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As the war dragged on and casualties mounted how did Canadian born or longer term residents in Canada poetically respond to the ultimate sacrifices made? Here is a late war probably written in latter 1917 or the first half of … Continue reading →

Here is a very rare 1916 poem written by Bertrand Lawrence Twinn (born August 27, 1887 near London, England – died: 1972) who served as a clerk in the Canadian Navy during WWI. The poem appeared inside a 1916 Greetings … Continue reading →

From a Great Britain blog “Female Poets of the First World” – List of Female Poets which includes a separate section on Canadian female poets of the war (as of June 26 2016 39 listed!): http://femalewarpoets.blogspot.ca/p/female-poets-of-first-world-war-revised.html Main URL: http://femalewarpoets.blogspot.ca/ The … Continue reading →

“Canada Lad” is a poem on the last page of the immediate post-war published memoirs “Maple Leaves In England” Manchester, England: n.d. (circa 1920) of a very kind “The Little Mother” from Manchester England (aka Mrs. M. Bagshaw) who opened … Continue reading →

Sergeant Horace Henry Anderson,living in Toronto with his wife and one boy aged 8 decided to enlist into the 220th Battalion during the hectic recruiting drives of 1916 when multiple battalions were competing for recruits. An electrician by trade and … Continue reading →

“Farmerettes” Oh, we are the farmerettes, Done up in assorted sets. It was such a pity To stay in the city Along with the slackerettes. A verse composed by V. M. Wright (possibly of Toronto, Ontario) and published: “The Globe”, … Continue reading →

“Daddy’s Answer” is a fine early Toronto Canadian based war poem that captures a good deal of the intra-family conflicts, social tensions and intergenerational conflicts that undoubtedly occurred in countless Canadian and other war families around the world. Naturally given … Continue reading →

I recently located a very rare volume of a Toronto weekly newspaper for 1915, viz.: “The Weekly Mail and Empire and Farm and Fireside.” Toronto, Ontario: Printed by The Mail Printing Co.. This newspaper originated in mid-1872, absorbed some other … Continue reading →

Glassford, Sarah and Shaw, Amy (editors) “A Sisterhood Of Suffering And Service: Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland during the First World War” Vancouver, British Columbia: UBC Press, 2012 x, 346 pages ISBN: 978 – 0 – 7748 – … Continue reading →

Whilst engaged in researching the history of “shellshock” in the CEF and beyond the war years as well as World War I disabled veterans I came across Robert James Campbell Stead’s poem “The Veteran” published in his 1917 book of … Continue reading →