The Battle of Amiens took place from the 8-11 August 1918. It is considered the first Allied offensive in the Last 100 Days
Thirty two men from Brantford and Brant County were killed during...
Community Builders - Brantford Aldermen and Mayors Who Served During the Great War
August 4th, 2018 | Categories: News
Remembering the citizen soldiers from Brantford who returned from the Great War and entered municipal politics to make our city a better place to live in.
Captain Albert Hawley Boddy...
Remembering the Nursing Sisters of Brantford, Brant County and Six Nations
May 9th, 2018 | Categories: News
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Mary Dorothy Yarwood Baldwin - Killed in Action
Katherine Maud Macdonald - Killed in Action
Mary Elizabeth...
GWCA Presents: Mark Humphries - April 5 @ 7 p.m.
April 3rd, 2018 | Categories: Events
Our last lecture of this year’s series deals with the timely topic of the Spanish Flu. Killing more than 50 million people world-wide, this epidemic had a more detrimental quantitative impact...
GWCA Presents: Tarah Brookfield - March 29 @ 7 p.m.
March 26th, 2018 | Categories: Events
The Great War had a tremendous impact on all groups in society - specifically, women's roles were irrevocably changed because of the conflict - including being granted the right to vote. Join us...
The Bell Memorial 1917-2017
March 19th, 2018 | Categories: Events
The purpose of this lecture came from an early desire by the Great War Centenary Association, Brantford, Brant County, Six Nations (GWCA) and the Bell Homestead National Historic Site to complete a...
GWCA Presents: Rick Hill - March 15 @ 7 p,m.
March 9th, 2018 | Categories: Events
Rick Hill is a citizen of the Tuscarora nation, and the grandson and son of combat veterans.
Currently Rick serves as Senior Project Coordinator for Deyohahá:ge: Indigenous Knowledge Centre...
GWCA Presents: Dr. Andrew Iarocci - March 8 @ 7 p.m.
March 3rd, 2018 | Categories: Events
Dr. Andrew Iarocci will speak about Canada's 100 days campaign (August 8 – November 11, 1918), the final push which resulted in the Armistice in November 1918 - ending the hostilities of...
GWCA Presents: Colonel Patrick M. Dennis (Ret’d), OMM, CD - March 1@ 7 p.m.
March 1st, 2018 | Categories: Events
Author Patrick M. Dennis, Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies, will discuss the findings of his book "Reluctant Warriors," examining the pivotal role played by...
2018 GWCA Lecture Schedule
February 26th, 2018 | Categories: Events
Since February 2014, one of our signature events has been the Great War Lecture series at the Brantford Campus of Wilfrid Laurier University. The series has traditionally combined...