I sift through a small cardboard box that perhaps once held greeting cards, its lid long since gone. For decades it lay under Ernest’s bed in his tiny house. Inside are fragments of a life—tintypes, bank books, notebooks, and postcards from 1919. Piece by piece, they reveal the story of a young prairie farmer building a life after the First World War.

Step inside Camp Bramshott, a bustling “Tin Town” in England where Ernest Fiset and thousands of Canadian soldiers trained during WWI. From early morning reveilles and grueling infantry drills to the camaraderie of YMCA huts, handwritten French-Canadian songs, and the looming threat of the Spanish Flu, life in camp was a mix of discipline, boredom, and small comforts. Follow Ernest’s journey as he prepares for the front, navigates daily camp life, and ultimately returns home