Trail of the Caribou

SUVLA #OTD 1915 - Lt Owen Steele, Newfoundland Regiment, 88th Brigade, 29th Division. The evacuation plans were gradually leaking out to the officers and men. M...any took an optimistic view of the challenges ahead of them. Read more - https://www.gallipoli-association.org/on-this-d/december// #newfoundland #GALLIPOLI #WW1

Verdun Memorial, I Actually felt Wierd here , Creepy ,Lol No I'm Not wierd but this place felt cold

Halifax Explosion, December 6, 1917. This panoramic shot shows the damage looking west from the area of most devastation. Reference Number: 93-47-24021. Photographer: W.G. MacLaughlan.

102 YEARS AGO TODAY: Parade of the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade (Royal Canadian Regiment, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, 42nd and 49th Battalions...) as King George V holds an investiture in Valenciennes, 5 December 1918. Sebourg Chateau near Valenciennes, King George V's headquarters guarded by men of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. The King inspecting the Royal Guard from the Canadian Corps provided by the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (commanded by Captain G.W. Little), at Sebourg Chateau the King's Headquarters near Valenciennes. King George V; Edward, the Prince of Wales; Prince Albert; and General Henry Horne walking through Stambruges, 5 December 1918. Here the 175th Brigade was drawn up, under temporary command of Lieutenant Colonel Evelyn George Powell of the Grenadier Guards King George V receiving the Mayor and other functionaries at Peruwelz, 5 December 1918 See more

On this day in 1915 - SUVLA - Corporal Claude Edward Wedlake Brayley, RAMC, wrote home describing the terrible storm and conditions his stretcher bearer party had to endure. Read more here: https://www.gallipoli-association.org/on-this-d/december//

Jonathan Feltham was just 17 when he died of an illness on 26 March 1940. He is buried in Carrbridge Cemetery. He had only arrived, with his Uncle William Harry... Feltham, in Glasgow in early February that year. He was to work beside his uncle as a Cookhouse Helper at No 2 Camp, Carrbridge. I have not been able to find the ship he travelled on but have found a fitting tribute to the men of the NOFU. See more