Remembrance Day Archives - Birch Cliff News

11 Nov 2020

Remembering Birch Cliff’s war dead

November 11, 2020
By Hedy Korbee
Harold Melville Tarver, Remembrance Day, veterans, World War II

From insurance salesman to WW II Flying Officer with the “Demon Squadron”, Birch Cliff”s Harold Melville Tarver made the ultimate sacrifice during WWII.

10 Nov 2014

History

Great War sacrifice

By Hedy Korbee When the First World War broke out in 1914, Birch Cliff was a tiny village surrounded by farmland. Tucked into the southwest corner of Scarborough Township (total population 5,000), Birch Cliff was sparsely settled...

11 Nov 2012

History, News

Courcelette P.S. remembers

November 11, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Alex Napier, Courcelette Public School, Joseph Woods, Remembrance Day, veterans

Students at Courcelette Public School renewed their special bond with Canada’s veterans at a Remembrance Day ceremony attended by a veteran who went to the school 90 years ago. 97-year old Alex Napier was a...

10 Nov 2012

Birch Cliff Public School, History

Birch Cliff PS Remembrance Day

November 10, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Remembrance Day, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 13

The students of Birch Cliff Public School and veterans came together yesterday for a solemn and heartwarming Remembrance Day ceremony at the local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. As veterans looked on, the students...

09 Nov 2012

History

Lest we forget: Thomas Davis

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Red Deer Avenue, Remembrance Day, Thomas Edward Davis, veterans, World War II

As Remembrance Day approaches, we’re telling the stories of servicemen from Birch Cliff who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War II. In part two of our series - Thomas Edward Davis. ~~~~ Thomas Edward Davis...