Hedley Boys, Grief, Relief and Commemoration
Hedley Boys, A Small Town's Big Part in the Great War
English - August 26, 2020 18:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBHistory ww1 canada hedley cornwall mining town somme vimy ridge first world war british columbia military history Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The last 3 months of the War bring yet more pain and grief to Hedley and the men still serving. In 1919 the survivors return and decide on commemorating their fallen comrades with one of the earliest WW1 memorials in Canada.