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In May 2006, I visited the battlefields of the Great War in Northern France and Belgium.  I have several relatives who served in the C.E.F. during the Great War and survived.


The Somme, France

Before leaving for France, I took the opportunity to research in depth the battalion war diaries, service records and many other sources of information on the battles involving the Canadian Corps and those of my relatives during the period 1914-1918.  I visited battle sites and many grave sites and memorials in Ypres, the Somme - Beaumont-Hamel, Pozieres and Courcelette, Vimy and Lens, Passchendaele, Amiens, Arras, Bourlon and Cambrai.  I photographed in those places where they had spent time during the war.

Even though most signs of the war have disappeared from today's landscapes, it was not difficult to imagine what life was like for them during that time.  It was an honour to walk in their footsteps.

  •  Walter E. Share - 60th Battalion Victoria Rifles and 85th Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders - Ypres, Somme, Arleux, Amiens, Arras, wounded at Bourlon Wood.

  •  Albert V. McCorry - 85th Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders - Vimy, Passchendaele, Amiens, wounded at Arras.

  •  John G. McCorry - 25th Battalion, Nova Scotia Rifles - Vimy, Amiens, Arras, Cambrai, wounded outside Mons.

  •  Arthur G. O'Toole - 4th Canadian Division Trench Mortar Brigade - Passchendaele, Amiens, Arras, Cambrai, Mons.

 


Lille Gate, Ypres, Belgium


Passchendaele, Belgium


Vimy Memorial Park, France


 Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, France


Pillbox, Belgium


Langemarck German Cemetery, Belgium

 

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