Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook)
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Educational A source for factual information about our proud Canadian history of military activity, historical events, stories, personalities that built Canada, shaped Canada, transformed Canada into the free & strong nation of today.NO GOVERNMENT FUNDING!
Significant Dates in Aviation History
7FEB 1964
The Royal Canadian Air Force's aerobatic team,the Golden Hawks,to be disbanded
PICS
Aircraft in formation in Canadair F-86 Sabres
Original Golden Hawks pilots who in 1959 began a new era in formation &aerobatic flying
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
7FEB 1964
The Royal Canadian Air Force's aerobatic team,the Golden Hawks,to be disbanded
PICS
Aircraft in formation in Canadair F-86 Sabres
Original Golden Hawks pilots who in 1959 began a new era in formation &aerobatic flying
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
February 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Significant Dates in Aviation History
7FEB 1964
The Royal Canadian Air Force's aerobatic team,the Golden Hawks,to be disbanded
PICS
Aircraft in formation in Canadair F-86 Sabres
Original Golden Hawks pilots who in 1959 began a new era in formation &aerobatic flying
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
7FEB 1964
The Royal Canadian Air Force's aerobatic team,the Golden Hawks,to be disbanded
PICS
Aircraft in formation in Canadair F-86 Sabres
Original Golden Hawks pilots who in 1959 began a new era in formation &aerobatic flying
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Significant Dates in Naval History
6 FEB 1943
RCN's corvette HMCS Louisbourg is torpedoed & sunk by Italian aircraft in attacks on convoys in the Mediterranean
just beginning Operation TORCH duties
PICS
The Quick & The Dead
157 lost
L-HMCS LOUISBURG Survivors Wear 'Pick up" Uniforms
R-Casualties
6 FEB 1943
RCN's corvette HMCS Louisbourg is torpedoed & sunk by Italian aircraft in attacks on convoys in the Mediterranean
just beginning Operation TORCH duties
PICS
The Quick & The Dead
157 lost
L-HMCS LOUISBURG Survivors Wear 'Pick up" Uniforms
R-Casualties
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Significant Dates in Naval History
6 FEB 1943
RCN's corvette HMCS Louisbourg is torpedoed & sunk by Italian aircraft in attacks on convoys in the Mediterranean
just beginning Operation TORCH duties
PICS
The Quick & The Dead
157 lost
L-HMCS LOUISBURG Survivors Wear 'Pick up" Uniforms
R-Casualties
6 FEB 1943
RCN's corvette HMCS Louisbourg is torpedoed & sunk by Italian aircraft in attacks on convoys in the Mediterranean
just beginning Operation TORCH duties
PICS
The Quick & The Dead
157 lost
L-HMCS LOUISBURG Survivors Wear 'Pick up" Uniforms
R-Casualties
Significant Dates in Aviation History
4FEB 1915
Lt WilliamF Sharpe is killed at Shoreham,Eng,during a solo training flight
He becomes Canada's 1st military aviator killed in the war
near first Canadian to train in the RFC
grad of Curtiss Flying SchoolUSA
buried in Prescott ONT-full military honours
4FEB 1915
Lt WilliamF Sharpe is killed at Shoreham,Eng,during a solo training flight
He becomes Canada's 1st military aviator killed in the war
near first Canadian to train in the RFC
grad of Curtiss Flying SchoolUSA
buried in Prescott ONT-full military honours
February 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Significant Dates in Aviation History
4FEB 1915
Lt WilliamF Sharpe is killed at Shoreham,Eng,during a solo training flight
He becomes Canada's 1st military aviator killed in the war
near first Canadian to train in the RFC
grad of Curtiss Flying SchoolUSA
buried in Prescott ONT-full military honours
4FEB 1915
Lt WilliamF Sharpe is killed at Shoreham,Eng,during a solo training flight
