Victoria High School Great War Project

Barry Gough presents at the 2012 Canada’s History Forum.

Hosted by Canada’s History Society

 — Posted December 9, 2012
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Barry Gough discusses the Victoria High School Great War project. Canada's oldest high school west of Winnipeg has over 500 names in its Great War Roll of Honour. The school’s alumni association has undertaken a series of commemorative projects, including replanting the Trees of Remembrance and publishing the book From Classroom to Battlefield: Victoria High School and the First World War.

This presentation was made during the fifth Canada's History Forum on December 9th, 2012 at The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Canada. 

Dr. Barry Gough is a Canadian naval and maritime historian and was founding director of the Canadian Studies at Wilfred Laurier University. 

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