Navy.ca's Fallen Comrades

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.

- Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, Naval Historian 1911

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Today in Military History

April 24

1885:

The Battle of Fish Creek

1915:

VC won by Colour-Sergeant Frederick William Hall, 8th Battalion, CEF, Ypres, Belgium (posthumous)

1915:

VC won by Lt Edward Donald Bellew, 7th Battalion, CEF, Near Keerselaere, Belgium

1916:

Easter uprising Dublin, Ireland

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