Thomas Riley
Thomas Riley was born in 1898 to proud mother Harriet Waterhouse and father Ezra Riley. The well-off family lived on a ranch in […]
John G. Pattison, V.C.
John George Pattison was one of four soldiers to earn the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April of 1917. […]
Commander Mawer & HMCS Haida
Commander Charles “Chuck” Mawer found himself as a midshipman on HMCS Haida in 1936, just one year after graduating from high school. He first […]
Talbot Papineau
Passchendaele, Bellevue Spur, October 30th, 1917: The 800 soldiers of the PPCLI went over the top, initiating the 2nd phase of General Sir [...]
Battle of Kapyong
April 24th, 1951: The 700 Soldiers of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry are entrenched atop Hill 677 which controls the entrance to the […]
D-Day: Bill Wilson
Every June we experience the anniversary of one of the most historic days in modern memory, D-day, and it’s important for us to […]
Ian Bazalgette, V.C.
Ian Bazalgette was one of the 16 Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross (VC) during the Second World War. Squadron Leader Bazalgette was […]
Digging the Trenches: The Archaeology of the Western Front
On the snowy evening of November 2nd, 2017, Valour Canada, the Archaeology Society of Alberta, the University of Calgary, and The Military Museums […]
Albert Mountain Horse
Albert Mountain Horse is believed to have been the first Aboriginal person from Western Canada to enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during […]