Eliza Richardson

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Eliza Richardson a third year Ph.D student at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada. Interested in military history from a young age, Eliza’s dissertation explores death during the Second World War, specifically how Canadians responded to the deaths of serviceman that occurred outside of combat.

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A Bloody Sweater and a Pair of Dentures

By Eliza Richardson • September 24, 2019

Private Togo Piper didn’t have many personal belongings. When he died overseas in May 1943, all that was returned to his family were a few photographs, letters, toiletries… and a pair of dentures. This came as a bit of a surprise to his widow, Julia. To her knowledge, her husband had been in possession of… Read more →