World War I

[...] Do the poppies blow or grow in Flanders Fields? That question has been debated since Lt. Col. John McCrae wrote his famous poem during a [...]

[...] your own version, post it online and share it with us using the hashtag #inflandersfields. In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The [...]

[...] . Despite the passage of time, Canadian Lt.-Col. John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” — often recited around Remembrance Day or when a soldier dies in the line [...]

[...] jointly with Punjabi soldiers in the second battle of Ypres. When students learn about In Flanders Fields, we need to teach them this connection. For more information visit imfc.org Related stories: [...]

[...] late 1917 and early 1918 about the experience of soldiers being gassed in the trenches of the Western Front during the First World War. More than half a million Canadians joined Owen and his British [...]

[...] footsteps. Over three years, he journeyed to England, Scotland, Turkey, Egypt and the Western Front in France. Winter took some time to chat with the Calgary Herald prior to his [...]

[...] . But that’s exactly what happened on Christmas Day, 1914. At various locations along the Western Front, the mostly British and German soldiers stopped fighting. They climbed out of their trenches. [...]

[...] to France on November 19, 1915. In the event, however, the men escaped the worst of the Western Front: they were only billeted near Vermelles, in northern France, over Christmas, and were on the [...]

[...] As the 100th anniversary of the Christmas truce of 1914 approaches, athletes and politicians have embraced the symbolism of the First World [...]

[...] of poppies, lie a smattering of balls and various club pennants, all in remembrance of the Christmas Truce of 1914. A century ago on Christmas Day, German and British enemies left their First World [...]

[...] that would have been heard by Canadians during the First World War. Related Stories: 1914 Christmas truce brought near-surreal calm amid bitter conflict Christmas Truce: British, German enemies in ‘ [...]

[...] U.K. grocery chain Sainsbury’s has posted a short film inspired by the Christmas truce of 1914 when opposing German and British soldiers lay down their guns and emerged from their [...]

[...] June 1916. The soldiers are Australians, probably from the Australian 2nd Division. Archive photo, The Imperial War Museum In this 1915 photo, Turkish soldiers take a rest during fighting, [...]

[...] Collishaw was born in Nanaimo, B.C. and is credited with shooting down 60 enemy aircraft. Archive photo, Postmedia News Dozens of other Canadians became aces, with five or more victories. Other [...]

[...] gun set up in a captured trench at Feuchy during the Battle of Arras; France. April 1917 Archive photo, John Warwick Brooke When the fighting in the trenches was in close quarters, bayonets like [...]

[...] for those who have never known war? Christmas mail is delivered to the front. Archive photo, Library and Archives Canada Yet, perhaps because of that distance, there is also a [...]

[...] As the tragic events unfolded in Ottawa on October 22nd, the National War Memorial filled our television screens, newspaper homepages and front pages. The monument, which [...]

[...] OTTAWA - This week the National War Memorial wears a necklace of flowers, candles, poppies and teddy bears in memory of the young [...]

[...] on all sides is overwhelming.” Dana Knisley of Ottawa is overcome with emotion as the National War Memorial continues to attract visitors delivering bouquets and tributes for Cpl Nathan Cirillo who [...]

[...] OTTAWA – The National War Memorial in Ottawa is always a focal point for Canadians in early November — but today’s [...]

[...] Legion and the Canadian Great War Veterans Association, which was a predecessor of the Royal Canadian Legion, to adopt the poppy as their symbol of remembrance. The flower was adopted as a symbol of [...]

[...] demonstrate public support and moral support for the veterans in attendance. 4. Join the Royal Canadian Legion to help provide funding for services and programs for Canada’s war veterans. iaustin@ [...]

[...] , Britain and Australia. After its formation in 1925, the Canadian Legion, which became the Royal Canadian Legion in 1959, ran the annual poppy campaign. In 1939, the towering National War Memorial in [...]

[...] . He was elected vice-president of the Great War Veterans Association, forerunner of the Royal Canadian Legion, but increasingly sought the peace of trout fishing from a summer bivouac on the Oyster [...]

[...] 1,000 kilometres from Switzerland in the east to the North Sea in the west. The Canadian Expeditionary Force soon established a reputation as a formidable fighting force. For example, between [...]

[...] (Canadian Army Medical Corps), Private Michael Kirbell Bovair (3rd Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force), Lieutenant Robert James Edmunds (21st Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary [...]

[...] Shield, Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean seemed distant. In England, the first Canadian Expeditionary Force contingents were only just arriving. They wouldn’t see action until the second battle [...]

[...] in 1910 with his wife and four children. In 1915, at the age of 39, Hampton joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a corporal, serving in the trenches in England and France. He endured numerous [...]

[...] Edinburgh, right, touches a wreath held by a Yeoman Warder before it is laid in the field of ceramic poppies at The Tower of London, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. The poppies are part of a ceramic poppy [...]

[...] Edinburgh, right, touches a wreath held by a Yeoman Warder before it is laid in the field of ceramic poppies at The Tower of London, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. The poppies are part of a ceramic poppy [...]

[...] public clamour to remember has been seen again this year, with the rush to see the ceramic poppies spilling from the moat of the Tower of London, where another service was held yesterday. [...]

[...] Tens of thousands of ceramic poppies in an installation commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who died in the First [...]

[...] involved,” said Claire Banton, Chief of the Orientation Services Section of Library and Archives Canada while discussing family research online. “People find information about their family and it [...]

[...] Sergeant,” which was mostly forgotten until it was restored in 1990 by Library and Archives Canada. He’s honoured in Canada at the Royal Military College in Kingston in a most fitting [...]

[...] : The Canadian War Museum. http://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/ Library and Archives Canada. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world- [...]

[...] of information: The Canadian War Museum. www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/ Library and Archives Canada. www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914- [...]