The Battle of Formelles was fought by the British 61st Division and the 5th Australian Division on 19 and 20 Jul 1916. The Australians...

I had the opportunity to return to the Somme this week with 3 British fellows, and tour around several key battle sites. The guy who...

Suffolk Regiment Crest Lance Sgt Henry Goodfellow of the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment was the oldest of 4 brothers who served in the...

The Canadians were not involved in the disastrous first day of the Somme Battle, 01 Jul 1916, they were in the Ypres Salient, recovering...

With Rachel in Dublin on a girl's trip, her car and I decided to storm the Atlantic Wall. The Atlantic wall park is at ATLANTIC WALL...

The first stop of the day was at the Canadian Memorial at Sanctuary Woods. The Memorial stands in tribute to the sacrifices and...

During our trip, we have been able to hit 4 of the 5 Newfoundland Memorials in France and Belgium that honour Newfoundland's sacrifice in...

Robert George Connelly was born 24 July 1884, in Bryson Quebec, son of Robert Connelly and Margaret McTiernan, one of 12 Children. ...

By 1918, the Canadians were known as the Allied Shock troops, so an elaborate deception took place to make the Germans think the...

On a glorious morning, we visited the Vimy Memorial atop Hill 145 (145 m above sea level), the highest point on Vimy Ridge. The ridge is...

I was able to visit Bob Drummond’s uncle Percy Fowler at the Theipval Memorial, and asked Bob to write his story. Percy Fowler was born...

Today's tour switches to the first world war. We started out at the Lochnagar Crater, one of 19 mine craters blown at 0728 on 1 Jul 1916,...

Lance Sgt Henry Goodfellow Henry Goodfellow Sr and Maria Reynolds married on 29 August 1880 and had 8 children. Maria was 23 when they...

Pre-Season Tour La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial to the Missing La Ferté-sous-Jouarre British Memorial to the Missing I arrived in Paris a...

124302 William Albert Johnston CEF William Johnston William Albert Johnston (Bill) was born on March 18, 1899, in Essex, Ontario. He was...

My sister Dale and I visited the homestead in Balsam Creek (outside North Bay, Ont) this weekend, and stopped to pay respects to our...

Almost time to embark on the North West Europe Canadian Battlefield Tour presented by Liberation Tours, kicking off on 09 Sep 2023. Key...