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Annette Fulford

@avidgenie.bsky.social
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Canadian researcher who specializes in First World War Brides. Also interested in soldiers dependents 1914-1921 and Canadian Immigration History. First World War Brides wwiwarbrides.blogspot.com

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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Long overdue honours for First World War veteran held in Vancouver vancouversun.com/news/long-ov...
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Long overdue honours for First World War veteran held in Vancouver
The long journey of Pte. Sentaro Omoto, a Japanese Canadian soldier who served in the First World War, was commemorated on Tuesday at Mountain View Cemetery
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Nipawin war bride celebrates 100th birthday battlefordsnow.com/2026/06/02/n... #warbride #sww #ww2
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Nipawin war bride celebrates 100th birthday
A Nipawin woman has reached an extraordinary milestone, celebrating her 100th birthday surrounded by family an...
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
My friend Andrea of Absolutely Literate does genealogy presentations. Perhaps your genealogy group might find one of interest. Check out the presentation options her website at www.absolutelyliterate.com/presentation...
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Presentations and Workshops
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British Columbia Genealogical Society @bcgs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
May is Asian Heritage Month! The OCCA Communities Association is celebrating with a series of events, including a presentation on "Genealogy 101" by BCGS's own @past-presence.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ca/e/ahm-knowle...
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AHM Knowledge Series - Genaology 101 With Linda
Every family has a story. Discover yours with genealogy expert Linda Yip. Learn the "work backwards" method on May 5. Free and online! (134
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
At 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Within a few hours, she was at the bottom of the ocean. Among the survivors and dead were many Canadians and soon-to-be Canadians. Here are just a few of those Canadians. 🧵 1/15
A large ocean liner tilted steeply at the bow as it sinks into dark water at night. The stern is raised high above the surface, with two smokestacks visible, one partly submerged. The ship’s deck lights glow faintly, and debris and water splash around the breaking hull. The sky is dark with scattered stars, and the sea reflects the light near the ship.
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British Columbia Genealogical Society @bcgs.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Statistics Canada has now completed transferring the National Registration File From The Second World War to @library-archives.canada.ca. Library and Archives Canada is now assessing the collection and determining how it will provide access to it. www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
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Preserving the National Registration File - Canada.ca
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Canadian History You Never Knew: Japanese Canadians Fought at Vimy, Too by Debbie Jiang on May 13, 2026 at 1:30 pm from the Richmond Public Library in person and online yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/69be0...
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Canadian History You Never Knew: Japanese Canadians Fought at Vimy, Too (Hybrid Online)
This page is for online participation. If you wish to join the program in-person, please visit the Hybrid In-person page. "The 200 men go not only as soldiers to fight in the Canadian war. They go to ...
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
"As WWI raged on across Europe, one Canadian solider dreamed of returning home to a ranching future." A farmer's dream www.country-guide.ca/features/a-f...
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A farmer's dream - Country Guide
A B.C. Century Farm started with the dream of a soldier on the battlefields of WWI.
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Log Cabin Museum @logcabinmuseum.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Dave Obee has quite a list of interests & knowledge; as a renowned author, historian, & geneologist, he's a popular speaker. We’re excited to have him join us for a #TalkAndTea - speaking on how #DNA is changing family history research! March 8th 2-4pm, $10 cash @ door. #yyjevents #LogCabinMuseum
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Looking for Newfoundland WWI War Brides New Project Aims to Uncover Stories of WWI War Brides vocm.com/2026/02/15/2...
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New Project Aims to Uncover Stories of WWI War Brides
There will be a presentation and launch of a website for a project aiming to collect data on war brides - spec...
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Exhibition honours New Brunswick’s war brides ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new... #warbrides #WW2
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Exhibition honours New Brunswick’s war brides
A new exhibit honouring British and European war brides who arrived in New Brunswick during the Second World War has just opened to the public at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown.
