Jeffrey Storey: A Personal Military History, Pt. 5 This is the fifth and final post in a miniseries that explores the personal military history of Jeffrey Storey, decedent of the conflict-laden regions of Auronzo di Cadore on the Austrian border in the Italian Alps. Please click here to read previous entries. The next chapter in the military history […]
Read more »Commemorating Vimy on the Ridge by Katrina Pasierbek During the first week of April, every time I turned a corner in northern France I was met with the familiar site of the Canadian flag. In the nearby towns of Givenchy, Neuville-Saint-Vaast, and Vimy, the red maple leaf was prominently displayed along roads, in local […]
Read more »The Glory and the Pity: The Great War Memorial Figures of George Hill and Emanuel Hahn Part II by Alan McLeod This is the second in a two-part article on the memorials of George Hill and Emanuel Hahn. We are pleased to present this series alongside our latest issue of the Journal of Canadian Military History (CMH) […]
Read more »The Glory and the Pity: The Great War Memorial Figures of George Hill and Emanuel Hahn Part I: The War Memorials of Charlottetown, Summerside and Saint-Lambert by Alan McLeod This is the first in a two-part article on the memorials of George Hill and Emanuel Hahn. We are pleased to present this series alongside our […]
Read more »“He went into the Army an athlete and came out a cripple:” Pension Eligibility, Theatre of Service and the Case of Private Andrew McGahey by Eric Story During question period in June 1919, Member of Parliament (MP) Newton Wesley Rowell, the chairman of the special house committee on veterans’ pension, was asked about returning […]
Read more »What is a Guinea Pig? Plastic Surgery and the Second World War by Eliza Richardson What is a Guinea Pig? “A rodent mammal, originating in South America, but now widely distributed. The term ‘Guinea Pig’ is applied dialectically to the Wood-Louse and in Cornwall to the small white Cowrie. A short-legged rodent, having no […]
Read more »The McCallum Family and The Myth of the ‘Roaring Twenties’ by Eric Story The 1920s is commonly referred to as the “Roaring Twenties” in Canada. As the narrative goes, the cultural scene exploded with jazz music and films, while industry and manufacturing grew, and Central Canada underwent an urban transformation. Preceding these boom years, Canadian […]
Read more »Photography on the Front Lines (Part 4): The Second World War by Carla-Jean Stokes In previous posts, I discussed war photography’s emergence in the Crimean War, the American Civil War, and the First World War. This post examines the formation of the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit in the Second World War, and how […]
Read more »The Wabanosse Hearing: An Indigenous Veteran Fighting for a Great War Pension by Eric Story When Canadian veterans returned home from the Great War in 1918, two government programmes were available to them. The first was the vocational training programme, which was created to help ex-servicemen re-enter the job market on an equal footing with […]
Read more »Cyprus 1974 Part V: Roving Night Patrol by Frank Reid This post is the fourth in a mini-series of articles that explore the personal military experiences of the author in the Cold War period. Please click here to read the previous entries. I had a few close calls during the six month period I was in Cyprus. Whether […]
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