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by BFBSM
Fri Sep 03, 2021 8:08 pm
Forum: Resources
Topic: The Western Front Association: The Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days: Two talks by Tim Cook and Bill Stewart
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The Western Front Association: The Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days: Two talks by Tim Cook and Bill Stewart

In the first presentation, Dr Bill Stewart will bring us 'Tubes, Typewriters, Trucks and Training 1918: The Canadian Corps' Advantages' Bill will examine the multiple ways in which the Canadian Corps differed from BEF formations in 1918. Some of these advantages are well understood, some are misunde...
by BFBSM
Tue Aug 31, 2021 3:18 am
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: RCAF No. 417 Sq, W/O Horter and F/O Wood ??
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Views: 5353

Re: RCAF No. 417 Sq, W/O Horter and F/O Wood ??

No worries, all is good, except our state government have decided 6th lockdown is necessary.
by BFBSM
Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:32 am
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: RCAF No. 417 Sq, W/O Horter and F/O Wood ??
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Views: 5353

Re: RCAF No. 417 Sq, W/O Horter and F/O Wood ??

It would appear from an Ancestry tree, that Horter lived under a few names:

Waldo Irving / George Manuel Ewers / Ysern / Horter 1920–2001
BIRTH 2 JUL 1920 • Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, USA
DEATH 25 MAY 2001 • Michigan
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by BFBSM
Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:27 am
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: RCAF No. 417 Sq, W/O Horter and F/O Wood ??
Replies: 5
Views: 5353

Re: RCAF No. 417 Sq, W/O Horter and F/O Wood ??

Guy Ashford Wood Jr. 1917–1987
BIRTH 27 JAN 1917 • Detroit, Wayne County, MI
DEATH 13 DEC 1987 • Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL
by BFBSM
Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:02 am
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: The 29th Battalion (Vancouver), CEF
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The 29th Battalion (Vancouver), CEF

I am wondering if this Battalion wore kilts, I note there is a chap on the left of the image who is. https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/bitstream/handle/10222/21343/waldren_315_002.jpg?sequence=1&isAllowed=y I ask because this image is from a family album, a member of the family served with the Battali...
by BFBSM
Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:50 pm
Forum: Resources
Topic: Military History Channel (YouTube): A War of Their Own - Part 01 From Sicily to Ortona
Replies: 1
Views: 10266

Military History Channel (YouTube): A War of Their Own - Part 01 From Sicily to Ortona

Canada’s role in the D-Day landings in Normandy is the stuff of legends. A War of Their Own tells the story of another D-Day almost a year earlier, on July 10, 1943, when Canadian troops landed on the southern shores of Sicily. From there, the Canadians, as part of the famous British 8th Army, earne...
by BFBSM
Wed Jul 07, 2021 6:56 pm
Forum: Resources
Topic: The Western Front Association: WW1 Engineering the Loos Salient | Andy Prada
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The Western Front Association: WW1 Engineering the Loos Salient | Andy Prada

In this presentation, Andy Prada takes a close look at an often neglected aspect of the First World War in one of the often overlooked sectors of the front line. Just how much 'engineering' was needed in the First World War? As Andy explains, the answer is vast amounts. And beneath the fields, much ...
by BFBSM
Wed Jul 07, 2021 6:54 pm
Forum: Resources
Topic: The Western Front Association: Harsh Realities: The BEF’s Offensives 1915
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Views: 9177

The Western Front Association: Harsh Realities: The BEF’s Offensives 1915

In this talk, Spencer Jones looks at the plight of the British Army on the Western Front in the first half of 1915. The British Army went into 1915 hoping to break through the German trenches and bring about a victory on the Western Front but things went horribly wrong at Neuve Chapelle, Festubert a...
by BFBSM
Wed Jul 07, 2021 6:53 pm
Forum: Resources
Topic: The Western Front Association: Gas Warfare in the First World War
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Views: 9133

The Western Front Association: Gas Warfare in the First World War

In this talk, Professor Edward Spiers analyses Gas warfare during the First World War and discusses whether this was a potential war winner, or just another weapon that was deployed by both sides which failed to be fully effective. The Western Front Association is a UK registered charity. www.wester...