Canada’s First World War stories go beyond what happened in France and in the trenches.
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The First World War period in Canada, an across the British Empire, saw an unprecedented amount of activity by charitable organisations towards the war effort.
The First World War produced many war poets, particularly those writing in English; Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, and Edmund Blunden all come to mind. In
Click here to see it now at the Google Cultural Institute. Image: “Lens Road Green Crassier”, 1917. A.S. English Fonds, Collections CCGW/CCGG 2016.3.1.2-11
August 15th marked the centenary of the Battle of Hill 70, the Canadian Corps’ next large engagement after their success at Vimy Ridge in April
Click here to see it now at the Google Cultural Institute. Image: “Hill 70”, 1917, A.S. English Fonds, Collections CCGW/CCGG.
The quote in the title comes from a poem written by Alexander Sinclair, a Driver with the Canadian Field Artillery. Sinclair fought at Passchendaele with
The summer of 2017 marks 100 years since the arrival of the first American troops in France. The American Expeditionary Force landed on 26 June
Today on the blog we’re doing something a little bit different. The Tri-couleur flag shown above comes from the collections of the Naval Museum of
The CCGW Catalogue offers online access to the collection at the Canadian Centre of the Great War. In its current beta form, it allows access
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has been celebrating the centenary of its founding since May 21st, with events across the Commonwealth countries, including one at
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