Category Archives: World War One

Possibly the first ‘stop smoking’ campaign…

Posted on March 16, 2011 by brushedwithmystery
Posted in 1900-1914, Art, historical, Photo of the week, World War One | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

A Cable from the Front February 1, 1917

Posted on February 9, 2011 by brushedwithmystery

Great Gran’s Journal Feb 2, 1917 I was a very happy person when I went into town Wednesday 31st.  I had just received a letter from Guy(her son).  That was great joy of itself and in Guy’s letter were these … Continue reading →

Posted in historical, history and literature, Kingston, primary resource, World War One | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Excerpt from Grandfather’s journal

Posted on January 25, 2011 by brushedwithmystery

June 24, 1919 Chapter 1 My father(Lieut-Col. T.C.D. Bedell) was one of the first to volunteer for active service in August of 1914.  He went to England with the surplus officers and went through all of the terrible hardships on … Continue reading →

Posted in Grandfather's journal 1919, historical, old photographs, primary resource, World War One | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Salisbury Plains: 1915

Posted on January 22, 2011 by brushedwithmystery

During World War One, Canadian troops were trained at Valcartier (I found some of the pictures of this training camp in my gran’s photographs, and have posted some of them on this site). After their training, the Canadian troops were … Continue reading →

Posted in old photographs, World War One | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Preparing for War in 1914: the Questionnaire

Posted on January 6, 2011 by brushedwithmystery
Posted in historical, politics, primary resource, World War One | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment