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Filip Konowal As stated in the following London Gazette citation, Filip Konowal is a recipient of the Victoria Cross. This

See it here SMY – Central Ontario Branch Western Front Association (cobwfa.ca)

September 26-27 marked the 102nd anniversary of the battle of The Canal du Nord, which is often considered to have

CBC – “What they went through had to be absolutely unbelievable”: Canadian black battalion honoured by French town.

Recently, The House of Commons approved the installation of a memorial to Lt. Col. Samuel Sharpe of the 116th Battalion,

Author/Broadcaster Norm Christie spoke at the May 6, 2018 meeting at the R.S. McLaughlin Armoury. In a video interview afterwards,

Thanks to author Bill Stewart for a great talk on his new book, Canadians on the Somme. Bill spoke to

John McCrae – famous for his poem “In Flanders Fields” Thanks to Will Taylor who’s Uncle Charlie was a Scout

Images of the stone memorial tablets just inside the Newcastle Memorial Hall remembering the men of the town who served.