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Note: This blog was formerly maintained under topic Canadian Field Artillery - 61st Battery 14th Brigade, begun by Steve Bodie on 20 April 2009.

The last post in the former topic was on 12 February 2018.

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August 10th Photos: Sautricourt, Baudimont, Chery-Chartreuve, Montdidier

© IWM Q 11126 Officers of 3rd and 4th Squadrons, Australian Flying Corps, being presented to King George V at Reclinghem aerodrome, 10 August 1918.  The King is talking to Captain Arthur Harry Cobby RAF, who had then destroyed 30 enemy machines.     © IWM Q 11143 King George V with Major-General Hugh Elles inspecting tanks and crews at Sautricourt, 10 August 1918.     © IWM Q 11144 King George V with Major-General Hugh Elles watching a tank demonstration at Sautri
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August 10th Photos: Chipilly

© IWM Q 6928 Regimental aid post near Chipilly, 10 August 1918. Troops bringing back salvage from the battlefield.   © IWM Q 6929 Captured German 10.5 cm FH 98/09 howitzer and wicker shell carriers. Near Chipilly, 10 August 1918.   © IWM Q 6930 German gun and limber caught by British gun-fire during the retirement. Note dead horses, also wagon shell carriers etc. Near Chipilly, 10 August 1918.   © IWM Q 6939 The ruins of Chipilly the day after it was taken by the 58
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Saturday, 10th August 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 3

Library and Archives Canada   5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lt Virtue   Trench Mortar Battery   Thomas Duncan John "Ring" Ringwood © IWM HU 124965 Major Thomas Duncan John Ringwood.  Unit 60th Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery.   © LBY BOS 192 Handwritten obituary letter and printed obituary from a publica
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August 9th Photos: Amiens, Albert, Frohen-le-Grand

© IWM Q 9192 German prisoners arriving at a temporary POW camp near Amiens, 9 August 1918.   © IWM Q 9193 German prisoners arriving at a temporary POW camp near Amiens, 9 August 1918.   © IWM Q 9194 German prisoners in a temporary POW camp near Amiens, 9 August 1918.   © IWM Q 9246 Mark V tanks of the 10th Battalion, Tank Corps tanks numbers are J17, J18, J19, and J29 attached to the III Corps during the Battle of Amiens, standing in a cornfield near Albert, 9
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August 9th Photos: Malard Wood, Chipilly Ridge

© IWM Q 48367 A new tractor of the 28th Division being used for hauling long range guns at St. Gilles, 9 August 1918.   © IWM Q 6922 British soldier examining captured German mortars. Malard Wood, 9 August 1918.   © IWM Q 6923 British soldier examining captured German mortars. Malard Wood, 9 August 1918.   © IWM Q 6924 Gunners of the Royal Horse Artillery RHA examining a captured German 77mm field gun and Maxim machine gun. Malard Wood, 9 August 1918.   ©
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Friday, 9th August 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 2

Library and Archives Canada     5th Canadian Divisional Artillery     14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery     61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery     Lt Virtue     Trench Mortar Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery     Alexander Picton Brereton Photo by Terry Macdonald September 1992   John Brillant 09h33 28th April 2015        
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August 8th Photos: Mollien-au-Bois, Lamotte-en-Santerre, Bray-sur-Somme

© IWM Q 9260 King George V decorating 12 men of the 33rd Illinois Division with awards won at Hamel on 4 July. Molliens au Bois, 8 August 1918.   © IWM Q 9261 King George V decorating a soldier of the 33rd Illinois Division with award won at Hamel on 4 July. Molliens au Bois, 8 August 1918.   © IWM Q 9262 King George V decorating an officer of the 33rd Illinois Division with award won at Hamel on 4 July. Molliens au Bois, 8 August 1918.   © IWM Q 10377 Men of the 95
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August 8th Photos: Malard Wood, Maricourt, Sailly-le-Sec

© IWM Q 6918 Officers of the 8th and 10th Battalions, London Regiment 58th Division conferring by a captured German mortar. Near Malard Wood, 8 August 1918.   © IWM Q 6919 Officers of the 8th and 10th Battalions, London Regiment 58th Division by a captured German mortar. Near Malard Wood, 8 August 1918.   © IWM Q 6920 Soldiers of the 8th Battalion, London Regiment Post Office Rifles, 58th Division examining German captured MG 08/15 machine guns. Near Malard Wood, 8 August 191
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August 8th Photos: Lamotte-en-Santerre, Sailly Laurette, Malard Wood

