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CBC Outfront put on a small radio show in December 2004 concerning Infantry Signaller Gordon Howard Dobson of the 102nd Canadian Infantry Battalion. He was KIA and remains never found at the end of the Battle of Passendale in Nov 1917.
The 102nd Bn CEF is one of two Bn`s I am mapping for a GPS trek based on their war diary grid refs translated into modern day latitude and longitude so you can follow them via a Garmin GPS or any GPS you can buy on the commercial market.
The quick story - the unit was recruited in Comox BC in early 1916 they deployed into the Ypres Battle
Area in Belgium in mid Aug 1916 - they were one of the CEF`s 48 Battalions in operations and took their share of enemy targets and paid a heavy price. The story is on the website below - was written by a Sgt in their HQ who was a Newspaperman from Victoria. Their colours are now in Vancouver`s Christ Church Cathedral.
Flash forward to 2002 - on of his relatives sends me info to post on the 102 Bn site at http://www.donlowconcrete.com/102/warpages/pte_dobson.htm - and we thought that was the end of the story. You will see a picture of the memorial medallion they sent to families to the left of the picture of the girl he left behind. He was from Bruce Mines Ontario.
A lady at an auction found the memorial medallion - also known as the DEAD MAN`s PENNY in a box of stuff she bought at an auction.... one thing leads to another as they say - she saw the 102 website and then got in touch with the Bruce Mines Legion and made a presentation of the medallion to them
You can listen to the radio show by clicking this REAL AUDIO LINK below
http://www.cbc.ca/outfront/media/2004/04-12-21-outfront.ram
Feel free to explore the 102nd Bn website at www.donlowconcrete.com/102 --- they lost about 800 soldiers in 2 years of operations from Aug 1916 - Nov 1918.
In Canadian Military History - every day is Remembrance Day
The 102nd Bn CEF is one of two Bn`s I am mapping for a GPS trek based on their war diary grid refs translated into modern day latitude and longitude so you can follow them via a Garmin GPS or any GPS you can buy on the commercial market.
The quick story - the unit was recruited in Comox BC in early 1916 they deployed into the Ypres Battle
Area in Belgium in mid Aug 1916 - they were one of the CEF`s 48 Battalions in operations and took their share of enemy targets and paid a heavy price. The story is on the website below - was written by a Sgt in their HQ who was a Newspaperman from Victoria. Their colours are now in Vancouver`s Christ Church Cathedral.
Flash forward to 2002 - on of his relatives sends me info to post on the 102 Bn site at http://www.donlowconcrete.com/102/warpages/pte_dobson.htm - and we thought that was the end of the story. You will see a picture of the memorial medallion they sent to families to the left of the picture of the girl he left behind. He was from Bruce Mines Ontario.
A lady at an auction found the memorial medallion - also known as the DEAD MAN`s PENNY in a box of stuff she bought at an auction.... one thing leads to another as they say - she saw the 102 website and then got in touch with the Bruce Mines Legion and made a presentation of the medallion to them
You can listen to the radio show by clicking this REAL AUDIO LINK below
http://www.cbc.ca/outfront/media/2004/04-12-21-outfront.ram
Feel free to explore the 102nd Bn website at www.donlowconcrete.com/102 --- they lost about 800 soldiers in 2 years of operations from Aug 1916 - Nov 1918.
In Canadian Military History - every day is Remembrance Day
