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Remember This

Somewhere in France 1918 Here’s a photo that was taken somewhere in France of the 9th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops of which my grandfather Frederick Groves Kerley was a member. You can view Fred Kerley’s WW1 Diary in a previous post. It is certain that this photo was taken in…

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Eileen November 11, 2020 February 28, 2021Canadian History, Research, World War 1 0

The Other Pandemic 1918

Belfast flu 1918 - clipped image

The newspaper announcement below is from the November 9th, 1918 edition of the Belfast Telegraph. The headlines were saved for news of the stories about the final days of WW1 and the November 11th Armistice. The text of the announcement is a bit fuzzy. Here’s what I think it says:…

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Eileen September 16, 2020 September 17, 2020Canadian History, Genealogy, Irish History 0

Copper Canyon to Kew Gardens 1958

flagpole from Copper Canyon to Kew Gardens

MARCH 1958 Sixty years ago, in Copper Canyon, MacMillan Bloedel’s Chemainus Sawmill Division on Vancouver Island, British Columbia; a very long and straight log was taken down from the mountain and sent to Kew Gardens in England where it became the longest flagpole in the world. It was erected to…

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Eileen May 17, 2018 June 15, 2020Canadian History British Columbia 9
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