Category: Soldiers
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Private Arthur Pelham Walker in the Great War
Valentine’s Day Death Private Arthur Pelham Walker the son of the Reverend C L and Mrs Walker, of Colchester, England. Born in Fingringhoe, Essex, England on 29 October 1890. Sister Gladys L Walker of London, England, and brother Basil E C Walker of Alberni, BC. Enlistment of Private Arthur Pelham Walker Arthur enlisted 23 August…
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The Nash Brothers in the Great War
The shortest of the three Nash Brothers stood six feet tall – a towering height for their time. Edward, Roland and Milford (‘Miff’) Nash all joined the 161st Overseas Battalion upon enlistment, but they served with different battalions on the Western Front. 161st Overseas Battalion The Nash Brothers joined the 161st Overseas Battalion – Organized…
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Major Victor John Kent in the Great War
Major Victor John Kent the highest ranking officer of the 13th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, killed-in-action during the Great War. “He always looked after his men, and it was while doing so that he was killed.” Lt-Col Edwin Gerald Hanson DSO Occupation (attested) – Civil Engineer. Major Victor John Kent also a former junior tennis…
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The Waldrum Brothers in the Great War
Five of six Waldrum Brothers served in the Great War. All gave some, one gave all. The eldest, Lt William Waldrum MC & Bar, twice decorated in battle, shellshocked, and loses use of his left arm. Second eldest, Private James Young Waldrum, wounded in June of 1917, loses use of his left hand. The middle…
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Corporal Edwin Sherman Tuck in the Great War
The death of Corporal Edwin Sherman Tuck, 18 January 1918. One of the first of the Victoria men to volunteer for service overseas, leaving in August 1914 with the draft from the 50th Gordon Highlanders, which afterwards became part of the 16th Canadian Scottish. Enlistment of Private Edwin Sherman Tuck Corporal Tuck married in May…
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Private Felix Arthur Adams in the Great War
Private Felix Arthur Adams served with the Canadian Forestry Corps in the Great War. Felix served in England and in the Jura and Marne groups in France. Felix had a lacerated left eye in childhood, required removal. Fitted with an ocular prosthesis, which he would lose more than once during his service abroad. Born 12…
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Captain Gordon Budd Irving DFC in the Great War
The only son of William Henry and Mary Irving of Toronto, Ontario. Captain Gordon Budd Irving educated at Huron Street Public and the University Schools. An employee of the National Trust Company, he joined the Royal Flying Corps in May 1917. After training at Camp Borden and in England, posted to No 19 Squadron in…
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Private Thomas Chester Rudolph in the Great War
Private Thomas Chester Rudolph born 30 November 1892, in Ellsworth, Pierce, Wisconsin. His father, Alexander Rudolf Jr, 41 and his mother, Sarah Jane Francis or Jenette Webster, 35 at this time. Married to Lillian Daisy (Whymark) Rudolph living at Suite 4, Calhoun Block, 934 – 17th Ave West, Calgary. Also notify Mrs J D Bunny,…
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Pioneer Arno Böhme in the Great War
Pioneer Arno Böhme a participant of the Christmas Truce at Ploegsteert Wood on 25 December 1914. Late on Christmas Eve 1914, men of the British Expeditionary Force heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing carols and patriotic songs and saw lanterns and small fir trees along their trenches. Messages began to be shouted…
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Corporal John Hamilton Close MM in the Great War
Corporal John Hamilton Close MM, survivor of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, returned to the battlefield for the 75th Anniversary to honour his comrades. He died the following year in 1993, in his hometown of Hagersville, Ontario. John Hamilton Close born in Mitchell, Grey County Ontario on 4 July 1896. Next of kin his Uncle,…