AI EnhancedHarry Brown, V.C.
The Canadian Corps at Hill 70, led for the first time by Sir Arthur Currie, captured and held all objectives…
AI EnhancedMILATARY HISTORY LIBRARY
April 9-12, 1917: The Battle of Vimy Ridge. In stark contrast to the ad hoc charge at Kitcheners' Wood two…
AI EnhancedDOMESTIC
“…War is simply the curse of butchery, and men who have gone through it, who have seen war stripped of…
AI EnhancedBattle of Coronel
In an effort to halt German commerce-raiding activities at sea, the Royal Navy had sent Rear Admiral Cradock and a…
AI EnhancedHenry Norwest
During the First World War over four thousand Aboriginal people served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. During the first part…
AI EnhancedJohn McCrae
John McCrae was born in 1872 in Guelph, Ontario. He would grow-up in Guelph attending the local collegiate and serving…
AI EnhancedNewfoundland Patriotic Association
August 12, 1914: The Newfoundland Patriotic Association (NPA) is formed. Eventually becoming the colony's Department of Militia, the NPA was…
AI EnhancedGeorge Price
Canadian George Lawrence Price has the unfortunate distinction of being the last Commonwealth soldier killed on the Western Front during…
AI EnhancedPeck 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…
AI EnhancedDigging 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…
AI EnhancedLt. Samuel Honey, V.C.
September 30, 1918: After a desperate three day battle the Canadian Corps finally secured Bourlon Wood, a thick forest outside…
AI EnhancedBeaumont-Hamel
While the Somme campaign was originally scheduled to begin on June 29, 1916, heavy rain forced the British Army to…