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Category Archives: History
London’s Lord Mayor and the Frontiersmen
Topic October / November 2022. When the Lord Mayor of London, The Rt. Hon. Lord Mais, stepped onto the train at Agassiz Station late in the evening of Tuesday August 14th 1973 to continue a train journey across Canada it … Continue reading
The First Adjutant
Topic August / September 2022. To follow the previous topic page, another instance of a sad and early death is that of Charles Cory Kernick. Kernick was a world traveller and this was before the days when travellers to less civilised … Continue reading
Posted in Frontiersmen, History, Latest Topic, Legion of Frontiersmen, Roger Pocock
Tagged Charles Cory Kernick
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The Perils of Hurried Handwriting
Topic June / July 2022. One of the tasks assigned to History and Archives when it was set up in 2001 was to demolish the many myths which have sprung up around the Legion of Frontiersmen. One of the earliest … Continue reading
Posted in Frontiersmen, History, Latest Topic, Legion of Frontiersmen
Tagged Lizzie Ireland, Lord Haldon, Palk family
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A Frontiersmen Magazine Centenary
Topic April / May 2022. Apart from the 1918 War Issue, the Frontiersman magazine had not been produced since the summer of 1914. Everyone wanted a Legion magazine, but it had always struggled to break even. There was a shortage … Continue reading
A Gallimaufry of Untold Tales
Topic Feb/Mar 2022. A constant stream of stories pass over the desks of the official Legion of Frontiersmen historians. Most of these stories are too brief to form a Topic page. In this topic page we will pause to tell … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Frontiersmen, History, Latest Topic, Legion of Frontiersmen
Tagged Hong Kong, Sir John Martin Harvey
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Keeping Clear of Politics
Topic Dec 21 / Jan 22. We saw in the previous topic page how Kaid Belton was dissatisfied because the Frontiersmen were not doing enough to counter the “Bolshies”, either in the original Legion of Frontiersmen or the breakaway Independent … Continue reading
An Oddity: “The Imperial Legion” and the Kaid
Topic Oct/Nov 2021. Andrew Belton has appeared before on these pages in Tasting Adventure and Revolution regarding his adventures in Morocco in 1908. From what has been written about him in various places (most of it based on his own versions) … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Frontiersmen, History, Latest Topic, Legion of Frontiersmen, Roger Pocock
Tagged Kaid Belton, Morocco
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Not All Battles – But Definitely Some Conflicts
Topic August / September 2021. We show on this website how busy the Frontiersmen have always been both in war and peace. They have carried out many duties and served their communities and their countries. Behind the scenes, not everything … Continue reading
Posted in Frontiersmen, History, Latest Topic, Legion of Frontiersmen
Tagged Belgium, War Memorials
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Legion of Frontiersmen Medals
Topic June / July 2021. The Legion historians and archivists regularly receive enquiries about Legion medals. So far we have hesitated, the reason being that, whilst the story is reasonably straightforward until about 1975, the picture afterwards becomes extremely cloudy. Commands, … Continue reading
Not All Battles and Conflicts
Topic Apr / May 2021. Frontiersmen Artists. It is well known that Frontiersmen have always brought special skills of many kinds to the Legion. These were men of action, but it has not often been realised that there were also … Continue reading
Posted in Frontiersmen, History, Latest Topic, Legion of Frontiersmen, Roger Pocock
Tagged James Henry Dowd, Koekkoek, Lance Cattermole, Punch
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The Frontiersmen Historian 