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• Update #17 - Ephemeral Thoughts
• Update #16 - Doing Our Bit, Victoria BC 1914-1918 2
• Update #15 - A wonderfully evocative frontline letter written by Gunner Robertson
• Update #14 - July 4, 1917 Letter by Bayard Robertson added 2
• Update #13 - An amazing account of Edward H. Dobson at Wytschaete 2
• Update #12 - Private Wilfred Harrison (8th Battalion) 1885 - 1915 2
• Update #11 - Edward Dobson's Memorial Plaque
• Update #10 - Christmas Letter (1917) and articles on 1914 and 1916 truces
• Update #9 - Gunner Bayard Robertson of the 58th Howitzer Battery
• Update #8 - Burial and Grave Registers for GG May
• Update #7 - Postcards from Salisbury Plain and a new link
• Update #6 - Tully Weaver Estee Letter & Family Tree
• Update #5 - May 7, 1916 letter from A. MacNaughton added
• Update #4 - new photos added
• Update #3 - Tips, Articles and more
• Update #2 - 143rd B.C. Bantams photos and more
• Update #1 - A Day to Remember
• Soldiers
  • ACKLAND, Edward Clifford (BEF)
    • Photos
      • Medal Card
  • BELL, Gerald Gordon
    • Timeline
    • Photos
      • Lieutenant Gerald Gordon Bell · Bell's SE 5a B692 · DFC in Gazette, Nov. 2, 1918 · Legion of Honour in Gazette, Oct. 10, 1919
  • BOND, Henry William (BEF)
    • Photos
      • Bond Brothers
  • BOND, William Frank (BEF)
    • Photos
      • Bond Brothers and family
  • BURNETT, Harry Kirby
    • Timeline
    • Photos
      • August 10, 1917 · September 2, 1917 · September 9, 1917 · September 14, 1917 · September 30, 1917 · October 21, 1917 · November 25, 1917 · January 1, 1918 · July 7, 1918 · July 4, 1918
    • Correspondence
      • October 7, 1917 · November 11, 1917 · December 1, 1917 · December 9, 1917 · December 16, 1917 · December 30, 1917 · October 19, 1918
  • CLIFFORD, Herbert
    • Timeline
    • Stories
      • Aboard the Andania · Salisbury Plain · Second Battle of Ypres
    • Photos
      • Herbert Clifford (1904) · Herbert & Family · Cunard RMS Andania · Medical Examination · Quebec from the Andania · Meschede POW Camp · Meschede POW Camp · Meschede POW Camp Infirmary · Giessen POW Camp · Giessen POW Camp · Lichtenhorst POW Camp
  • CUNNINGHAM, Walter Alfred
    • Timeline
    • Photos
      • Walter Alfred Cunningham · SS Missanabie carrying troops · Postcard of SS Missanabie · SS Missanabie · Walter Alfred Cunningham · Walter Alfred Cunningham · Family photo · Young Walter · Young Walter
  • DOBSON, Edward Henry (BEF)
    • Timeline
    • Photos
      • Edward Henry Dobson · Dead Man's Penny · Message from King George V · S.S. Norman · Menin Gate Inscription · Family Tribute · The Menin Gate · Certificate · Medal Card
    • Edward H. Dobson at Wytschaete
  • ENSBY, Albert (BEF)
    • Photos
      • Embsy Family · Medal Card · Certificate
  • ESTEE, Tully Weaver
    • Family Tree
      • Tully Weaver Estee Family Tree · July 9, 1890 Marriage (Estee & Weaver) · January 28, 1898 Birth (Georgie Anne Gower) · 1901 Canadian Census - Estee · March 4, 1911 Death (Tully Page Estee) · 1911 Canadian Census - Gower · March 27, 1919 (Passenger Ship List) · Cedric (White Star Line) · Feb. 21, 1931 (Border Crossing to USA) · Nov. 26, 1932 (Border Crossing to USA)
    • Correspondence
      • January 13, 1918
  • HARRISON, Wilfred
    • Timeline
    • Photos
      • Ottawa Citizen May 1, 1915 · Ottawa Citizen May 3, 1915 · CEF War Graves Register · S.S. Archimedes · Ottawa Citizen - April 4, 1907
  • LEWIS, Herbert
  • MacCARTHY, George Stanistreet
  • MacCARTHY, Frederick Henry
  • MacNAUGHTON, Alexander
    • Timeline
    • Photos
      • Antigonish, NS (1914) · Fredericton, NB (1915) · Alex. MacNaughton (1915) · Sgt. MacNaughton (1917/18) · London Gazette · 1st Cdn Convalescent Depot (1918) · Passenger List · Prinses Juliana
    • Correspondence
      • February 20, 1915 · March 4, 1915 · April 3, 1915 · May 8, 1915 · May 17, 1915 · May 28, 1915 · September 5, 1915 · October 8, 1915 · May 7, 1916 · February 16, 1918 · Autumn 1918 · November 23, 1918 · July 14, 1921
  • MARSH, John Paul
  • MARSH, William Heywood
  • MAY, George Geoffrey
    • Timeline
    • Photos
      • George Geoffrey May (1893-1917) · George G May · George G May · Roll of Service · Canadian Cemetery No. 2 · Grave of George G May · Cemetery Register · Canadian National Vimy Memorial · Ypres Vigil Nov. 9, 2010 · Ypres Vigil Nov. 9, 2010 · CEF Burial Register - front · CEF Burial Register - back · CEF CWWG Graves Register - front · CEF CWWG Graves Register - back
