Category: Soldiers
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Private Wilfred James Ernest Young in the Great War
Private Wilfred James Ernest Young son of James Albert W. and Elizabeth Ada Young, of 15 Balfour Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. Wilfred posthumously awarded the Croix du Guerre for liberating the town of Monchy-le-Preux in August of 1918. Attestation of Private Wilfred James Ernest Young Private Wilfred James Ernest Young 171403 initially attested with 83rd Overseas…
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Lieutenant James Swirles Hood in the Great War
Lieutenant James Swirles Hood son of Andrew Hood, of 29 Townsend Place, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, and the late Christina Swirles Hood. Grand-nephew of Mrs A Binnie of 61 Foxbar Road, Kirkcaldy. James came to Canada in 1913 from Kirkcaldy, Scotland. A brother, Robin Hood, a Flight Commander in the Royal Flying Corps with the rank of…
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Major Norman Dundas Perry DSO in the Great War
Major Norman Dundas Perry born 5 December 1878 in St Thomas, Ontario. Father James Black Perry (1845-1936) mother Euphemia Dickie (1847-1930). Predeceased by his brother James Roy Perry B.A. (1874-1902), younger brother Gordon Foxbar Perry (1882-1964), younger sisters Mary Dickie (Canfield) Perry (1877-1968) and also Marjorie Carlyle (Pellatt) Perry (1888-1974). Attestment of Captain Norman Dundas…
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Private Frederick Horne in the Great War
Private Frederick Horne born in Norfolk, England on 31 March 1894. A Laborer. Next of kin, his wife Molly Horne. Father of Sergeant Reginald Ernest Horne, who died 19 September 1944 during service with the Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C. Attestation of Private Frederick Horne Pte Frederick Horne 4319 attested 23 January 1915 in Chatam, Ontario. Two years…
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Matron Edith Campbell MM in the Great War
Nursing Sister Edith Campbell R.R.C., M.M., M.I.D. Matron Edith Campbell awarded the Military Medal for actions during an air raid. Also twice Mentioned in Despatches (June 1915 and December 1917). Edith Campbell of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, one of only eight Canadian Nursing Sisters awarded the Military Medal in the Great War. Edith’s nephew James Campbell Clouston…
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Gunner George McDougall in the Great War
Gunner George A McDougall born in Moncton, New Brunswick on 26 March 1881. Next of kin, his wife, Mrs Ella McDougall of 8 Pacific Avenue, Moncton, NB. Attestation of Gunner George McDougall Gunner George A McDougall 43901 attested 20 September 1914 in Valcartier, QC. Previous service with 74th Regiment, NB. A painter. Standing 5′ 5″…
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Captain Percival Molson MC in the Great War
The Molson family never failed to supply its full quota of fighting men of notable skill and energy at times when the country’s liberty and institutions appeared to be threatened. Captain Percival Molson MC of McGill University happened to be an exceptional athlete. He earned every athletic honour the University offered and earlier set a…
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Alberta from Albert in the Great War
The war time service of a brindle bull terrier Alberta, much respected in life, honoured in death Excerpts from The Great War As I Saw It by Lieutenant-Colonel Canon Frederick George Scott reveal the story of Alberta from Albert, a brindle bull terrier found by the Reverend on the Somme in the town of Albert.…
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Private Hubert Tapscott in the Great War
Private Hubert Tapscott born 17 June 1881, baptized 27 July 1881 at St Andrews Church in Somersetshire. Parents Alfred Frederick (Jan 1856-1 Nov 1918) and Elizabeth (Jennings) Tabscott (1845 – 25 Jan 1927) of Henley, High Ham, Somersetshire, England. Hubert emigrated from Liverpool on 26 February 1903 aboard the TUNISIAN to Halifax, Nova Scotia. In…
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Private James Peter Robertson VC in the Great War
Private James Peter Robertson son of Alexander (1852-10 Jul 1913) and Janet Robertson (24 Jan 1858 – 8 Jul 1933), of 656, 5th St., South East, Medicine Hat, Alberta. James posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for several actions during the Second Battle of Passchendaele. Victoria Cross Recipients With his 6 ft 3, Robertson, a locomotive…