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
It was on February 10, 1919, that the first official dependent ship, the Tunisian, arrived after WWI. An Order in Council was passed in January with plans to bring soldiers' families home to Canada. Many of these were war brides. It was the first of 73 dependent ships in 1919. #WWI #FWW #Warbrides
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The Daily Mail, November 22, 1919
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Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) @igrs1936.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Good news - The annual update on the Irishgenealogy site is launched today: births 1925, marriages 1950, deaths 1975 have been added: www.irishgenealogy.ie/search/
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
It was 80 years ago on February 5, 1946, that the Mauretania set sail to Canada as the first official ship for war brides after the Second World War. #warbrides #WW2
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
An Order-in-Council was passed on January 29, 1919, with plans to bring home soldiers' dependents including thousands of war brides after WWI. The first official ship would arrive in February 1919. #warbrides #FWW
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British Columbia Genealogical Society @bcgs.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
"William Head Quarantine Station [was] once as well-known as Ellis Island" via @past-presence.bsky.social #genealogy #FamilyHistory past-presence.com/2025/11/30/h...
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Held on the west coast: the history of Albert Head and William Head Quarantine Stations (1884-1958)
Explore the history of Canada's quarantine stations, including Albert Head and William Head, and their roles during 19th-century pandemics.
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Born of War, Reunited by DNA: A Canadian Soldier’s Sons Find Each Other blog.myheritage.com/2025/12/born...
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Born of War, Reunited by DNA: A Canadian Soldier’s Sons Find Each Other - MyHeritage Blog
When Amber took a DNA test, she uncovered her grandfather’s Canadian half-brother—solving a 79-year WWII mystery. Read how their families reunited.
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
YWCA National Immigration Secretary, Mrs. Burrington Ham was given a gold watch for her volunteer work after the Halifax explosion. For more info on her go to wwiwarbrides.blogspot.com/2019/03/ywca...
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Sonia Nicholson @nicholson-sonia.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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Calgary genealogy society working to uncover secrets of thrift store mystery box | CBC News
A photograph from a telegraphers union meeting. An Italian restaurant menu from Toronto. A newspaper clipping covering a graduating class of Royal Canadian Air Force engineers. What do all those have ...
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Empowering and Impactful Women of Caledon: Carine Strong | justsayincaledon.com/empowering-a...
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Empowering and Impactful Women of Caledon: Carine Strong - Just Sayin' Caledon
Share this… Copy Facebook Bluesky Threads Twitter Linkedin Print Let’s face it. Women have the capacity to change the world. Those who apply their vision, intelligence, and creativity, with integrity,...
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Victoria’s Bay Street Armoury to be renamed after Canadian General Arthur Currie cheknews.ca/victorias-ba...
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Victoria’s Bay Street Armoury to be renamed after Canadian General Arthur Currie
The imposing brick armoury along Victoria’s Bay Street will soon be renamed after a First World War general with ties to the city.
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The Death Penny: Langford Legion explores the mystery of William MacLeod Read more at: oakbaynews.com/2025/11/13/t...
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The Death Penny: Langford Legion explores the mystery of William MacLeod - Oak Bay News
Finding the plaque has sparked a modern-day quest to find a family member who could rightfully claim it
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Victoria Genealogical Society @victoriags.org · 13/11/2025
FREE Heritage History Hour – 160th Battalion Case Study 🇨🇦 Historian Kent Kraemer shares discoveries from his research on the 160th Bruce Battalion and its soldiers’ lives. 📅 Thu Nov 13 2025 · 7 PM PT (Zoom) 🎥 Recording 30 days. Register: bit.ly/4nLV7ID #Genealogy #History #VGS #VictoriaBC
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Remembrance Day: National Silver Cross Mother delta-optimist.com/in-the-commu... via @DeltaOptimist
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Remembrance Day: National Silver Cross Mother
Today, the National Silver Cross Mother is chosen by the Legion among nominations made by Legion Provincial Commands and individuals to represent the mothers of Canada at the National Remembrance Day ...
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
War bride faced culture shock moving to Sask., Moose Jaw daughter says sasktoday.ca/southwest/wa... via @sasktoday
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War bride faced culture shock moving to Sask., Moose Jaw daughter says
Moose Jaw's Wendy Parsons recalls the story about her mother, Joyce Carter, becoming a war bride and moving to Saskatchewan after the Second World War.
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Mike Bechthold 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @mike-bechthold.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
This Saturday, the Guelph Museums is hosting a Liberation and Remembrance Symposium to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the War and the liberation of Europe. I'm speaking on the RCAF and other speakers include Roger Sarty, Geoff Hayes, and Alex Souchen. guelphmuseums.ca/event/libera...
