I know little about The Royal Marines. My paternal grandfather is my only connection to this group, though he never was a member of them (that I am aware of). He lived in Gillingham, now part of Chatham UK, and was the home of Marine barracks. I recently found on Twitter Clive Holden who is…
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The Salvation Army 1938
Leading up to WW2 my grandparents were stationed with The Salvation Army in Hamilton at Argyle Citadel. The 1938 War Cry features this small article on the corps cadets and corps cadet Sunday noting a 100% turn out. It’s interesting noting that the territory in those days was Canada, Alaska, Newfoundland and Bermuda. Knowing the…
A visit to the Western Waters
We had been talking about it for a few weeks. When would we be able to travel to Edmonton to see Philip, Amanda, Carlyle, Fitz and Paige? We were with them in February for a few days and we had return trips planned in May and August, but those trips were cancelled. We had planned…
Hybrid Thoughts 