From the West Coast to the Western Front : British Columbians and the Great War /

From the West Coast to the Western Front : British Columbians and the Great War /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Forsythe, Mark, author.
Imprint:	Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing, [2014] ©2014
Description:	261 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	World War (1914-1918) World War, 1914-1918 -- British Columbia -- Biography. Soldiers -- British Columbia -- Biography. World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front. Military campaigns. Soldiers. British Columbia -- Biography. British Columbia. Western Front (World War (1914-1918)) Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10130029

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Other authors / contributors:	Dickson, Greg, 1956- author.
ISBN:	9781550176667 1550176668 9781550176674 1550176676
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Text in English.
Summary:	Compiling stories, artifacts and photos sent in by BC Almanac listeners from across the province, this volume tells of submarine smuggling, bagpipes lost on the battlefield, and of the ongoing struggles by soldiers who made it home. It tells of battles that set records for mass death amid conditions of unequalled squalor, but also of the heroism of front-line nurses and soldiers like George McLean, a First Nations man from the Okanagan who won the Distinguished Conduct Medal. By turns devastating, harrowing, insightful and miraculous, these stories reveal much about the spirit and resilience of a people who survived one of history's greatest disasters to build the province we have today.

Table of Contents:

The Big Men of the War: Premier McBride and General Currie
Off to War: Training and Trenches
Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Courage: Our Victoria Cross Recipients
BC's Naval Legacy: Improvising to Protect the West Coast
Our Flying Aces: Daring Young Men
Journey to Vimy: Canada's Soldiers Come of Age
Two Horsemen, Two Solitudes: George McLean and Gordon Flowerdew
First Nations Soldiers: So Many Served
Canada's Nursing Sisters: Our Daughters on the Front Lines
BC Women and the Great War: Breaking Barriers
Tales the Cenotaphs Tell: Sacrifice, Remembrance and Commemoration
They Fought for Canada, but They Couldn't Vote
They Chose Not to Fight: Socialists, Pacifists and Deserters
BC's Internment Camps: Behind the Barbed Wire
The War's Lasting Legacy: Inspiring Arts, Culture and Sports
Victory, but at What Cost?
Our Own: The Regiments.