Heroes of the Great War - Episode 7 Making Black History with the 116th
February is Black History Month - in honour and recognition this biography profiles one of the young black men who fought and served in the front lines of the war. Private Gordon Douglas Brown was a m...
14 Helmi 202420min
Heroes of the Great War - Episode 5 The Worst Day
This is the story of an unknown massacre...the virtual destruction of 2 companies of soldiers...all done in a matter of minutes mere weeks before the end of the war. This is also the story which led t...
9 Helmi 202441min
Heroes of the Great War - Episode 6 The Unrelenting Clash in the Mind of a Man
Not all casualties and deaths attributed the Great War were incurred at the end of a bayonet, or from shell fire and rifle fire. Tragically, while the roar of the guns drew silent on Nov 11th the war ...
9 Helmi 202421min
Episode 4 - The Man Who Made them Laugh - Cpl Jack Ayre
When the men returned home from the war and the years passed by, when they did get together and reunite each meeting was marked by fraternity, a few handshakes, a couple beers and singing of the auld ...
31 Tammi 202430min
Heroes of the Great War - Episode 3 Canada's Forgotten Ace
In an obscure cemetery just west of Toronto, one of Canada's fifth highest scoring air Ace rests in obscurity. He was arguably one of the most efficient and effective airmen to ever take to the skies ...
26 Tammi 202437min
Heroes of the Great War - Episode 2 My Painful Duty
In this story I take you into the room where the Officer in Command of a battalion has to write home to the families of 37 men who died in the "successful operation". The operation was a full battalio...
18 Tammi 202421min
Heroes of the Great War - Episode 1 Outside Mons
As the seconds ticked down to 11am on the 11th month of the year 1918...not all soldiers were happy that hostilities were about to end. This is the story of one of those lads...it is based on the pers...
15 Tammi 202416min
