Biographical

The Virtual Museum library is a collection of reference material, including photographs, relating to Canada’s military services.

Resources

Letters and Diaries of a Nursing Sister

Letters and Diaries of a Nursing Sister

TITLE: Letters and Diaries of a Nursing Sister Author: Helen L. Fowlds Publisher:     Although they were never published as a book, you can find Nursing Sister Helen L. Fowlds letters and diary on the Trent University website. Her letters can be...

Warrior Rising: A Soldier’s Journey to PTSD and Back

Warrior Rising: A Soldier’s Journey to PTSD and Back

TITLE: Warrior Rising: A Soldier’s Journey to PTSD and Back Author: Chris Linford Publisher: Friesen Press, Victoria, BC, Canada, ISBN: Hardcover: 978-1-4602-1992-8, Paperback: 978-1-4602-1993-5, eBook: 978-1-4602-1994-2     Warrior Rising is a...

World War I

Battlefront Nurse in WW I

Battlefront Nurse in WW I

TITLE: Battlefront Nurse in WW I Author: Maureen Duffus Publisher: Victoria, BC, 2009     The story of four years in the lives of two nursing sisters who enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Esquimalt, British Columbia, in the summer...

Nursing Sisters, Canada

Nursing Sisters, Canada

TITLE: Nursing Sisters, Canada Author: Harold A. Skaarup Publisher:     That at the beginning of the Great War of 1914-18 there were five Permanent Force nurses and 57 listed in reserves. By 1917, the Canadian Army Nursing Service included 2,030...

The Medical Services

The Medical Services

TITLE: The Medical ServicesAuthor: Sir Andrew MacPhailPublisher: Department of National Defence  This is the official of the Canadian military service in the Great War 1914 -1918. Sir Andrew MacPhail was Professor of the History of Medicine at McGill...

Pre World War II

Battlefront Nurse in WW I

Battlefront Nurse in WW I

TITLE: Battlefront Nurse in WW I Author: Maureen Duffus Publisher: Victoria, BC, 2009     The story of four years in the lives of two nursing sisters who enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Esquimalt, British Columbia, in the summer...

WW1 Nursing Sisters of Old  Durham County

WW1 Nursing Sisters of Old Durham County

TITLE: WW1 Nursing Sisters of Old Durham County Author: Publisher:     This book features 36 nurses from WW1 who had a connection to the old Durham County. Find out what their lives were like ‘over there’; what happened during their service?;...

Nursing Sisters, Canada

Nursing Sisters, Canada

TITLE: Nursing Sisters, Canada Author: Harold A. Skaarup Publisher:     That at the beginning of the Great War of 1914-18 there were five Permanent Force nurses and 57 listed in reserves. By 1917, the Canadian Army Nursing Service included 2,030...

Korea

Though some insist it should be referred to as the “Korean Conflict” or a police action because the participants never officially declared “war,” there are few veterans who would disagree that the fighting in Korea between 1950 and 1953 was as bitter as any war.

Canadian Nursing Sisters in the Korean War

Canadian Nursing Sisters in the Korean War

TITLE: Canadian Nursing Sisters in the Korean War Author: Michael Bedford Publisher: Friends of the Canadian War Museum (2013)     During the United Nations Operations in Korea, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Nursing Sisters served in Japan...

Decades of Change