Note: The backstory of the Finding Max series can be found on the Remembrance page. All of the assumptions made…
Evidence of the Great War is still visible on the landscape in Western Europe. More than a billion shells were…
In 1916, Menin Road was the route that Allied troops took from Ypres to the front line. Today, the front…
Cabaret-Rouge is close to Vimy Ridge (France) and is one of a handful cemeteries we visited outside of Ypres and…
The overwhelming thing about touring the countryside in Belgium and France is the sheer number of cemeteries in a relatively…
For the posts on Jack McEachern and group of men from Cabri/Mill Village who fought with the 209th Battalion, start…
The focus of our visit to France and Belgium has been on finding our relatives who died in the Great…
We remember our war dead once a year on Nov 11th. The people of Ypres remember OUR war dead EVERY…
Like mentioned in a bazillion previous posts, this year is the 100-year anniversary of Vimy Ridge. This is the battle…
On April 28th, it will be exactly 100-years since my relative (Max McKinnon) died on the outskirts of a small…
This is the eighth post in a series about a group of World War 1 soldiers from Mill Village, Nova…
This is the seventh post in a series about a group of World War 1 soldiers from Mill Village, Nova…