Category: Battles
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Lance Corporal John J Ryan in the Great War
Royal Newfoundland Regiment Lance Corporal John Joseph Ryan. Hero of Egypt, Gallipoli, France and Flanders. Fought at Flers, Gueudecourt, Ypres, Beaumont Hamel and Ginchy. One of the first to join up on 1 October 1914, his regimental number 38. Enlisted when 17 years of age, and honorably discharged in 1919, having been wounded four times.…
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Battle of the Scarpe in the Great War
Nomenclature Battle of the Scarpe a battle honour incorporating the tactical incident Capture of Monchy-le-Preux, formally entitled the Battle of the Scarpe, 1918, and itself part of The Second Battles of Arras, 1918. Background Following the brilliant success of the Canadian Corps at Amiens on 8 August 1918, the Corps moved back north to rejoin…
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Gravenstafel, Second Battle of Ypres, in the Great War
The First Gas Attacks, Second Battle of Ypres, 22-24 April 1915 The video is a panoramic view from Gravenstafel (Sheet 28.D.9.c.8.3, the crossroads of Schipstraat and ‘s Gravenstafelstraat) on 17 April 1915, only five days before the German Army unleashed 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial divisions during the Second Battle…
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Caporal Joseph Kaeble VC MM in the Great War
Tenez bon, mes vieux, ne les laissez pas passer, il faut les arrêter! Joseph Kaeble 889958, son of Madame Joseph Kaeble, of Sayabec, Matane Co., Québec. Born on 5 May 1893. He joined the Royal 22nd Regiment in 1916 and soon earned the Military Medal (MM). Caporal Joseph Kaeble died near Arras in 1918, single-handedly…
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Canadian Battlefield Memorials in the Great War
At the end of the Great War, an IWGC committee awarded Canada eight battle sites — three in Belgium and five in France — on which to construct memorials. In the summer of 1922, the Canadian Battlefields Memorial Commission selected Vimy Ridge as the only site for Walter Allward’s winning memorial. The other battle sites,…
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Battle of The Crow’s Nest in the Great War
15th Battalion CEF (48th Highlanders of Canada) Battle of The Crows Nest (Crow’s Nest) in the Great War. Troops of the 15th Battalion capture the Crow’s Nest. An enemy strong point on a high bluff overlooking a large section of the Drocourt-Quéant Line. Then, after three stubborn German counterattacks, all of them pushed back, the…
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Were Canadians Savages in the Great War
CEFRG asks, “Were Canadians Savages in the Great War?“ Canadians savages noun During the Great War, written Canadians earned a reputation for their savagery. This folklore may have been encouraged by the unfounded story of the Crucified Canadian. Whether true or not, war diaries and personal accounts do record this fact. When men entered the…
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The Hallu Eight in the Great War
CEFRG presents the story of the Hallu Eight in the Great War. Lieutenant Clifford Abram Neelands, Winnipeg Grenadiers, of the Hallu Eight, and the missing men of the German Alpine Korps in the Great War is a fascinating case. The Hallu Eight – Winnipeg Grenadiers, discovered by then teen aged boy, Fabien Demeusere on his…