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Liberation and Remembrance Symposium - Guelph Museums
This year marks 80 years since the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Europe. Eight decades later we reflect on Canada’s contributions to the war effort,…
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Social Science @ WesternU @westernusocsci.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
History postdoc researcher Eric Story is uncovering the remarkable 1923 journey of George Hincks and Marshall McDougall — two disabled WWI veterans who hiked over 2,000 km to raise awareness of veterans’ challenges after the war. Featured by CTV Winnipeg: www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...
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‘History that’s been overlooked’: The First World War amputees who walked across Canada
Nearly 60 years before Terry Fox’s famous cross-Canada journey, a pair of First World War veterans attempted a similar feat.
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Band of brothers: Five siblings from Cumberland answered the call in First World War timescolonist.com/islander/ban... via @timescolonist
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Band of brothers: Five siblings from Cumberland answered the call in First World War
Five brothers in the Brown family all enlisted in the Great War more than a century ago and, miraculously, all came home.
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Remembering Emerson Bates, one of Canada's 'boy soldiers' of WWI www.nugget.ca/news/local-n...
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Remembering Emerson Bates, one of Canada's 'boy soldiers' of WWI
Emerson Bates of Burk's Falls, Ont. was just 16 years old when he tried to enlist to fight for Canada in the First World War.
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Log Cabin Museum @logcabinmuseum.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
We had an amazing - and timely - find in our #Archives today! The cardboard backing in a frame indicated that it was made by a disabled soldier at the @redcrosscanada.bsky.social workshop in #yyj, AND the paper backing was old wallpaper with a #poppy design! #MonthOfRemembrance #RemembranceDay
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Log Cabin Museum @logcabinmuseum.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Quite a local connection to Canadian General Sir Arthur Currie: he 1st worked as school teacher in #Sidney! TODAY’s #TalkAndTea, “Currie: #Canada’s Greatest Wartime General”, is by Regimental Chief Archivist Lt Col Vic Skaarup (Retd). #MonthOfRemembrance #CanadaRemembers #RemembranceDay #yyjevents
Photo of General Sir Arthur Currie in uniform. By unknown photographer. Public Domain. From Library and Archives Canada.
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This Day In WWI @thisdayinwwi.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Nov 5 1919 Almost 3,600 war brides have been shipped to America from Europe. Of this total, 3/5 of the number were French, 1/5 English the rest scattered between 21 nationalities. Brides ranged from 15 to 55 years of age, some with 3 or 4 children www.loc.gov/resource/sn8... bsky.app/profile/this...
Nov 5 1919 Almost 3,600 war brides have been shipped to America from Europe. Of this total, 3/5 of the number were French, 1/5 English the rest scattered between 21 nationalities. The brides ranged from 15 to 55 years of age, some with 3 or 4 children https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82016014/1919-11-05/ed-1/?sp=1&q=&r=-0.805,-0.222,2.609,1.188,0
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
How two Canadian war amputees hiked 2,000 kilometres and shaped disability rights activism ca.news.yahoo.com/two-canadian...
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How two Canadian war amputees hiked 2,000 kilometres and shaped disability rights activism - Yahoo News Canada
After the First World War, two war amputees raised the profile of disabled veterans and challenged ableism as they trekked 2,000 kilometres from Calgary to Thunder Bay.
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
What’s good in St. Thomas and Elgin? A personal look at Canadian soldiers and their efforts in the First World War through postcards #FWW www.stthomastoday.ca/2025/11/09/w...
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What’s good in St. Thomas and Elgin? A personal look at Canadian soldiers and their efforts in the First World War through postcards
A Western University history professor's First World War postcard project is being employed in communities, sc...
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
‘The War Brides are Coming’ marks 80 years since VE Day calgary.citynews.ca/2025/11/06/c...
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'The War Brides are Coming' marks 80 years since VE Day
The Unicorn Collective's "The War Brides Are Coming" marks 80 years since VE-Day and the arrival of Canada’s war brides.
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SaskToday @sasktoday.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Familiar refrain to War Brides docking at Pier 21 in 1946.
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Here Comes the Bride
Familiar refrain to War Brides docking at Pier 21 in 1946.