He becomes Canada's 1st military aviator killed in the war
near first Canadian to train in the RFC
grad of Curtiss Flying SchoolUSA
buried in Prescott ONT-full military honours
Significant Dates in Aviation History
4FEB 1942
Canadian Women’s Auxiliary Air Force(1941)renamed Royal Canadian Air Force (Women’s Division)(1942-45)
Motto-‘We Serve that Men May Fly’
17,400 recruits volunteered in non-combat roles
PICS
Poster
Inspection by Princess Alice in Halifax in 1944
4FEB 1942
Canadian Women’s Auxiliary Air Force(1941)renamed Royal Canadian Air Force (Women’s Division)(1942-45)
Motto-‘We Serve that Men May Fly’
17,400 recruits volunteered in non-combat roles
PICS
Poster
Inspection by Princess Alice in Halifax in 1944
February 4, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Significant Dates in Aviation History
4FEB 1942
Canadian Women’s Auxiliary Air Force(1941)renamed Royal Canadian Air Force (Women’s Division)(1942-45)
Motto-‘We Serve that Men May Fly’
17,400 recruits volunteered in non-combat roles
PICS
Poster
Inspection by Princess Alice in Halifax in 1944
4FEB 1942
Canadian Women’s Auxiliary Air Force(1941)renamed Royal Canadian Air Force (Women’s Division)(1942-45)
Motto-‘We Serve that Men May Fly’
17,400 recruits volunteered in non-combat roles
PICS
Poster
Inspection by Princess Alice in Halifax in 1944
Significant Dates in Naval History
3 FEB 1943
RCN destroyer HMCS ATHABASKAN commissioned at NewcastleonTyne,England
April 29, 1944-ATHABASKAN torpedoed & sunk
in English Channel-Île de Bas, France
128 crew lost
PICS
HMCS ATHABASKAN G07 underway
Ship's Company(partial) HMCS ATHABASKAN G07
Apr 1944
3 FEB 1943
RCN destroyer HMCS ATHABASKAN commissioned at NewcastleonTyne,England
April 29, 1944-ATHABASKAN torpedoed & sunk
in English Channel-Île de Bas, France
128 crew lost
PICS
HMCS ATHABASKAN G07 underway
Ship's Company(partial) HMCS ATHABASKAN G07
Apr 1944
February 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Significant Dates in Naval History
3 FEB 1943
RCN destroyer HMCS ATHABASKAN commissioned at NewcastleonTyne,England
April 29, 1944-ATHABASKAN torpedoed & sunk
in English Channel-Île de Bas, France
128 crew lost
PICS
HMCS ATHABASKAN G07 underway
Ship's Company(partial) HMCS ATHABASKAN G07
Apr 1944
3 FEB 1943
RCN destroyer HMCS ATHABASKAN commissioned at NewcastleonTyne,England
April 29, 1944-ATHABASKAN torpedoed & sunk
in English Channel-Île de Bas, France
128 crew lost
PICS
HMCS ATHABASKAN G07 underway
Ship's Company(partial) HMCS ATHABASKAN G07
Apr 1944
Tuesday's Free Show
Original Caption
A Canadian enjoying blackberries which he had just gathered in Bourlon Wood
Place:Advance East of Arras
Date:October,1918
Source:LAC/BAC
FR
Un Canadien savoure des mûres qu'il a cueilli dans la Forêt Bourlon Avancée à l'Est d'Arras. Octobre 1918
Original Caption
A Canadian enjoying blackberries which he had just gathered in Bourlon Wood
Place:Advance East of Arras
Date:October,1918
Source:LAC/BAC
FR
Un Canadien savoure des mûres qu'il a cueilli dans la Forêt Bourlon Avancée à l'Est d'Arras. Octobre 1918
February 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Tuesday's Free Show
Original Caption
A Canadian enjoying blackberries which he had just gathered in Bourlon Wood
Place:Advance East of Arras
Date:October,1918
Source:LAC/BAC
FR
Un Canadien savoure des mûres qu'il a cueilli dans la Forêt Bourlon Avancée à l'Est d'Arras. Octobre 1918
Original Caption
A Canadian enjoying blackberries which he had just gathered in Bourlon Wood
Place:Advance East of Arras
Date:October,1918
Source:LAC/BAC
FR
Un Canadien savoure des mûres qu'il a cueilli dans la Forêt Bourlon Avancée à l'Est d'Arras. Octobre 1918
Significant Date in our Military History
1FEB 1968
An unprecedented change to our military
TheUnification of 3 Military Services
