DROCOURT-QUÉANT (HINDENBURG) LINE
September 1st, 1918 marks the beginning of the last hundred days of the First World War. Up until this point the Hindenburg Line […]
HARRY BROWN, V.C.
The Canadian Corps at Hill 70, led for the first time by Sir Arthur Currie, captured and held all objectives by the end […]
BATTLE OF VIMY RIDGE
April 9-12, 1917: The Battle of Vimy Ridge. In stark contrast to the ad hoc charge at Kitcheners’ Wood two years before, Vimy […]
GENERAL SIR ARTHUR CURRIE
General Sir Arthur Currie, born December 5th, 1875, in Napperton, ON, would go on to become a monumental Canadian for his actions during […]
BATTLE OF CORONEL
In an effort to halt German commerce-raiding activities at sea, the Royal Navy had sent Rear Admiral Cradock and a squadron of old […]
HENRY NORWEST
During the First World War over four thousand Aboriginal people served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. While the Canadian government originally tried to […]
NEWFOUNDLAND PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION
August 12, 1914: The Newfoundland Patriotic Association (NPA) is formed. Eventually becoming the colony’s Department of Militia, the NPA was responsible for coordinating […]
GEORGE PRICE
Canadian George Lawrence Price has the unfortunate distinction of being the last Commonwealth soldier killed on the Western Front during the First World […]
PECK AND METCALFE (V.C.’S)
September 2nd, 1918: During the final 100 Days campaign of the First World War, one of the toughest battles fought by the Canadians […]