Matthew Barrett

Excited to see my book in print. Thank you @UBCPress for a tremendous design! Each officer pictured here was dismissed or cashiered in WWII. Desertion. Drunkenness. Indecency. Scandalous conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. ubcpress.ca/scandalous-con…

Through Their Eyes by Matthew Barrett and Robert Charles Engen Published in 2022, the graphic novel follows Canadian troops in the summer of 1917 after they have captured Vimy Ridge and the offensive on the Western Front has stalled.

What a wonderful tribute. Public historian Tim Cook told compelling stories about Canada’s soldiers. #cdnpoli #CAF #CanadianWarMuseum theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Today we are remembering a longtime friend of everyone at LCSC, historian Tim Cook. We remember him as a great scholar but also a generous man who gave back to the profession by paying it forward. studyofcanada.ca/remembering-ti…

The Canadian War Museum is deeply saddened by the passing of our Chief Historian and Director of Research, Dr. Tim Cook. We invite you to read our full statement and share condolences with his family, colleagues, and friends. 🔗 warmuseum.ca/news-releases/…

@ebd_edwards That's great info, Eric. Thanks for sharing!

@MattKBarrett1 Some follow-up documentation re. Col. L.E. Jones, 18th Battalion re. place of death and an interesting article about battalion life involving same.

"Canada is fundamentally transformed by the Second World War," says Tim Cook (@CanWarMuseum) author of "The Good Allies." At 8/11pm with Margaret MacMillan, author of "War," and @jdn101, author of "Forged in Fire," and @spaikin | Producer: @bweaver08 #VEDay80

@BowersWrites Looks like it can be borrowed from Internet Archive. archive.org/details/wewent…

Purely on the off chance, does anyone have a copy of Roy Ito's "We Went to War" on their bookshelf? It's not available at my library, and I'd ideally need access to a passage or two today if possible.

@CharlotteDuLan @CDAInstitute Congratulations, Charlotte!! Very well deserved honour!

Y’all know me, I rarely shut up. But this time I am truly at a loss for words - the fact that I am receiving the award has made me speechless. I cannot even begin to describe the honour I feel. Thank you @CDAInstitute for this recognition.

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Today on the blog, a reading list in honour of Remembrance Day on Monday. Through Their Eyes: A Graphic History of Hill 70 and Canada’s First World War by Matthew Barrett and Robert C. Engen is one of the 6 titles we've chosen to highlight. buff.ly/3YVomj4

@ebd_edwards Thanks, Eric! That is really great to hear

@MattKBarrett1 Peter Moogk, the son of Lt-Col. W.J. Moogk was directed to your article about him by me at the 18th Battalion Facebook Group and posted he learned things that he did not know about his father!

New articles published in the Spring 2024 issue of Canadian Military History! Read them all here: scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/

New #SWW (open access) article! What started as a funding application for my MA back in 2020 has now been published! Many thanks to the wonderful team @studyofcanada. This topic is extra special to me, as the town in question is my hometown! scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol33/iss1/

Only a few days left to submit abstracts for the 2024 Canadian Military History Colloquium: the RCAF at 100! studyofcanada.ca/events/confere…

Super visit by @MattKBarrett1 to @WesternUHistory yesterday. To those who don't know his work, check out matthewkbarrett.com/about/

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HMS Attack picked up survivors from HMT Aragon only for it to be sunk as well. Lt-Col. Low survived both ships going down, reporting, “Hundreds of cases of heroism, rescue and narrow escapes were crowded into those minutes.” Part 2 of my comic here: matthewkbarrett.com/2023/11/11/sin…

On 30 December 1917, a German sub sank HMT Aragon off the coast of Egypt. Canadian officer Lt-Col. C.A. Low described the horror, as I illustrated in a comic here: matthewkbarrett.com/2023/11/10/sin…

Day 25- Advent calendar of WW2 Canadian battalion COs. Having completed sketches and profiles of the 1st and 5th Divisions, 2024 will be Bn. COs in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Divisions for the 80th of Normandy. matthewkbarrett.com/second-world-w…