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Going live today with Greg Kennedy to discuss Acadian service in the CEF during the First World War. We kick things off at 3:00 pm ET and we'd love to see you in the live chat: www.youtube.com/live/UgWu3Hq...
Long overdue honours for First World War veteran held in Vancouver vancouversun.com/news/long-ov...
Long overdue honours for First World War veteran held in Vancouver
The long journey of Pte. Sentaro Omoto, a Japanese Canadian soldier who served in the First World War, was commemorated on Tuesday at Mountain View Cemetery
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A young bank clerk's sacrifice. #ww1 #history #Canada 18thbattalioncef.blog/2021/01/27/h...
He Rests In Good and Valiant Company
Private I.W. Sumner. Source: The London Advertiser. December 7, 1915. Page 1. Private Ira William Sumner had been, in peace time, a clerk for the London Life Insurance Company. With the advent of t…
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Latest blog post about two soldiers. Both the first to die with the 18th. 18thbattalioncef.blog/2026/08/23/t...
Two Deaths: Both are Firsts for the 18th Battalion.
A letter (transcription below main article) from over 100 years ago relating to a significant event in the 18th Battalion’s service history overshadows the death of another soldier of the 18t…
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Does anyone understand the recent brand alignment between Tim Hortons and the Harry Potter franchise? What does anything about Harry Potter have to do with mass-produced, barely edible food? See less
e-7531 Petition to the House of Commons Whereas: U.S Ambassador Pete Hoekstra has repeatedly made public statements undermining the Canada-U.S. diplomatic relations, including characterizing the 2025 Canadian federal election as "anti-American"; www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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He’s wearing his shades indoors because he feels pretty cool about landing the latest cover feature in Legion Magazine. This year marks 90 years since the Vimy Memorial was unveiled on the historic battlefield. Inside, you can trace the ridge’s journey from mud to chiselled stone.
Take a trip overseas to England aboard the SS Grampian. 18thbattalioncef.blog/2026/07/01/s...
Stormy Seas and Heroes: Chronicles of the 18th Battalion’s Journey
ACROSS ATLANTIC WITH 18TH BATTALION; HEAVY SEAS CAUSED MUCH MAL-DE-MER; SOME THRILLING INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE; OFFICERS AND MEN IN PINK OF CONDITION From the Time London Men Reached Halifax, Until…
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Battalion song of the 18th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force. youtu.be/4TyvVzNdmp8?...
Here We Are, Here We Are Again! Sung By Frederick Wheeler
YouTube video by WW1Photos
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#Cambridge #aggressivedriver Be on the lookout for this vehicle. Weaving. Following too close. Over centerline. Air Audit in Cambridge. Review at Google complains about an aggressive driver.
So, I have finished the almost final Gold version of my presentation for the Vimy Lecture at the Elgin County Heritage Centre. It has been a challenge to put this topic together, and I hope the results will be informative to the audience. www.elgincounty.ca/2026/03/elgi...
14th Annual Vimy Lecture in Elgin County – Timetable for Victory
Attend the 14th annual Vimy Lecture at Elgin County Heritage Centre on April 8, 2026. Historian Eric Edwards highlights the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade at Vimy Ridge, featuring Ellis Sifton’s Victor...
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14th Annual Vimy Lecture in Elgin County – Timetable for Victory
Attend the 14th annual Vimy Lecture at Elgin County Heritage Centre on April 8, 2026. Historian Eric Edwards highlights the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade at Vimy Ridge, featuring Ellis Sifton’s Victor...
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#AI #shitsthebed I recent post on my blog allowed me a chance to use the AI image generator at #wordpress. The content is about #WW1. Notice anything WRONG with this?
Fun but redundant. None of this lot are ever leaving their mum’s basement.
#history #Canada #WW1 Share this to help your friends research World War 1 Canadian soldiers. sites.google.com/view/researc...
Researching Canadian Soldiers
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It's been too long -- but new post is up "Fierce Fighting in a Wood." behindtheirlines.blogspot.com/2026/03/fier... #FWW #poetry #WW1
Fierce Fighting in a Wood
Percy Smith, Solitude High Wood, Sanctuary Wood, Delville Wood, Polygon Wood, Belleau Wood – these are some of the best-known sites of the f...
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I have worked on one!
Alex Bowers@bowerswrites.bsky.social · 7mo agoHave you ever wondered what it's like to clamber into a Lancaster bomber? Here, in my latest Legion Magazine article - the second of two parts - Sean Kearney of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum offers a small glimpse. legionmagazine.com/an-armchair-... 📸 Stephen J. Thorne/LM
#ww1 #CanadianHistory #CanadianArmy #18thBattalion Something special happening this coming Friday...