Book Review: Brian Castner`s All The Ways We Kill and Die
My military ProD reading lately has included Brian Castner, one of the writers to have emerged from America`s post-9/11 wars. A US Air Force EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) officer, Castner […]
Military Picture Of The Week
From the DND / RCAF website: Wing Commander John “Moose” Fulton, D.F.C., A.F.C., photographed on June 12, 1942, was the first commanding officer of 419 Squadron. He died on July […]
War and Memory: The Example of Fromelles
An excellent piece on the War on the Rocks blog this week offers some interesting comments on the social and cultural rationales for war memorials. Fought on 19 July, 1916, […]
Easter 1916 In The Trenches – Remembering Anglican Chaplaincy In The Great War
This article is part of a series I am contributing to the newsletter of the Anglican Military Ordinariate, the clergy of the Anglican Church of Canada serving in the Canadian […]
Military Goats In History
As all Mad Padre readers know, the military goat is a subject much beloved here. Today, while working on a WW1 writing project, I came across this terrific photo of […]
Military Picture Of The Week
According to the daily “On This Day in MIlitary History” feed from Department of History and Heritage, Dept. of Ntl. Defence, on this day, 29 January, in 1936, No. 7 […]
Bonus MilPic: Sgt. Karen Hermeston, First Canadian Army Female Photographer
Too good not to share – a small tribute to a pioneering military photographer. More on Sgt. Hermeston here. H/T to Canada 150th Twitter feed.
First Christmas In The Trenches: Remembering Anglican Chaplaincy in the Great War
This post copies an article that I wrote for the newsletter of the Anglican Military Ordinariate, the body of Anglican chaplains serving in the Canadian Armed Forces. It is part […]
Canadian Anglican Chaplaincy in the Great War: The Road to Ypres, 1915
The excellent Great War blog reminded me that 8 May was the 100th anniversary of Frezenberg Ridge, a defensive action during the German offensives in the Ypres Salient when the […]
Notable Quotable: Sir Thomas Seaton On The Qualities Needed In A Soldier
Thomas Seaton was a Victorian soldier in the Indian Army, and a veteran of the Indian Mutiny. His autobiography, From Cadet to Colonel, is available online. I do not, […]