The Ones Who Have to Pay - Taylor, Robert Ratcliffe
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When war in Europe broke out in 1914, why did so many men from Victoria, BC, Canada, enlist enthusiastically? What did they feel about the war they were fighting? What were their personal values? Were they ever disillusioned in the trenches of the Western Front? To what extent did they enjoy combat? How did they regard the German enemy? And faced with artillery bombardment, execrable living conditions, and the fear of death or maiming, what helped them to carry on? In researching these questions, the author found that Victoria was a unique city in several ways and that some assumptions about…mehr

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When war in Europe broke out in 1914, why did so many men from Victoria, BC, Canada, enlist enthusiastically? What did they feel about the war they were fighting? What were their personal values? Were they ever disillusioned in the trenches of the Western Front? To what extent did they enjoy combat? How did they regard the German enemy? And faced with artillery bombardment, execrable living conditions, and the fear of death or maiming, what helped them to carry on? In researching these questions, the author found that Victoria was a unique city in several ways and that some assumptions about Canadian soldiers' trench experience may not apply to volunteers from that city. Moreover, the culture of the time was different from that of Canada today so that the enthusiasm for military life and for "the empire" may seem bizarre to young people. Ideals of masculinity may seem outdated, and the concepts of personal honor and duty, which these men supported, may be obsolete. This essay tries to understand the culture of Canada and especially that of Victoria, BC, a century ago, a pertinent exercise considering the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War.
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The author was born and educated in Victoria, BC. After attending Willows School and Oak Bay Junior and Senior High Schools, he studied at the University of Victoria (Victoria College), the University of British Columbia (B.A. History and English; M.A. History), Hamburg University, and Stanford University (Ph.D. History). In St. Catharines, Ontario, he taught European History at Brock University, where he is Professor emeritus. He has published in German architectural history and the history of St. Catharines and Victoria and has co-authored books and articles on the Welland Canals. He was a co-founder of the Welland Canals Preservation Association and founding secretary of the Canadian Canal Society. (He is an Honorary Gongoozler of Port Colborne, Ontario.) He served on St. Catharines' Local Architecture Conservation Advisory Committee, supported Heritage St Catharines and was active in the Niagara Opera Guild and Torch International. "Retiring" to Victoria, he has worked as a docent at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and has continued to be interested in the Welland Canals and local and architectural history. Two of his articles on Victoria's history have won prizes.