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

Private I.W. Sumner. Source: The London Advertiser. December 7, 1915. Page 1. Private Ira William Sumner had been, in peace time, a clerk for the London Life Insurance Company. With the advent of t…

A letter (transcription below main article) from over 100 years ago relating to a significant event in the 18th Battalion’s service history overshadows the death of another soldier of the 18t…

ACROSS ATLANTIC WITH 18TH BATTALION; HEAVY SEAS CAUSED MUCH MAL-DE-MER; SOME THRILLING INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE; OFFICERS AND MEN IN PINK OF CONDITION From the Time London Men Reached Halifax, Until…

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Attend the 14th annual Vimy Lecture at Elgin County Heritage Centre on April 8, 2026. Historian Eric Edwards highlights the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade at Vimy Ridge, featuring Ellis Sifton’s Victor...

Attend the 14th annual Vimy Lecture at Elgin County Heritage Centre on April 8, 2026. Historian Eric Edwards highlights the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade at Vimy Ridge, featuring Ellis Sifton’s Victor...

Articles, war diaries, and recognition to the Men of the "Fighting 18th"

Percy Smith, Solitude High Wood, Sanctuary Wood, Delville Wood, Polygon Wood, Belleau Wood – these are some of the best-known sites of the f...

Approximately 10 years ago, the author purchased a packet of items that belonged to this man. This is a review of what was in the package. This does not include the book in the packet titled Infant…

Company Sergeant Major Richardson wrote a letter home on 12 January 1916 from the relative safety of La Clytte[i], Belgium (now known as De Klijte), which was a camp used as a Divisional Reserve fo…

On 2 September 1918, Colonel B. H. Belson would present a Military Medal[i] to a former 18th Battalion soldier, invalided home due to illness as he was discharged from service at Toronto, Ontario, …

Private William Cecil Sproal, Circa 1916. With the images and sounds of the now famous Battle of Vimy Ridge present in his 22-year-old mind, Private Sproal took time to write his mother while the 1…

Via Operation Picture Me. Wiarton Echo. February 14, 1917. Near the end of January 1917, a 24-year-old soldier from Cape Croker[i] wrote a letter to his parish priest. He was not an exceptional sol…

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus -- the original American hero,