(ARMY,NAVY&AIR FORCE)
into a single entity,The Canadian Armed Forces
by the Pearson&Trudeau governments
Many,like Admiral Landymore,quit
Only a unified Command was needed
1FEB 1968
An unprecedented change to our military
TheUnification of 3 Military Services
(ARMY,NAVY&AIR FORCE)
into a single entity,The Canadian Armed Forces
by the Pearson&Trudeau governments
Many,like Admiral Landymore,quit
Only a unified Command was needed
February 2, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Significant Date in our Military History
1FEB 1968
An unprecedented change to our military
TheUnification of 3 Military Services
(ARMY,NAVY&AIR FORCE)
into a single entity,The Canadian Armed Forces
by the Pearson&Trudeau governments
Many,like Admiral Landymore,quit
Only a unified Command was needed
1FEB 1968
An unprecedented change to our military
TheUnification of 3 Military Services
(ARMY,NAVY&AIR FORCE)
into a single entity,The Canadian Armed Forces
by the Pearson&Trudeau governments
Many,like Admiral Landymore,quit
Only a unified Command was needed
A Date with Destiny at CVMM
2 FEB 1910
The first recruiting posters for the RCN issued to post offices throughout Canada
The name "Royal Canadian Navy" was not authorized until Aug 1911
LINK
Forming Canada's Navy
www.canada.ca/en/navy/serv...
2 FEB 1910
The first recruiting posters for the RCN issued to post offices throughout Canada
The name "Royal Canadian Navy" was not authorized until Aug 1911
LINK
Forming Canada's Navy
www.canada.ca/en/navy/serv...
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
A Date with Destiny at CVMM
2 FEB 1910
The first recruiting posters for the RCN issued to post offices throughout Canada
The name "Royal Canadian Navy" was not authorized until Aug 1911
LINK
Forming Canada's Navy
www.canada.ca/en/navy/serv...
2 FEB 1910
The first recruiting posters for the RCN issued to post offices throughout Canada
The name "Royal Canadian Navy" was not authorized until Aug 1911
LINK
Forming Canada's Navy
www.canada.ca/en/navy/serv...
Sunday Images(photos & art series at CVMM)
Canadian Railway Troops Overseas
PAINTING-Canadian Railway Construction in France
by war artist Leonard Richmond
depicts construction of the deepest railway cut in France by Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps
LINK
cmea-agmc.ca/en/canadian-...
Canadian Railway Troops Overseas
PAINTING-Canadian Railway Construction in France
by war artist Leonard Richmond
depicts construction of the deepest railway cut in France by Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps
LINK
cmea-agmc.ca/en/canadian-...
February 2, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Sunday Images(photos & art series at CVMM)
Canadian Railway Troops Overseas
PAINTING-Canadian Railway Construction in France
by war artist Leonard Richmond
depicts construction of the deepest railway cut in France by Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps
LINK
cmea-agmc.ca/en/canadian-...
Canadian Railway Troops Overseas
PAINTING-Canadian Railway Construction in France
by war artist Leonard Richmond
depicts construction of the deepest railway cut in France by Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps
LINK
cmea-agmc.ca/en/canadian-...
Significant Dates at CVMM
1FEB 1916
Actions by L.Cpl Michael O’Leary,the Irish Guards near Cuinchy, France earn him the Victoria Cross
born 1888 in Ireland
Emigrated to Canada in 1913
joined NorthWest Mounted Police
enlisted in the Mother Country's Irish Guard
1915-VC
LINK
www.dib.ie/biography/ol...
1FEB 1916
Actions by L.Cpl Michael O’Leary,the Irish Guards near Cuinchy, France earn him the Victoria Cross
born 1888 in Ireland
Emigrated to Canada in 1913
joined NorthWest Mounted Police
enlisted in the Mother Country's Irish Guard
1915-VC
LINK
www.dib.ie/biography/ol...
