Tag Archives: Cy Peck
Acland in the Regimental History – Part III….
This is the third and final post documenting each significant mention of Peregrine Acland in Kim Beattie’s marvelous regimental history, The 48th Highlanders of Canada: 1891-1928. As you’ll recall, Acland was lightly wounded in the action at Mont Sorrel but … Continue reading
Mentioned in Dispatches…
War Office, 1st June, 1917. The following is in continuation of Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch* of 9th April, submitting names deserving of special mention, published in the London Gazette of Tuesday, 15th May, 1917. Peregrine Acland’s mention in … Continue reading
The Prince Rupert Daily News (Part II)…
In Jonathan Vance’s brilliant study of Canada’s reaction to the First World War, Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning and the First World War much is made in Chapter 6: Safeguarding the Past, about the negative reactions to the realistic portrayals … Continue reading
