIMENT) The Holt Family name is synonymous but not exclusive to th...
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

TOO YOUNG, TOO INNOCENT TO DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH

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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...
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Sunday, November 24, 2013

A HISTORY OF THE 3RD (TORONTO REGIMENT) BATTALION, PART 9

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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...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

A HISTORY OF THE 3RD (TORONTO) BATTALION, PART 8

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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...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

A HISTORY OF THE 3RD (TORONTO REGIMENT) BATTALION, Part Seven

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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, ...
Monday, September 30, 2013

A HISTORY OF THE 3RD (TORONTO REGIMENT) BATTALION, Part Six

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EARLY 1918 By early 1918, the Canadian Corps headed by Lt.General Arthur Currie, had evolved into an elite and efficient fighting force, ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

A HISTORY OF THE 3RD (TORONTO REGIMENT) BATTALION, Part Five

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