February 2, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Significant Dates at CVMM
1FEB 1916
Actions by L.Cpl Michael O’Leary,the Irish Guards near Cuinchy, France earn him the Victoria Cross
born 1888 in Ireland
Emigrated to Canada in 1913
joined NorthWest Mounted Police
enlisted in the Mother Country's Irish Guard
1915-VC
LINK
www.dib.ie/biography/ol...
1FEB 1916
Actions by L.Cpl Michael O’Leary,the Irish Guards near Cuinchy, France earn him the Victoria Cross
born 1888 in Ireland
Emigrated to Canada in 1913
joined NorthWest Mounted Police
enlisted in the Mother Country's Irish Guard
1915-VC
LINK
www.dib.ie/biography/ol...
Militrivia-Swedish/Canadians in the CEF,WW1
Records show 566 Swedish-born soldiers in CEF
Author EBarr found 1680 Swedish immigrants/enlisted
PICS
L-Pte ErikA.Eriksson,Canadian Railway Troops
veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran...
Bm-Sgt Cail I.Erickson
D1919
Buried:RUSSIA
veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran...
Records show 566 Swedish-born soldiers in CEF
Author EBarr found 1680 Swedish immigrants/enlisted
PICS
L-Pte ErikA.Eriksson,Canadian Railway Troops
veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran...
Bm-Sgt Cail I.Erickson
D1919
Buried:RUSSIA
veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran...
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Militrivia-Swedish/Canadians in the CEF,WW1
Records show 566 Swedish-born soldiers in CEF
Author EBarr found 1680 Swedish immigrants/enlisted
PICS
L-Pte ErikA.Eriksson,Canadian Railway Troops
veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran...
Bm-Sgt Cail I.Erickson
D1919
Buried:RUSSIA
veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran...
Records show 566 Swedish-born soldiers in CEF
Author EBarr found 1680 Swedish immigrants/enlisted
PICS
L-Pte ErikA.Eriksson,Canadian Railway Troops
veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran...
Bm-Sgt Cail I.Erickson
D1919
Buried:RUSSIA
veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran...
Sunday Images(photos & art series at CVMM)
"Angels at the Front"
Original Caption
FEB 1 1944
Nursing Sister Elaine Wright,
Unit:No.1 Canadian General Hospital(600 beds) Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps(RCAMC)
Place:Andria, Italy
Date: 1 Feb.1944
Photographer:Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit
"Angels at the Front"
Original Caption
FEB 1 1944
Nursing Sister Elaine Wright,
Unit:No.1 Canadian General Hospital(600 beds) Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps(RCAMC)
Place:Andria, Italy
Date: 1 Feb.1944
Photographer:Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit
February 1, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Sunday Images(photos & art series at CVMM)
"Angels at the Front"
Original Caption
FEB 1 1944
Nursing Sister Elaine Wright,
Unit:No.1 Canadian General Hospital(600 beds) Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps(RCAMC)
Place:Andria, Italy
Date: 1 Feb.1944
Photographer:Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit
"Angels at the Front"
Original Caption
FEB 1 1944
Nursing Sister Elaine Wright,
Unit:No.1 Canadian General Hospital(600 beds) Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps(RCAMC)
Place:Andria, Italy
Date: 1 Feb.1944
Photographer:Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit
Significant Dates in our Naval History
31JAN 1923
The Royal Canadian Naval Reserve & Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR)formed by Admiral Hose
PICS
L-First RCNR at Provincial Legislature, Victoria,BC
TP-Toronto plaque-HMCS York
BM-RCNVR naval pilot Robt Hampton Grey,VC(Victoria Cross)
31JAN 1923
The Royal Canadian Naval Reserve & Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR)formed by Admiral Hose
PICS
L-First RCNR at Provincial Legislature, Victoria,BC
TP-Toronto plaque-HMCS York
BM-RCNVR naval pilot Robt Hampton Grey,VC(Victoria Cross)
January 31, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Significant Dates in our Naval History
31JAN 1923
The Royal Canadian Naval Reserve & Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR)formed by Admiral Hose
PICS
L-First RCNR at Provincial Legislature, Victoria,BC
TP-Toronto plaque-HMCS York
BM-RCNVR naval pilot Robt Hampton Grey,VC(Victoria Cross)
31JAN 1923
The Royal Canadian Naval Reserve & Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR)formed by Admiral Hose
PICS
L-First RCNR at Provincial Legislature, Victoria,BC
TP-Toronto plaque-HMCS York
BM-RCNVR naval pilot Robt Hampton Grey,VC(Victoria Cross)
TGIF-It's CVMMFlyday
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion,WW2
Besides D-Day- 2 other major WW2 operations included;
1-Ardenne Breakout(Battle of the Bulge) Dec16,1944
2-Operation Varsity,part of Operation Plunder-March21,1945
PICS
Left-No1
Right-No2
SEE LINK-Juno Beach
www.junobeach.org/canada-in-ww...