© IWM Q 61313 Ruins of the church at Lamotte-en-Santerre, 8 August 1918.   © IWM Q 65534 A British Mark V tank B56, 9003 of the 2 Battalion, Tank Corps leaving Lamotte-en-Santerre for an attack, 8 August 1918.   © IWM Q 68975 A British Mark V tank B56, 9003 of the 2 Battalion, Tank Corps crossing the ditch at the side of a road at Lamotte-en-Santerre, 8 August 1918.   © IWM Q 6906 Captured German prisoners emerging from a cellar in Sailly Laurette, 8 August 1918.
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Thursday, 8th August 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days

Library and Archives Canada   5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery D-Sub, 61st Field Battery gun position at 04h20 8th August 1918 The actual position was only 50 feet ahead, and on the horizon were the German lines. I still wonder if that slight depression is where the gun was.   Lt. A.G. Virtue   Trench Mortar Battery   60th F
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Sir Arthur Currie on the Battle of Amiens, Toronto Globe 1931

From the Benner Collection Saved by family Toronto Globe Newspaper, 1931   Most Effective Blow of the War Was Conducted by the Canadians Whose Magnificent Victory Over the Germans Made Further Advances Possible.   Without doubt one of the most gripping stories told about the Great War is contained in an exclusive interview obtained at Montreal by the Toronto Globe from General Sir Arthur Currie.  It is the inside story of the strategy displayed in the Battle of Amiens, in
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7 August 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days + 1

Canada's Hundred Days + 1   5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lt Virtue   60th Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   55th Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Trench Mortar Battery  
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6 August 1918

5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   60th Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery  
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5 August 1918

5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lt Virtue  
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4 August 1918 - 4th Anniversary of The Great War

5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lt Virtue   60th Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery     100 YEARS AGO TODAY:  The Fourth Anniversary of The Great War Commemoration Service at the 1st Army Headquarters, Le Château de Ranchicourt, Sunday, 4th August, 1918.  General Henry Horne, the Commander of the Army, presiding over Britis
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3 August 1918

5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lt Virtue   60th Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery  
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2 August 1918

5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lt Virtue  
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1 August 1918

5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lt Virtue   60th Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery  
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31 July 1918

5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lt Virtue   55th Battery   31 Jul 18 MIKAN 3643046 Canadian Ammunition Column passing 6 inch Naval guns. july, 1918   31 Jul 18 MIKAN 3522418 Duke of Connaught leaving Ypres Prison. July, 1918  
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30 July 1918

5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lieutenant Abner Gladstone Virtue   55th Battery   MIKAN 3522239 Officers of the 6th Brigade., C.F.A. July, 1918   MIKAN 3522235 Officers of the 16th Battery, C.F.A. July, 1918   MIKAN 3522234 Officers of the 25th Battery C.F.A. July, 1918   30 Jul 18 © IWM Q 60568 The Popham panel-syste
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29 July 1918

5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lt Abner Gladstone Virtue   29 Jul 18 MIKAN 3522232 Officers of the 15th Battery, C.F.A. July, 1918   29 Jul 18 MIKAN 3522230 Officers of the 22nd Battery, C.F.A. July, 1918   29 Jul 18 © IWM Q 9139 The Canadian journalists visit the Canadian Red Cross Rest House, staffed by Canadian Voluntary Aid Detach
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28 July 1918

5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lt Virtue   28 Jul 18 © IWM Q 9142 The Canadian journalists visiting Ypres, 28 July 1918.   28 Jul 18 © IWM Q 9143 The Canadian journalists visiting Ypres, 28 July 1918.   28 Jul 18 © IWM Q 9144 The Canadian journalists in front of the Cloth Hall, Ypres. 28 July 1918.   28 Jul 18 © IWM Q 9161 M
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27 July 1918

5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   27 Jul 18 MIKAN 3522217 N.C.O.s and Men, Headquarters Staff of 26th Battalion. July, 1918   27 Jul 18 MIKAN 3522210 Company Officers and N.C.O.s of 26th Battalion. July, 1918   Canadian journalists, 21st-27th July, 1918 in Forest of Conches, Hesdin, Doullens, Rang du Fliers, and Hangest.   General Simon Fraser,
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26 July 1918

5th Canadian Divisional Artillery   14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lt Virtue   26 Jul 18 MIKAN 3522195 Officers of the 87th Canadian Infantry Battalion. July, 1918   26 Jul 18 MIKAN 3522200 Officers of the 102nd Canadian Infantry Battalion. July, 1918   26 Jul 18 MIKAN 3522208 Company Officers and N.C.O.s of 26th Battalion. July, 1918  
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