Samuel Watts
Prejudice and discrimination sometimes made it difficult for Black Canadians to enlist during the early stages of the First World War. Many of […]
Attack on Regina Trench
Article courtesy of Sheldon Maerz. By September of 1916, the Canadian 1st Division had moved to the Somme to prepare for their role […]
Canada’s WW1 Battlefields | Video Series
This series, narrated and presented by battlefield archaeologist Andrew Robertshaw, takes the viewer to various battlefields on the Western Front where the Canadian [...]
Canada WW1: Trenches on the Western Front | Video Series
In this series of short videos, military historian and battlefield archaeologist Andy Robertshaw shows us what life was like in the trenches during [...]
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 […]
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 […]
Lt. Col. Russell Boyle
Russell Boyle, veteran of the Boer War, played a key role in the Battle of Kitcheners’ Wood. He was ordered to counterattack following […]