Blue puttees
Puttees provided ankle support and stopped muck, debris and critters from getting into the boots Newfoundland’s governor answered Britain’s call to arms in August
Sharon Adams
August 1, 2016
Puttees provided ankle support and stopped muck, debris and critters from getting into the boots Newfoundland’s governor answered Britain’s call to arms in August
The Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium— a memorial to 54,395 Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave—is the setting for a daily ritual of remembrance
Lunchtime in the trenches, June 1916. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA000157
Enjoying a smoke in a trench opposite Vimy Ridge. PHOTO: LEGION MAGAZINE ARCHIVES
A soldier scrambles down a communications trench as a shell bursts only a few feet away, August 1916. PHOTO: HENRY KNOBEL, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA000742
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
