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October 13, 2015
Last Updated on: July 11, 2022

In this issue we highlight the service of Colonel Ernest Brown Wilson, O.B.E, E.D., the seventh commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, The Edmonton Regiment (1940-1942), as well as articles about the unknown 49th Battalion officers of Courcelette, the letters of Private John Layman Snyder, Ed Boyd’s war stories, and more. For more on this read the article in our latest newsletter at the link below.

Our Quarrel with the Foe, Edmonton’s Soldiers 1914-1918

March 8, 2021
Last Updated on: July 11, 2022

By Ian Edwards

An important new book by our own Ian Edwards is now available. His book dives into the story of the Edmonton area Canadian Militia and its preparation to stop the aggression of the Central Powers of Europe. Follow the new Edmonton units as the officers and men came together as comrades within their own unique and cohesive battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, revealing their difficulties and successes mastering command and control, and adapting new tactical skills, weapons, uniforms and equipment.