Jonathon Riley. A Matter of Honour: The Life, Campaigns and Generalship of Isaac Brock. London: Frontline Books / Montreal:
Topic: British Army
22 articles tagged British Army
May 12, 2026
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Elliot, Robin
It is a blustery late autumn day at Fort York in 1824; the winds howl and the skies are
May 12, 2026
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Partington, Tony
his article will outline British and Canadian strategy, developed in the decade following the War of 1812, to T
May 12, 2026
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Friends of Fort York
In the Strachan Avenue Military Cemetery at Fort York a weathered gravestone recalls Harriet Isabella Ormsby who died in
by Carl Benn, PhD, Chief Curator, City of Toronto Museums and Heritage Services Much of our understanding of Fort
May 11, 2026
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Russell, Victor
St. John the Evangelist Church was for many years an important spiritual and military establishment in Toronto. First established
May 11, 2026
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Friends of Fort York
In 2005 the Friends’ History & Archaeology Committee, chaired by Andrew Stewart, launched a project to identify and contact
May 11, 2026
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David Juliusson
REVIEW David Juliussen, A History of the Canadian Fencibles, 1803-1816 In British Army parlance of the 19th century, Fencible
May 11, 2026
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Donald E. Graves
REVIEW Ben Townsend, Fashioning Regulation, Regulating Fashion: The Uniforms and Dress of the British Army 1800-1815 (Helion Press) Volume
May 11, 2026
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Friends of Fort York
When regiments of Wellington’s army were sent to Canada in the summer of 1814, their officers’ appearance shocked Lieutenant-General
May 11, 2026
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Harris, Stephen
Although the British Army has frequently (and with reason) been described as a collection of sovereign regiments whose quirky
May 11, 2026
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Russell, Victor
It was late, nearly midnight, on 5 September 1865 when Mr. Attorney General John A. Macdonald stood in the
May 11, 2026
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Kevin, Plummer
“Success attend us, and conduce / To make our winter gay, / And may our Club the seeds produce
May 11, 2026
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Ken, Purvis
It has been often observed that the life of a soldier is characterized by long periods of boredom interrupted
May 11, 2026
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Ryan Goldsworthy
In the summer of 2021, the Museum of the Royal Canadian Military Institute acquired a very fine collection of
May 11, 2026
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Ken Purvis, Senior Program Officer
Last year a collector of militaria approached us, seeking our expertise in evaluating a Napoleonic rope-tensioned military side-drum alleged
