Nov 106 min readErnest Fiset: A French-Canadian Saskatchewan Farmer in WWI (Part I)My great-grandfather, Ernest Fiset, died when I was sixteen years old, too young to ask him many questions. But over the past few years,...
Nov 13, 20238 min readWWI photo identifiedOne day in 2005 I visited the late Douglas and Bertha Murray at their Isbister home, eager to track down local historic images to include...
Nov 11, 20205 min readRemembering Alex Bremner - Part IIAS A ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS DOCTOR on the front lines of the Salonika Campaign, Alex Bremner was often in as much danger as the...
Nov 9, 20205 min readRemembering Alex Bremner - Part ISOMETIMES WHILE RESEARCHING and writing my family history I find a person whose story resonates with me. This is one of those. Alex...
Nov 11, 20182 min readWWI: Lest we forgetTODAY WE REMEMBER THE END OF WWI and all those who served, were killed and impacted by the Great War. A few months ago, I was the keynote...