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion,WW2
Besides D-Day- 2 other major WW2 operations included;
1-Ardenne Breakout(Battle of the Bulge) Dec16,1944
2-Operation Varsity,part of Operation Plunder-March21,1945
PICS
Left-No1
Right-No2
SEE LINK-Juno Beach
www.junobeach.org/canada-in-ww...
January 30, 2026 at 10:19 PM
TGIF-It's CVMMFlyday
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion,WW2
Besides D-Day- 2 other major WW2 operations included;
1-Ardenne Breakout(Battle of the Bulge) Dec16,1944
2-Operation Varsity,part of Operation Plunder-March21,1945
PICS
Left-No1
Right-No2
SEE LINK-Juno Beach
www.junobeach.org/canada-in-ww...
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion,WW2
Besides D-Day- 2 other major WW2 operations included;
1-Ardenne Breakout(Battle of the Bulge) Dec16,1944
2-Operation Varsity,part of Operation Plunder-March21,1945
PICS
Left-No1
Right-No2
SEE LINK-Juno Beach
www.junobeach.org/canada-in-ww...
Video with Post
TGIF- It's Flyday at CVMM
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion,WW2
They were the 1st to land in France on D-Day,June6'44
created onJuly1,1942
27officers,516men jumped into France to capture key bridges & stop German advances vs Juno Beach
Watch VIDEO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRPM...
TGIF- It's Flyday at CVMM
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion,WW2
They were the 1st to land in France on D-Day,June6'44
created onJuly1,1942
27officers,516men jumped into France to capture key bridges & stop German advances vs Juno Beach
Watch VIDEO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRPM...
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Video with Post
TGIF- It's Flyday at CVMM
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion,WW2
They were the 1st to land in France on D-Day,June6'44
created onJuly1,1942
27officers,516men jumped into France to capture key bridges & stop German advances vs Juno Beach
Watch VIDEO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRPM...
TGIF- It's Flyday at CVMM
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion,WW2
They were the 1st to land in France on D-Day,June6'44
created onJuly1,1942
27officers,516men jumped into France to capture key bridges & stop German advances vs Juno Beach
Watch VIDEO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRPM...
Eyewitness to War
The war artist gives meaning & emotion to events
Official war artist AJ Casson(GroupofSeven)
Painting1-Tank Manoeuvres, Camp Borden
www.warmuseum.ca/collections/...
Painting2- Massey Ferguson Plant in WW II
(converted from tractor production)
www.tankarchives.com/2023/02/angl...
The war artist gives meaning & emotion to events
Official war artist AJ Casson(GroupofSeven)
Painting1-Tank Manoeuvres, Camp Borden
www.warmuseum.ca/collections/...
Painting2- Massey Ferguson Plant in WW II
(converted from tractor production)
www.tankarchives.com/2023/02/angl...
January 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Eyewitness to War
The war artist gives meaning & emotion to events
Official war artist AJ Casson(GroupofSeven)
Painting1-Tank Manoeuvres, Camp Borden
www.warmuseum.ca/collections/...
Painting2- Massey Ferguson Plant in WW II
(converted from tractor production)
www.tankarchives.com/2023/02/angl...
The war artist gives meaning & emotion to events
Official war artist AJ Casson(GroupofSeven)
Painting1-Tank Manoeuvres, Camp Borden
www.warmuseum.ca/collections/...
Painting2- Massey Ferguson Plant in WW II
(converted from tractor production)
www.tankarchives.com/2023/02/angl...
