ejwalshe Posted 28 January , 2018 Share Posted 28 January , 2018 28 January 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A. 61st Field Battery 28 Jan 18 MIKAN 3395344 One of our big guns and a few shells used in bombardment. January, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 29 January , 2018 Share Posted 29 January , 2018 29 January 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A. 61st Field Battery 29 Jan 18 MIKAN 3404859 Canadian troops passing through a back area on their way up to the line. Women are seen leaving the town which Heine shells with his long-range guns. January, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 30 January , 2018 Share Posted 30 January , 2018 (edited) 30 January 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A. 61st Field Battery 30 Jan 18 actual date MIKAN 3522106 The Canadian Corps Commander inspects 2nd Divisional Train. January, 1918 30 Jan 18 actual date MIKAN 3522107 The Canadian Corps Commander inspects 2nd Divisional Train. January, 1918 30 Jan 18 actual date MIKAN 3522108 The Canadian Corps Commander inspects 2nd Divisional Train. January, 1918 30 Jan 18 actual date MIKAN 3522109 The Canadian Corps Commander inspects 2nd Divisional Train. January, 1918 30 Jan 18 actual date MIKAN 3522110 The Canadian Corps Commander inspects 2nd Divisional Train. January, 1918 2nd Canadian Divisional Train Edited 30 January , 2018 by ejwalshe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 31 January , 2018 Share Posted 31 January , 2018 31 January 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A. 61st Field Battery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 1 February , 2018 Share Posted 1 February , 2018 (edited) 1 February 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A. 61st Field Battery 01 Feb 18 MIKAN 3194333 A Canadian sleeping in the front line. February, 1918 01 Feb 18 MIKAN 3194334 A Canadian giving his pet a much needed wash. February, 1918 Edited 1 February , 2018 by ejwalshe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 2 February , 2018 Share Posted 2 February , 2018 (edited) 2 February 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A. 61st Field Battery 02 Feb 18 MIKAN 3194451 Two comrades of the late L Sergt. E.W. Sifton, V.C., 18th Battalion, visit his grave. February, 1918 02 Feb 18 MIKAN 3194811 Winter on Canadian Front showing barbed wire covered with frost. February, 1918 02 Feb 18 MIKAN 3405514 Officers of the 4th C.M.R.s in France. February, 1918.jpg Edited 2 February , 2018 by ejwalshe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 3 February , 2018 Share Posted 3 February , 2018 3 February 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A.https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/74de/4gnttormt6tn6hu6g.jpg 61st Field Battery 03 Feb 18 MIKAN 3379682 General Sir Arthur Currie unveiling the Memorial erected by Canadian Artillery in memory of Artillerymen who fell during the taking of Vimy Ridge February, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 4 February , 2018 Share Posted 4 February , 2018 4 February 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A. 61st Field Battery 04 Feb 18 MIKAN 3379684 Memorial erected to the soldiers of the 1st Canadian Division who fell during the taking of Vimy Ridge. February, 1918 04 Feb 18 MIKAN 3379685 Memorial erected to the soldiers of the 1st Canadian Division who fell during the taking of Vimy Ridge. February, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 5 February , 2018 Share Posted 5 February , 2018 5 February 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A. 61st Field Battery 05 Feb 18 MIKAN 3392551 Scene on a railroad on Canadian front near Lens. February, 1918https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d102/z8a9nzgg20h0va96g.jpg 05 Feb 18 MIKAN 3394758 M. Clemenceau, French Prime Minister, visits the Canadian Front. February, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 6 February , 2018 Share Posted 6 February , 2018 6 February 1918 5th Divisional Artilleryhttps://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c806/212ondb450oixde6g.jpg 14th Brigade C.F.A.https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c2f9/89ae5dtvz69i6x86g.jpg 61st Field Battery 06 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395023 General Horne, General Sir Julian Byng, General Sir Arthur Currie and Major-General Sir H.F. Mercer at unveiling of Memorial to Artillerymen who fell on Vimy Ridge. February, 1918 06 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395347 Getting their Howitzer into position near Lens. February, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 7 February , 2018 Share Posted 7 February , 2018 7 February 1918 5th Divisional Artilleryhttps://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cd5d/zdd4d0ayfwlnfse6g.jpg 14th Brigade C.F.A.https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/06fe/bgczx1avrftchnh6g.jpg 60th Field Battery - John Stanislaus Original Letter: http://www.mediafire.com/file/4ngbnofwx57745o/07_Feb_18_JSLetter.pdf 61st Field Batteryhttps://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9843/e97et20775dovnk6g.jpg 07 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395348 Heavy Artillery Battery near Lens. February, 1918https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c4e2/nmwpzei1mm1pfk76g.jpg 07 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395349 Artillerymen getting Howitzer into position, Lens. February, 1918https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/82f9/2u2eh5jom3v00is6g.