/taxonomy/term/2499 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en /features-september-2015-neil-darbyshire-story-of-one-dead-mans-penny <p><b>Author:</b>Neil Darbyshire</p>Commonwealth sacrifice: Mother Canada, part of the Vimy Ridge Memorial, dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers who died during the First World War, including Malcolm Joseph MacKinnon (photo: DRSAT)<br /><br />One hundred years ago, a young farm boy from the wilds of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia volunteered to fight in a war thousands of miles away, for a country he had never seen.<br /><p><a href="/features-september-2015-neil-darbyshire-story-of-one-dead-mans-penny"><span>read more</span></a></p> /features-september-2015-neil-darbyshire-story-of-one-dead-mans-penny#comments Canada Features First World War History The Commonwealth Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:11:49 +0100 Oliver Wiseman 6190 at http://standpointmag.co.uk