Eyewitness to History
Then
Canadian Military Historian
LtCol Stacey OC OBE CD Dir,Historic Section &
HS HQ, GenStaff
London,April1944.
his team recorded The Official History of Canadian Army in WW2
Today
The Trudeau/Carney gov is now revising our Canadian history according to their DEI/PC doctrines
Then
Canadian Military Historian
LtCol Stacey OC OBE CD Dir,Historic Section &
HS HQ, GenStaff
London,April1944.
his team recorded The Official History of Canadian Army in WW2
Today
The Trudeau/Carney gov is now revising our Canadian history according to their DEI/PC doctrines
January 29, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Eyewitness to History
Then
Canadian Military Historian
LtCol Stacey OC OBE CD Dir,Historic Section &
HS HQ, GenStaff
London,April1944.
his team recorded The Official History of Canadian Army in WW2
Today
The Trudeau/Carney gov is now revising our Canadian history according to their DEI/PC doctrines
Then
Canadian Military Historian
LtCol Stacey OC OBE CD Dir,Historic Section &
HS HQ, GenStaff
London,April1944.
his team recorded The Official History of Canadian Army in WW2
Today
The Trudeau/Carney gov is now revising our Canadian history according to their DEI/PC doctrines
Photo of the Day
29JAN 1944
Dug in & patrolling north of Ortona
CAPTION
PteJack Bailey,Perth Regt,sniping at enemy troops, Orsogna,Italy
Using Pattn14 Enfield,converted to sniper
These replaced by LeeEnfield No4Mark1T
This is a staged photo
No trained sniper would so expose himself or rifle barrel
29JAN 1944
Dug in & patrolling north of Ortona
CAPTION
PteJack Bailey,Perth Regt,sniping at enemy troops, Orsogna,Italy
Using Pattn14 Enfield,converted to sniper
These replaced by LeeEnfield No4Mark1T
This is a staged photo
No trained sniper would so expose himself or rifle barrel
January 29, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Photo of the Day
29JAN 1944
Dug in & patrolling north of Ortona
CAPTION
PteJack Bailey,Perth Regt,sniping at enemy troops, Orsogna,Italy
Using Pattn14 Enfield,converted to sniper
These replaced by LeeEnfield No4Mark1T
This is a staged photo
No trained sniper would so expose himself or rifle barrel
29JAN 1944
Dug in & patrolling north of Ortona
CAPTION
PteJack Bailey,Perth Regt,sniping at enemy troops, Orsogna,Italy
Using Pattn14 Enfield,converted to sniper
These replaced by LeeEnfield No4Mark1T
This is a staged photo
No trained sniper would so expose himself or rifle barrel
VIDEO with post
Mary Riter Hamilton- Canadian patriotic woman artist of the trenches
(1919-25)
Her story -VIDEO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTmy...
PICS
L- Lens-Arras Road-1919
TP-Artist Working at Ypres in 1919
BM-The Sadness of the Somme,1920
MORE
roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com/2025/06/forg...
Mary Riter Hamilton- Canadian patriotic woman artist of the trenches
(1919-25)
Her story -VIDEO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTmy...
PICS
L- Lens-Arras Road-1919
TP-Artist Working at Ypres in 1919
BM-The Sadness of the Somme,1920
MORE
roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com/2025/06/forg...
January 28, 2026 at 9:48 PM
VIDEO with post
Mary Riter Hamilton- Canadian patriotic woman artist of the trenches
(1919-25)
Her story -VIDEO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTmy...
PICS
L- Lens-Arras Road-1919
TP-Artist Working at Ypres in 1919
BM-The Sadness of the Somme,1920
MORE
roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com/2025/06/forg...
Mary Riter Hamilton- Canadian patriotic woman artist of the trenches
(1919-25)
Her story -VIDEO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTmy...
PICS
L- Lens-Arras Road-1919
TP-Artist Working at Ypres in 1919
BM-The Sadness of the Somme,1920
MORE
roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com/2025/06/forg...