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I am so thankful that grandmother recorded her thoughts on paper every day for 8 days while on her journey to Canada. The 68-page letter is an enduring legacy for my family, as well as the thousands of war brides who came to Canada after the First World War. #warbrides #FWW
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This Day In WWI @thisdayinwwi.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Oct 19 1919 Washington Herald reports US military camp is to stay open because there are too many war brides and not enough ships to get them to US. Last camp has 250 of them & 4 babies. Also, all German POWs, held by America have been released www.loc.gov/resource/sn8... bsky.app/profile/this...
Oct 19 1919 Washington Herald reports that American military camp is to stay open because there are too many war brides and not enough ships to get them to US. Last camp has 250 of them & 4 babies. Also, all German POWs, held by America,have been released https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045433/1919-10-19/ed-1/?sp=1&q=
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Olds Historical Society presents play honouring WWII War Brides centralalbertaonline.com/articles/old...
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Olds Historical Society presents play honouring WWII War Brides
The Olds Historical Society is partnering with the Unicorn Collective to present “The War Brides Are Coming,” a moving stage production celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe...
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Absolutely Literate @absolutelyliterate.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Kickstart your family history in Fall 2025! Did you know you can download FREE charts and tools from the Maple Ridge Family History Group? They have downloadable family trees and activity sheets for people of all ages. mapleridgemuseum.org/family-histo...
Images of family history charts and resources.
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Absolutely Literate @absolutelyliterate.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
AI: Deciphering the Hype December 3, 2025 | 7:00pm PST | Online Daily, we are bombarded with marketing about AI but what is it and how does it work? Is it useful for genealogy? What should we be concerned about? Can we use it ethically? Contact the Maple Ridge Family History Group to attend:
AI: Deciphering the Hype: Is it Useful for Genealogists or Corporations?
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Love and War: Stories from World War I and II - Anzac Square Memorial Galleries, Sun 15 Feb 2026 · 10:30–11:30am www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/lov...
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Love and War: Stories from World War I and II
Hear poignant stories of love, loss and reunion from World War I and II.   During times of conflict, love and relationships continued to play an important role in the lives of service personnel and th...
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This Day In WWI @thisdayinwwi.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
South Bend News-Times Oct 26 1915 prints this R. M. Brinkerhoff cartoon. Not sure what is up with Paris guy's teeth. It should also be noted that KFC's Colonel Sanders was 25 in 1915 bsky.app/profile/this...
South Bend News-Times Oct 26 1915 prints this R. M. Brinkerhoff cartoon.

Not sure what is up with Paris guy's teeth. It should also be noted that KFC's Colonel Sanders was 25 in 1915 
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87055779/1915-10-26/ed-1/?sp=1&q=&r=0.4,0.436,0.447,0.203,0
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Historica Canada @historicacanada.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
On this day in 1918, the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force landed in Vladivostok. They were there as part of an Allied force sent to support the anti-communist "White Russian" cause during the Russian Revolution.
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Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force
In 1918, Canada sent troops to Russia as part of an Allied intervention to support Russian government forces against Bolshevik revolutionaries. One group of C...
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Carla-Jean Stokes @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Copies of my book 'The Taking of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs of William Ivor Castle' are making their way out into the world, just ahead of the official release date of Oct 7! Be sure to head to your fav indy bookshop and order a copy, or you can request it at your local library.
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Log Cabin Museum @logcabinmuseum.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
We’re “circulating” the news before the morning edition: Extra! Extra! @timescolonist.bsky.social Editor/Publisher Dave Obee is doing a #TalkAndTea this Sunday! An interesting look back at information distribution in bygone days, to now. 2-4pm, $10 cash @ door. #LogCabinMuseum #yyjevents
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
A Vancouver Historian’s Family Letters Offer Insights Into the First World War montecristomagazine.com/community/va...
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A Vancouver Historian’s Family Letters Offer Insights Into the First World War
Learning of a family connection to the First World War, Brandon Marriott dug into an archive of letters to explore the personal side of war.
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
My grandmother Grace married a Canadian soldier and arrived in Canada on this day in 1919 at the Port of Quebec. It was a 68-page letter written to her parents which began my interest in First World War Brides. . #warbrides #FWW www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7wU...
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Canadian war bride's story shared by her granddaughter
YouTube video by CBC News
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Annette Fulford @avidgenie.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
My grandmother Grace sailed up the St. Lawrence river to Quebec today in 1919. Here is what she wrote in a letter home to her parents. #warbride #FWW
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