Episode 2 Hedley Boys, Baptism of Fire
07/03/20 • 17 min
The first volunteers leave and soon experience the horrors of war. The men of the C.E.F. are soon in action and men from Hedley and the Similkameen are there.
The first volunteers leave and soon experience the horrors of war. The men of the C.E.F. are soon in action and men from Hedley and the Similkameen are there.
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Episode 1 Hedley Boys, A small town in the Similkameen
Hedley on the eve of war. The small community of Hedley was a busy thriving town in 1914, with what seemed a promising future but events the other side of the world would forever change it.
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Episode 3 Hedley Boys "One of the biggest affairs Hedley has seen"
17 men leave Hedley on the same day and travel to Penticton to enlist in the C.E.F. Most end up in the 54th Kootenay Battalion at Vernon camp. There they complete basic training before sailing to England.
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