Highland(Scottish) Battalions in the CEF in WW1
Many fought wearing the kilt
PAINTING
The Conquerors by Eric Kennington
CWM collection
www.warmuseum.ca/collections/...
List of the 8 Highland Battalions,Canadian Corps
13th Bn
15th Bn
16th Bn
42th Bn
43rd Bn
72th Bn
73rd Bn
85th Bn
Many fought wearing the kilt
PAINTING
The Conquerors by Eric Kennington
CWM collection
www.warmuseum.ca/collections/...
List of the 8 Highland Battalions,Canadian Corps
13th Bn
15th Bn
16th Bn
42th Bn
43rd Bn
72th Bn
73rd Bn
85th Bn
January 28, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Highland(Scottish) Battalions in the CEF in WW1
Many fought wearing the kilt
PAINTING
The Conquerors by Eric Kennington
CWM collection
www.warmuseum.ca/collections/...
List of the 8 Highland Battalions,Canadian Corps
13th Bn
15th Bn
16th Bn
42th Bn
43rd Bn
72th Bn
73rd Bn
85th Bn
Many fought wearing the kilt
PAINTING
The Conquerors by Eric Kennington
CWM collection
www.warmuseum.ca/collections/...
List of the 8 Highland Battalions,Canadian Corps
13th Bn
15th Bn
16th Bn
42th Bn
43rd Bn
72th Bn
73rd Bn
85th Bn
Significant Dates
28JAN 1917
95th Battalion,CEF,from Britain,is absorbed into 5th Reserve Bn, CEF
95thBN is dissolved
trained at Shorncliffe Army Camp,Kent
Never saw combat as an independent unit-like hundreds of raised CEF battalions
unfair!
Commander:LtCol.Rybert Barker
PIC
95 BN atToronto1915
28JAN 1917
95th Battalion,CEF,from Britain,is absorbed into 5th Reserve Bn, CEF
95thBN is dissolved
trained at Shorncliffe Army Camp,Kent
Never saw combat as an independent unit-like hundreds of raised CEF battalions
unfair!
Commander:LtCol.Rybert Barker
PIC
95 BN atToronto1915
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Significant Dates
28JAN 1917
95th Battalion,CEF,from Britain,is absorbed into 5th Reserve Bn, CEF
95thBN is dissolved
trained at Shorncliffe Army Camp,Kent
Never saw combat as an independent unit-like hundreds of raised CEF battalions
unfair!
Commander:LtCol.Rybert Barker
PIC
95 BN atToronto1915
28JAN 1917
95th Battalion,CEF,from Britain,is absorbed into 5th Reserve Bn, CEF
95thBN is dissolved
trained at Shorncliffe Army Camp,Kent
Never saw combat as an independent unit-like hundreds of raised CEF battalions
unfair!
Commander:LtCol.Rybert Barker
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95 BN atToronto1915
28JAN 1917
95th Battalion,CEF is absorbed into 5th Reserve Bn,CEF
once in UK
This CEF bn was issued 2 different uniforms
1-for a Highland regiment(1 of many in WW1 CEF)
2-a standard Canadian soldier battle uniform
The 95th Bn raised by Queen's Own Rifles
in Toronto in 1915
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Unnamed personnel
95th Battalion,CEF is absorbed into 5th Reserve Bn,CEF
once in UK
This CEF bn was issued 2 different uniforms
1-for a Highland regiment(1 of many in WW1 CEF)
2-a standard Canadian soldier battle uniform
The 95th Bn raised by Queen's Own Rifles
in Toronto in 1915
PICS
Unnamed personnel
January 28, 2026 at 4:21 PM
28JAN 1917
95th Battalion,CEF is absorbed into 5th Reserve Bn,CEF
once in UK
This CEF bn was issued 2 different uniforms
1-for a Highland regiment(1 of many in WW1 CEF)
2-a standard Canadian soldier battle uniform
The 95th Bn raised by Queen's Own Rifles
in Toronto in 1915
PICS
Unnamed personnel
95th Battalion,CEF is absorbed into 5th Reserve Bn,CEF
once in UK
This CEF bn was issued 2 different uniforms
1-for a Highland regiment(1 of many in WW1 CEF)
2-a standard Canadian soldier battle uniform
The 95th Bn raised by Queen's Own Rifles
in Toronto in 1915
PICS
Unnamed personnel
Fact-check Tru*mp insult
HEADLINE-"Trump angers allies/claims NATO troops stayed back from front lines in Afghanistan"
