He is Remembered: F/Sgt. C.P.V. Biddlecombe, R.C.A.F. Part I by Eric Brown This is the first article in a three-part series on the life of Second World War veteran Peter Biddlecombe. At the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, men from all corners of Canada rushed to join the armed forces. The Canadian pre-war armed forces were small, made […]
Read more »The Gradual Disillusionment of Private Charles Wood by Eric Story In the immediate aftermath of the Great War, Canadians began the process of coming to terms with the death and destruction the past conflict had wreaked on the young Dominion. According to historian Jonathan Vance, the public constructed a memory of the war that “endeavoured […]
Read more »An Ongoing Mission of Remembrance: The Life of Gordon E.G. Brown Part III: After the War by Michael Saad This is the third and final article in a series on the life of Korean War veteran Gordon EG Brown. See also Part I and Part II. The Korean War weighed heavily on Gordon’s psyche upon […]
Read more »An Ongoing Mission of Remembrance: The Life of Gordon E.G. Brown Part II, Service by Michael Saad This is the second in a series of articles on the life of Korean War veteran Gordon EG Brown. Click here to read Part I In the summer of 1951, Gordon and the members of the 1PPCLI were […]
Read more »An Ongoing Mission of Remembrance: The Life of Gordon E.G. Brown Part I, Introduction and Early Life by Michael Saad This is the first in a series of articles on the life of Korean War veteran Gordon EG Brown. Each Spring, for the past 12 years at Coalhurst High School, Canadian Veteran Gordon Brown has […]
Read more »So Long Bonnie: The Decommissioning of HMCS Bonaventure and Canada’s role in Anti-Submarine Warfare By Hugh A. Gordon, Keyano College Part IV: Decommissioning This is the fourth and final part in a series of articles about the decommissioning of the HMCS Bonaventure. See Part I, Part II and Part III The public spats about decommissioning the carrier […]
Read more »So Long Bonnie: The Decommissioning of HMCS Bonaventure and Canada’s role in Anti-Submarine Warfare By Hugh A. Gordon, Keyano College Part III: Debating the Bonnie’s Future This is the second in a series of articles about the decommissioning of the HMCS Bonaventure. See Part I and Part II. As the Defence Policy Review was debated within DND and […]
Read more »So Long Bonnie: The Decommissioning of HMCS Bonaventure and Canada’s role in Anti-Submarine Warfare By Hugh A. Gordon, Keyano College Part II: Scandal and a Changing Strategic Situation This is the second in a series of articles about the decommissioning of the HMCS Bonaventure. See Part I. In early 1963, the Diefenbaker government was defeated by […]
Read more »So Long Bonnie: The Decommissioning of HMCS Bonaventure and Canada’s role in Anti-Submarine Warfare By Hugh A. Gordon, Keyano College Part I: Origins and a Missed Opportunity This is the first in a series of articles about the decommissioning of the HMCS Bonaventure. If you ask any Canadian naval aviation veteran, September 19, 1969 was […]
Read more »The McKay Fallen, Part IV: Andrew Douglas Stalker by Dr. Alan Bowker This is the fourth and final article in a series that explores how the Great War impacted the lives of a single family belonging to the MacKay United Church in New Edinburgh. See also Part I, Part II, and Part III of the series. Andrew […]
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