Category: Soldiers
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Private Albert J Mowatt in the Great War
Private Albert J Mowatt a descendant of the original settlers of Harvey Station, New Brunswick. Albert killed on 9 April 1917 near HILL 145, in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Mowatt Family History Harvey Settlement Harvey Settlement founded by a group of 154 settlers who arrived on board the ‘Snow’ rigged Cornelius of Sunderland during…
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Private John Charles Morgan in the Great War
18th Battalion Original and Canadian Railway Troops Private John Charles Morgan 53594 enlisted 24 October 1914 in Chatham, Ontario, C Company, 18th Overseas Battalion, CEF with Lt Col H D Smith approving. Charles, 27 years, 11 months, at this time and stood 5′ 11″ tall, 166 pounds, with dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair.…
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Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen’s Mysteries in the Great War
Greatest Mysteries of the Great War The World’s Greatest Aviator, Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen’s mysteries? Hold the phone! There is another mystery besides who was the one to bring down the World’s Greatest Aviator? Corporal E. J. McCarty With the passing of Corporal E. J. ‘Ted’ McCarty’s mother in 1935, the definitive answer…
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Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer in the Great War
Inspiration for In Flanders Fields Was Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer the inspiration for John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields? What happened at his battlefield grave, and why was it later lost? CEFRG seeks to answer these questions, after Helmer’s rather short wartime military service. Service of Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer born 29…
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Victoria Cross Recipients of the Great War in 1967
The Right Honorable Daniel Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada (1967-1974) with Victoria Cross and George Cross recipients. Photograph Chris Lund (1923-1983). Photo Credit: LAC PA-129803 Victoria Cross Recipients, front row from left to right: Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey, VC, MC, Raphael Louis Zengel, VC, MM George Randolph Pearkes, VC, PC, CB, DSO, MC, CD,…
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Sergeant Joseph Attwood in the Great War
Welterweight Champion Sergeant Joseph Attwood born in Hayley Green, Halesowen, England. A furnace man by trade. Previous service with 44th Regiment (Lincoln & Welland Canal Force). Sister Mrs John Taylor, 42 Randolph Street, Welland, Ontario. Father, Mr Attwood of 67 Blackberry Lane, Spring Hill, Halesowen, Birmingham, England. Folklore has it Joe fled to Wales to…
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Soldat Fortunat Auger in the Great War
Shot at Dawn Soldat Fortunat Auger, the first Canadian soldier Shot at Dawn in the Great War, also shares the rare distinction of having been buried in both Belgium and France. A Swan of Ypres Soldat Fortunat Auger 23621 an architect and carpenter, enlisted at the age of 23 years, 6 months at Valcartier, Quebec,…
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Major Vernon Harcourt Powell MC in the Great War
Our Beloved Major Major Vernon Harcourt de Butts Powell MC suffering from delayed onset of PTSD, successful on his second attempt to take his life during his second tour of the Western Front. Vernon Powell born 23 January 1886 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Son of the late Rev. Harcourt Powell, of Wollaston Vicarage,…
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Private Michael Cada in the Great War
Indigenous Soldiers A Tragic Love Story Private Michael Cada an Ojibwe First Nation Indigenous soldier born 24 December 1883 at M’Chigeeng (West Bay) Indian Reserve No. 22, Morrisville, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. The population of Manitoulin Island home to six Anishinaabe reserves – M’Chigeeng, Sheguiandah, Sheshegwaning, Aundeck Omni Kaning, Wikwemikong and Zhiibaahaasing. Michael in good company,…
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Soldat Eugène Poirier in the Great War
Shot at Dawn Soldat Eugène Poirier son of Germain Poirier and Caroline Barrieau of Bouctouche, Kent, New-Brunswick. Eugène Poirier served as Eugene Perry in the Great War. Chosen as the first of four soldiers of the 22nd Battalion (Van Doos) to be executed during the war, and one of twenty three Canadians offered a formal…