FACT
40,000 Canadians volunteered to fight in VietNam
143 killed in action
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L-Rob Purvis,USRanger
Tp-Vancouverite Rob McSorley,USRanger,1970
Bm-Canadian Ron Parkes,US Army,1965
HEADLINE-"Trump angers allies/claims NATO troops stayed back from front lines in Afghanistan"
FACT
40,000 Canadians volunteered to fight in VietNam
143 killed in action
PICS
L-Rob Purvis,USRanger
Tp-Vancouverite Rob McSorley,USRanger,1970
Bm-Canadian Ron Parkes,US Army,1965
January 27, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Fact-check Tru*mp insult
HEADLINE-"Trump angers allies/claims NATO troops stayed back from front lines in Afghanistan"
FACT
40,000 Canadians volunteered to fight in VietNam
143 killed in action
PICS
L-Rob Purvis,USRanger
Tp-Vancouverite Rob McSorley,USRanger,1970
Bm-Canadian Ron Parkes,US Army,1965
HEADLINE-"Trump angers allies/claims NATO troops stayed back from front lines in Afghanistan"
FACT
40,000 Canadians volunteered to fight in VietNam
143 killed in action
PICS
L-Rob Purvis,USRanger
Tp-Vancouverite Rob McSorley,USRanger,1970
Bm-Canadian Ron Parkes,US Army,1965
Maritime Monday
JANUARY 1918
Imperial German Navy plans to send large Type U-151 "U-cruisers" & SM-Uboats to N.American coasts to disrupt shipping & divert naval resources from Europe
PICS
HMCS Hochelaga leads RCN flotilla of patrol ships
The most dangerous U-boat was SM U-156 which sunk 17 ships
JANUARY 1918
Imperial German Navy plans to send large Type U-151 "U-cruisers" & SM-Uboats to N.American coasts to disrupt shipping & divert naval resources from Europe
PICS
HMCS Hochelaga leads RCN flotilla of patrol ships
The most dangerous U-boat was SM U-156 which sunk 17 ships
January 26, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Maritime Monday
JANUARY 1918
Imperial German Navy plans to send large Type U-151 "U-cruisers" & SM-Uboats to N.American coasts to disrupt shipping & divert naval resources from Europe
PICS
HMCS Hochelaga leads RCN flotilla of patrol ships
The most dangerous U-boat was SM U-156 which sunk 17 ships
JANUARY 1918
Imperial German Navy plans to send large Type U-151 "U-cruisers" & SM-Uboats to N.American coasts to disrupt shipping & divert naval resources from Europe
PICS
HMCS Hochelaga leads RCN flotilla of patrol ships
The most dangerous U-boat was SM U-156 which sunk 17 ships
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1918 Victory Bonds Will Help Stop This Kultur vs Humanity- HMHS Llandovery Castle
VIDEO
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GOOD Propaganda doesn't lie
But,it may warn-in order to fortify Homefront's resolve & action
Reaction to1918 Uboat War Crime-Torpedoed HMCS Llandovery Castle
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1918 Victory Bonds Will Help Stop This Kultur vs Humanity- HMHS Llandovery Castle
VIDEO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cch...
January 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Propaganda(series)
GOOD Propaganda doesn't lie
But,it may warn-in order to fortify Homefront's resolve & action
Reaction to1918 Uboat War Crime-Torpedoed HMCS Llandovery Castle
PIC
1918 Victory Bonds Will Help Stop This Kultur vs Humanity- HMHS Llandovery Castle
VIDEO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cch...
GOOD Propaganda doesn't lie
But,it may warn-in order to fortify Homefront's resolve & action
Reaction to1918 Uboat War Crime-Torpedoed HMCS Llandovery Castle
PIC
1918 Victory Bonds Will Help Stop This Kultur vs Humanity- HMHS Llandovery Castle
VIDEO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cch...