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 8 February , 2018 Share Posted 8 February , 2018 8 February 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A. 61st Field Battery 08 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395350 An ammunition loading point. February, 1918 08 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395351 An ammunition dump back of our Army. February, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 8 February , 2018 Share Posted 8 February , 2018 8 February 2018 We all know Robert Oppenheimer paraphrased the original text from the Bhagavad-Gita: Robert Oppenheimer wrote: Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. Oppenheimer had substituted "Death" for "Time".It dawned on me from an early age that my grandfather had much in common with this phrase.I always thought it was fortunate that my grandfather was in the artillery, and not the infantry, for I imagined his chances of surviving the war would indeed have been slim in the infantry, and I would not be here to tell this story.I will never know how much he was troubled by having killed so many men (and presumably civilians too). Undoubtedly, if you survived the war as a gunner, you would have been responsible for the death of many, many men. His faith was what gave my grandfather strength throughout his life. He needed it. Not just in war, but in the early years after the war, and later in life when he would suffer the loss of both his children in their thirties. He was my "long-distance" father growing up. We corresponded often and he left a void in my life which remains to this day when he passed away.In a couple of days, we will be reading about one man from the 61st who's faith wasn't enough to save his own life.He was like so many other men - troubled by having to take the lives of so many others. Edward Walshe wrote: The casualties of war continue long after the killing has stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 9 February , 2018 Share Posted 9 February , 2018 9 February 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A. 61st Field Battery 09 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395352 Uncovering a large naval gun behind Canadian lines. February, 191809 09 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395353 Getting a Howitzer into position on Canadian front. February, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 10 February , 2018 Share Posted 10 February , 2018 10 February 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A. 61st Field Battery Major Colin Hood Collinson Belgium 10 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395354 Canadian Ammunition Column passing 12 inch guns. February, 1918 10 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395355 Heavy Artillery BL 60-pounder passing through a village. February, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 11 February , 2018 Share Posted 11 February , 2018 11 February 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A. 61st Field Battery MIKAN 3396797-3396801 Chinese Labour Battalions in France celebrating the Chinese New Year on 11th February, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 12 February , 2018 Share Posted 12 February , 2018 12 February 1918 5th Divisional Artillery 14th Brigade C.F.A. 60th Field Battery - Betram Cox 61st Field Battery 12 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395356 Canadian Heavy [Howitzer] arriving at a Canadian Mobile Ordnance Workshop. February, 1918 12 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395357 Canadian Heavy [Howitzer] arriving at a Canadian Mobile Ordnance Workshop. February, 1918 12 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395358 Canadian Heavy [Howitzer] arriving at a Canadian Mobile Ordnance Workshop. February, 1918 12 Feb 18 MIKAN 3395359 Canadian Heavy [Howitzer] arriving at a Canadian Mobile Ordnance Workshop. February, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejwalshe Posted 12 February , 2018 Share Posted 12 February , 2018 Please note this is my last entry on this topic as the discussion will now be continued in blog format. See the Blog here: 61st Field Battery, 14th Brigade. C.F.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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