  • MURRAY, James (BEF)
    • Timeline
    • Photos
      • Attestation page 1 · Attestation page 2 · Active Service card · Medal card
  • ROBERTSON, Bayard William
    • Family Tree
      • 1890 Marriage of Bayard's Parents · 1910 US Census · 1920 US Census · 1925 Naturalization Record · 1930 US Census · 1934 New York Passenger List · 1942 WWII Registration Card - front · 1942 WWII Registration Card - back
    • Correspondence
      • October 5, 1916 · October 8, 1916 · October 17, 1916 · November 15, 1916 · November 24, 1916 · November 25, 1916 · January 2, 1917 · January 15, 1917 · July 4, 1917 · September 18, 1917 · December 26, 1917
• Gallery
  • Victoria, BC
    • Digging out (1916) · Fort St. march (1916) · Heading out (1915) · Waiting to Board (1915) · Broad Street (1914) · Victoria Bar · 143rd Recruiting Centre · 143rd march to Sidney · 143rd Cap Badge · War Memorial 1 · War Memorial 2 · War Memorial 3 · War Memorial 4 · War Memorial · Battle of Jutland · The 30th heads out · 30th at Willows Race Track · Sam Hughes Review · 30th Battalion (Coy 1) · 48th Battalion · Lt.-Col. Henry Seymour Tobin · Recruiting Office (1916) · Recruiting Posters (1916) · Troops at the CPR dock · SS Princess Mary · SS Princess Charlotte · SS Princess Charlotte · SS Princess Sophia · SS Princess Sophia · SS Princess Sophia · SS Princess Victoria · Victoria Daily Times · War Bonds · James Richardson VC · Richardson's Pipes · Richardson display · 16th Battalion Pipes Drums?
  • Valcartier Camp
    • Around HQ of the 1st Division · Highland Regiment · Canadian Northern Railway Red Cross Train · Inspection · Kit Inspection · Tent Lines of the Royal Canadian Dragoons · Panoramic view of East End of Grounds · Panoramic view of East End of Grounds · 2nd Cdn Field Ambulance Medical Corps · Royal Grenadiers · Sam Hughes · First Canadian Army · Artillery · Medical Corps · Royal Scots · Royal Scots · Officers of the 85th · Camp · Royal Highlanders · Camp · Camp · Kitchen · Artillery · Training · Camp · Sam Hughes · Manoeuvres · Camp · Artillery
  • Salisbury Plain
    • Postcard - The King Reviews the Canadians · Postcard - Canadian Armoured Cars · Mudlarking · Mud · Camp · Salisbury Plain · Dinner Time · Horse Lines · Salisbury Plain · Salisbury Plain · Passing Stonehenge · Church Service · Inspection · Cheers · King George V · Funeral · Salisbury booklet
  • Forgotten Soldiers
    • Brothers from Victoria? · Frank ? · 106th Nova Scotia Rifles (Machine Gun Section) · Canadian Field Artillery · Resting in Barracks
  • Miscellany
    • Cheltenham Mess Tent, 1914 · German POWs · German Artillery · German WWI Funeral · German WW1 Field Hospital
  • Ypres (July 2010)
    • Memorial to Lt-Col. John McCrae · In Flanders Field · Essex Farm Bunkers · Essex Farm Cemetery · Wieltje · Wieltje · Mousetrap Farm · Kitchener's Wood · Langemarck · 15th Battalion · St. Julien Memorial · St. Julien Memorial · The Brooding Soldier · Inscription · St. Julien Memorial · Bellew Memorial · St. Julien Memorial · Gravenstafel Ridge · Hill 62 Memorial · Hill 62 Memorial · Sanctuary Wood · Sanctuary Wood · Sanctuary Wood · Sanctuary Wood · Flanders Battlefield Tour · Princess Patricia Street · PPCLI Memorial · PPCLI Memorial · Passchendaele Memorial · Passchendaele Memorial · Passchendaele Memorial · Canadalaan · Tyne Cot Cemetery · Tyne Cot Cemetery · Tyne Cot Cemetery · Tyne Cot Cemetery · Tyne Cot Cemetery · Tyne Cot Cemetery · Tyne Cot Cemetery · Tyne Cot Cemetery · The Menin Gate · The Menin Gate · The Last Post · The Last Post · The Last Post · The Last Post
  • Vimy (July 2010)
    • From the Trench · Sniper's View · Shell Craters · No-man's Land · Grange Subway · Grange Subway · Grange Subway · Vimy Memorial · Vimy Memorial · Vimy Memorial · Inscription · Vimy Memorial · Mother Canada · Vimy Memorial · Vimy Memorial · The Fallen · Vimy Memorial · Vimy Memorial
  • Cdn Cemetery No. 2 (July 2010)
    • Cemetery Gates · Canadian Cemetery No. 2 · Lieutenant G.G. May · Canadian Cemetery No. 2 · Canadian Cemetery No. 2 · Canadian Cemetery No. 2 · Cross of Sacrifice · Canadian Cemetery No. 2
• Articles+
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