Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Today I took a few minutes and thought of my great uncle George who was lost at Vimy Ridge and my uncle Ernie, who survived. I missed placing a flag on your grave this year Uncle Ernie but I said a prayer in remembrance of you and of Great uncle George, who has no known grave. God bless you both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 I am still gobsmacked at how those men kept getting up and going thru WW1 day after day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Wikipedia has a very long article about Vimy Ridge and the Canadian regiments involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 Coincidentally, when the Vimy Memorial was dedicated by King Edward in 1936, I had relations from both my Mother's and my Father's sides of the families there as part of the Pilgrimage groups that journeyed from Canada, to be at the dedication. (My parents hadn't even met at the time and didn't until the first Sunday of WWII in September 1939, three years later) There were excursions sailing from Canada as part of what was called The Vimy Pilgrimage. It brought veterans of the battle and people from all over Canada and elsewhere, who had taken part in the battle. This was at the tail end of the Great Depression and the fare to attend, while small in term of today, in 1936, it was a lot. Third Class Ocean fare, with a 20% discount was $119.00 the land tour $36.00 and Pilgrimage Equipment was $4.40 for a total of $160.00 A little more than 6,200 made the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Creek Law Dog Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 My Dad's uncle was with the 44th Battalion and was killed by getting hit in the head by enemy shrapnel near Arras, France on Sept 02, 1918 but was buried at Vimy Ridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 It was a helluva fight. Speaking of the Great War, dud anybody see the article about Indian snipers in the Canadian Army in this issue of The Rifleman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: It was a helluva fight. Speaking of the Great War, dud anybody see the article about Indian snipers in the Canadian Army in this issue of The Rifleman? Good article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Good article. Yeah. Except the Canadian army wasn’t the only one. The US Army had a number of Indians in it’s ranks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Moving subject. My grandfather was Canadian and was a pilot in the Royal Air Force in the Great War. He flew as an artillery spotter, which is how military aviation in the First World War mostly started out. Indeed, he was an artillery office before being brought into the Royal Flying Corps as a spotter. (RFC became the RAF in early 1918). He had many stories of the War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Interesting read. Thanks for the heads up, Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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