Battlefield Vlog: Canadians at Hill 62

Posted on February 7, 2024 by

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In this latest Battlefield Vlog we walk along Maple Avenue, through Sanctuary Wood to the crest of Hill 62 where the men of the 3rd (Canadian) Division fought in the Battle of Mount Sorrel in June 1916. We see the Canadian Memorial on Hill 62 and discuss Canada’s contribution to the fighting in Flanders in the Great War.

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Category: Battlefield Vlog, Flanders, Ypres

14 Comments on “Battlefield Vlog: Canadians at Hill 62”

  1. Thank you, Paul, for another interesting and informative Vlog. I appreciated your detailed discussion of the Canadian contributions during this part of The Great War. Looking forward to the next Vlog. Have a great day! 🇨🇦

    Burke

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  2. Paul,

    Thanks for another great VLOG. Seeing the landscape while you describe what happened there makes the conflict much easier for me to understand. Will you be going back to the Somme any time soon?

    Dick

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  4. LOVED this! I would be most grateful if you ever had time to send me a list or links to your favorite Canadian content.

    My grandfather was a lieutenant/captain in the Canadian artillery for the last half of the war. The hundred days offensive was his major action. I have done 4 Battlefield tours. On my most recent one I actually was able to track down many of his gun locations (there wasn’t a whole lot to see but it was amazing following in his footsteps). I also went to Valenciennes where he won the MC, we think we found the exact location referenced in his citation.

    I have just searched Your podcast website with the term “Canadians” and got 10 ‘hits’……. lots of reading and listening opportunities ahead.

    My grandfather tried, unsuccessfully, to prevent my father from joining the artillery during WW II. I’ve now followed his route from Juno into Holland, I read Tim Cook’s books enroute.

    Many thanks for all you do. Cheers, Barb

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  7. I have recently been inspired (by a visit to Massiges and this superb podcast to research my family connections to WW1, based on the scraps of discussions that my father can remember. One line of enquiry was my great-grand uncle Thomas Henry Jackson, he was a pretty straightforward archival search – a recent emigrant to Canada from London he was killed at sanctuary wood on 5 Jun 1916 and his name appears on panel 32 on the Menin Gate ( I saw this on a school trip in my youth, but had no idea of the significance and indeed no access to his service record). At 22, his record shows that he was serving with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion and had only spent a relatively short time in theatre. Most poignant is the Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty) detailing that, although previously reported missing “information is available that he was buried in the debris, resultant from the explosion of an enemy shell that struck the parapet of the front line trench he was in, at sanctuary wood.” I would love to know what information this refers to – some more detective work required! Thank you for bringing this theatre of war to life.

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  8. I have recently been inspired (by a visit to Massiges and this superb podcast to research my family connections to WW1, based on the scraps of discussions that my father can remember. One line of enquiry was my great-grand uncle Thomas Henry Jackson, he was a pretty straightforward archival search – a recent emigrant to Canada from London he was killed at sanctuary wood on 5 Jun 1916 and his name appears on panel 32 on the Menin Gate ( I saw this on a school trip in my youth, but had no idea of the significance and indeed no access to his service record). At 22, his record shows that he was serving with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion and had only spent a relatively short time in theatre. Most poignant is the Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty) detailing that, although previously reported missing “information is available that he was buried in the debris, resultant from the explosion of an enemy shell that struck the parapet of the front line trench he was in, at sanctuary wood.” I would love to know what information this refers to – some more detective work required! Thank you for bringing this theatre of war to life.

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