Sun, 2022/12/04 - 3:37pm
Smoke me a kipper; I'll be back for breakfast.
Fri, 2022/11/11 - 12:15pm
My dad's discharge papers. Note the date of enlistment: 12th December, 1941. He was born in 1926 (which you can half see in the ripped part at the top below the word ARMY.) Do the math... he was 15. He lied about his age. On August 19, 1942, at 16 years old, he was at Dieppe. After that he was in North Africa and Italy. They found out, the age at the time of his discharge in 1945 on the form, 19, is correct.
Wed, 2015/11/11 - 12:47pm
#dailycolonist1915 #WWI - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago.
I am, at last, caught up to exactly 100 years ago. The beginning of November 1915 has the British using gas for the first time, fighting in Bulgaria, King George V recovering from an accident at the front, the defeat of women's suffrage in the United States, new innovations in aerial warfare, and a new Japanese emperor, among other news.
Sat, 2015/11/07 - 2:39pm
#dailycolonist1915 #WWI - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:
Drug runners, whalers, pirates, propaganda, protests, Zeppelin attacks, giant telescopes, darkest Africa, Hallowe'en haunted houses, murder and atrocities are just a few of the things I've picked out from October 1915.
Sun, 2015/11/01 - 5:11pm
#dailycolonist1915 #WWI - The news our of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:
In this update: Zeppelins, conspiracy theory (1915 style), propaganda, genocide, fall fashions, exploration and discovery in the far north, a major allied offensive on the western front and more.
Wed, 2015/10/14 - 12:13pm
#dailycolonist1915 #WWI - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:
In an effort to catch up to being exactly one hundred years ago, this update covers just over a month. There is a lot in this update even though I restricted myself to just one article per day.
Sun, 2015/09/13 - 11:58am
#dailycolonist1915 #WWI - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago.
German savagery and terrorism, the anniversary of the British Empire declaring war, fall of Warsaw, American occupation of Haiti, and the creation of the Revelstoke internment camp. [I planned to cover more days in this installment, but the Internet Archive is down for maintenance today.]
Sat, 2015/09/05 - 11:53am
#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago.
Honours for the Canadian Prime Minister, genocide in Syria, new and horrible war technologies, a famous electric chair execution, legal haggling over Kits Point, progress on the world's largest telescope, news of a good whaling season, Victoria man's body killed in the sinking of the Lusitania recovered in Ireland, and amazing entertainment at the Pantages.
Thu, 2015/08/27 - 2:31pm
#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago.
A big update as I try to catch up, ending on the anniversary of the event the started the war.
Sat, 2015/08/08 - 9:15am
#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:
In a mere two days we have genocide, secret agents, conspiracy, awards from the king, real technology that reads like steampunk fiction and a new university.
