RapidFireWeb Whiz Bangs & Woolly Bears, Walter Estabrooks First World War Diary, Part 2 of 4 August 25th Went into position, front of Maroc among the slagheaps and right rear Hill 70. Wagon lines at Boueffles. Gun crew: Corporal Rothwell, Bdr. Grant, Evans, Fitzpatrick, Davies and limber gunner Estabrooks. Position shelled off and on day and … Read more
Whiz Bangs & Woolly Bears, Walter Estabrooks First World War Diary, Part 3 of 4 Walter’s comments on this period are recorded as follows: August 13th Guns move forward in direction of Vipers wood. August 14th To Marquivillers to ammunition dump. Aug 15th Ammunition very scarce. Sent on Chubby to watch for the arrival of … Read more
Whiz Bangs & Woolly Bears, Walter Estabrooks First World War Diary, Part 4 of 4 Detailed to advanceparty from Jamappes. Rode through the city of Mons. Flags flying. Peoplewaving, shouting Vive le Canadiennes. A Provost Captain halted us with theinformation that the stretch was being cleared for General Currie and staff’s triumphant entry into the … Read more
The King’s Daughters – filles du roi (Library and Archives Canada Image, MIKAN No. 2895910) Louis XIV welcomes the the young women who became known as Filles du Roi (“the King’s daughters”) who will be sent to Canada. C.W. Jeffries. The King’s Daughters (French: filles du roi or filles du roy in the spelling of the … Read more
First Canadian Army in North West Europe, 1944-1945 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3205475) Tanks (Polish, GGFG and Sherbrooke Fusiilers) move into position for attack toward Falaise, between Hubert-Folie and Tilly-la-Campagne, 8 August 1944. Sherman Crab flail tank in Normandy, 4 July 1944. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3205407) The mine flail … Read more
First Nations Soldiers in the Maritime Provinces (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5159018) Private Patrick Joseph Augustine (Tjopatlig), Mi’kmaq traditional chief of the Big Cove Reserve, Big Cove, New Brunswick, serving with the 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, with the Canadian NATO Brigade, ca 1960. (Author Photo) Elder Charles … Read more
First Special Service Force The First Special Service Force, a Joint U.S.-Canadian Fighting Unit: The insignia of the First Special Service Force, composed of US and Canadian soldiers in training at Ft. William Henry Harrison, Montana, is an Indian spearhead of deep red with the “USA” and “Canada” forming a white T against the … Read more
Flintlock, Percussion, and Bolt-action Firearms in the New Brunswick Military History Museum This page of selected small arms on display in the New Brunswick Military History Museum has been compiled by the author, a volunteer and one of the Friends of the NBMHM. Corrections, amendments and updates to the data on this page would be … Read more
Aviation visitors to Canada (Eric Bentley Photo) Boeing 314 visiting Shediac, New Brunswick in the late 1930’s. The Boeing 314 Clipper was an American long-range flying boat produced by Boeing from 1938 to 1941. One of the largest aircraft of its time, it had the range to cross the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. (Library of … Read more
Fort La Tour In 1631 Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour built a fort here, one of the earliest centres of the French fur trade with the region’s Aboriginal peoples. During her husband’s absence in 1645, Françoise-Marie Jacquelin, Madame de La Tour, unsuccessfully defended the fort against their chief rival, Charles de Menou d’Aulnay, who … Read more
