Grand Bank soldier : the war letters of Lance Corporal Curtis Forsey / Bert Riggs, editor.
Grand Bank soldier : the war letters of Lance Corporal Curtis Forsey / Bert Riggs, editor.
By
:
Forsey, Curtis, 1895-1993.
Publication Date
:
2007
Publication Information
:
St. John's, N.L. : Flanker Press,
Physical Description
:
161 p. : ill., ports.
Subject Term
:
Soldiers -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Newfoundland.
Additional Contributors
:
Riggs, Bert, 1954-
Summary
:
Grand Bank Soldier consists of 51 letters that Lance Corporal Curtis Forsey wrote to his mother and father back home in Grand Bank during the 19 months he was on active duty in World War I. He saw action with the Newfoundland Regiment at Passchendaele Ridge, at Bailleuil, and at Kieberg Ridge, where, in late September 1918, he was wounded by two bullets and a piece of shrapnel. Forsey was recuperating in an English hospital when the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. After the war he returned home to manage the family business, Patten & Forsey. Curtis Forsey died in 1993, a respected community leader and a man who lived a life of honour and integrity.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781897317150
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Arnold's Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Baie Verte | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Bay St. George South | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Bell Island | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Bishop's Falls | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Bonavista | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Botwood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Brigus | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Buchans | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Burgeo | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Burin | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Cape St. George | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Carbonear | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Cartwright | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Centreville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Change Islands | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Codroy Valley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Conception Bay South | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Cormack | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Corner Brook | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Cow Head | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Daniel's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Deer Lake | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Fogo Island | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Fortune | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Fox Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Gambo | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Gander | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Garnish | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Gaultois | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Glenwood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Glovertown | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Grand Bank | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Greenspond | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Harbour Breton | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Harbour Grace | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Hare Bay | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Harry's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Hermitage | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Holyrood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
King's Point - Tilley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
L'Anse Au Loup | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Labrador City | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Lark Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Lewisporte | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Lourdes | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Lumsden | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Musgrave Harbour - John B. Wheeler Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
New-Wes-Valley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Norris Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Norris Point | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Old Perlican | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Pasadena | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Placentia | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Point Leamington | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Port au Port | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Port Saunders | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Pouch Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Ramea | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Robert's Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Rocky Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Seal Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Sop's Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Springdale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
St. Alban's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
St. Anthony | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
St. Brides's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | ADULT NFIC NL - BASEMENT OVERFLOW | Adult Non-Fiction NL - Basement Overflow | 940.48 F77 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room | 940.48 F77 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference Provincial Collection | 940.48 F77 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 940.48 F77 |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
St. Lawrence | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Stephenville Crossing | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Summerford | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Torbay | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Trepassey | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Trinity Bay North | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Twillingate | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Victoria | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Wabush | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Whitbourne | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Winterton | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |
Woody Point | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 940.48 F77 |