Captain Arthur Gerald Knight, DSO , MC.(30 july 1895- 20 december 1916) A British flying ace from Toronto and credited with eight air victories, he was attacked by Oswald Boelcke and Erwin Böhme, when they suddenly collided, resulting in Boelcke’s death. Two months later, Knight was to be shot down by the « red Baron […]
It was by trying to understand why the municipality of Vimy had decided to give one of its streets the name of a general, that we conducted our own investigation !The first opinions suggested the French Empire General Jean Lalanne (1766-1841), who was a famous brigadier general as soon as 1793. However, our President, Philippe […]
Calgary woman dies after seeing husband’s grave on trip to Vimy Seizure fatal to Mrs. Rosanne Kemp on LinerWar widow dies on Pilgrimage. Seized with a heart attack brought on by the excitement of viewing the grave of her soldier husband near Vimy Ridge on Saturday, Mrs. Rosanne Kemp, 60L Fifth street west, Calgary, died […]
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