Ernest Goodfellow - 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment
Ernest Robert Goodfellow was born 05 Jun 1889 at 10 Old Barracks, Cemetery Road, Bury St Edmonds. His father was Henry Goodfellow, and...
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Oct 14, 20233 min read
Walter James Goodfellow 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment
Walter James Goodfellow was born on 13 Oct 1891 at 36 Cemetery Road, Bury St Edmunds, third son of Henry Goodfellow and Maria Reynolds....
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Oct 13, 20233 min read
Dud Corner Cemetery - Walter Goodfellow
On our recent Somme Tour, we traveled from Fromelles to Vimy, and passed near by the Dud Corner Cemetery and Loos Memorial. We stopped in...
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Oct 12, 20235 min read
Australia's Worst Day - Battle of Fromelles
The Battle of Formelles was fought by the British 61st Division and the 5th Australian Division on 19 and 20 Jul 1916. The Australians...
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Oct 11, 20235 min read
Hawthorn Ridge Crater
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...
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Oct 4, 20237 min read
Saving the British Expeditionary Force
Suffolk Regiment Crest Lance Sgt Henry Goodfellow of the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment was the oldest of 4 brothers who served in the...
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Oct 3, 20235 min read
Following Grandfather's Footsteps
The Canadians were not involved in the disastrous first day of the Somme Battle, 01 Jul 1916, they were in the Ypres Salient, recovering...
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Sep 29, 20234 min read
Canada Poland Museum
The Canada Museum was founded in 1994, and the Polish section was opened in 2004 by Gilbert Van Landschoot as a tribute to the Canadian...
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Sep 28, 20233 min read
For Freedom Museum
During my trip to the Atlantic Wall, I was recommended twice to visit the Private Museum For Freedom in Knokke–Heist, the final region to...
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Sep 27, 20234 min read
Joseph Christopher Raymond Cadeau
Private Joseph Christopher Raymond Cadeau B/119256 I recently visited Christopher Cadeau at the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, and this is...
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Sep 25, 20231 min read
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery Adegem Cemetery I visited the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery between Bruges and Gent to pay respects to Joseph...
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Sep 23, 20232 min read
Storming the Atlantic Wall
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...
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Sep 19, 20239 min read
Uncle George Johnston
George is in the 3rd row, second from the right. Early Years George David Johnston was born in Essex Ontario, on August 9, 1908, to Sam...
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Sep 19, 20233 min read
Liberation - The Final Chapter
Operation Market Garden was Gen Montgomery's bold plan to take the bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem, by dropping the British 1st Para...
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Sep 18, 20235 min read
Battle of the Scheldt
The Canadians were given the task of clearing the Scheldt Estuary, so that the liberated port of Antwerp could be used to supply the...
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Sep 17, 20238 min read
In and Around Ypres
The first stop of the day was at the Canadian Memorial at Sanctuary Woods. The Memorial stands in tribute to the sacrifices and...
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Sep 17, 20238 min read
The Caribou Trail
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...
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Sep 16, 20238 min read
Sgt Robert Connelly
Robert George Connelly was born 24 July 1884, in Bryson Quebec, son of Robert Connelly and Margaret McTiernan, one of 12 Children. ...
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Sep 16, 20234 min read
Canada's Hundred Days
By 1918, the Canadians were known as the Allied Shock troops, so an elaborate deception took place to make the Germans think the...
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Sep 15, 20234 min read
Vimy Memorial
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...
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