Category: Soldiers
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Private Fortunat Auger in the Great War
Shot at Dawn Private Fortunat Auger the first Canadian soldier to be Shot at Dawn during the Great War on 26 March 1916. Major Robert Percy Clark, MC having recently taken command of the 14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment) intended to send a strong message to the many undisciplined soldiers of his unit. Fortunat Auger…
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Private Robert Dundas in the Great War
Private Robert Dundas 113197 son of Crawford Dundas, of Garrison, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, born in Inniskilly, Ireland on 2 August 1894. A Presbyterian and shipper by trade. Robert Dundas attested 31 July 1915 in Barriefield, Ontario with ‘C’ Squadron, 8th C.M.R. At this time, Robert stood 6 feet tall, 170 pounds, with dark complexion, blue…
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Private Robert Edward Bradshaw in the Great War
Scottish Regiment Private Robert Edward Bradshaw born in Plaistow, London, England on 6 January 1888. A salesman by trade, with 5 years previous service in the 3rd King’s Royal Rifles, 1905-1910. Bradshaw one of Canada’s 20,000 Missing in the Great War, yet evidence reveals he lies in Nine Elms Military Cemetery, Thélus, Pas-de-Calais. Private Robert…
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Private Clarence Douglas Blackwell in the Great War
Royal Canadian Dragoons Private Clarence Douglas Blackwell 826 of the Royal Canadian Dragoons son of William and Priscilla Blackwell of 75 Craddock Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Private Blackwell wounded in June of 1916 and killed-in-action two months later on 15 August 1916. Enlistment of Private Clarence Douglas Blackwell Private Clarence Douglas Blackwell enlisted 6 August…
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Captain Hugh Caldwell Anderson in the Great War
Captain Hugh Caldwell Anderson served with the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops in the Great War. British War Photographer Lieutenant John Warwick Brooke captured his funeral procession at Poperinghe New Military Cemetery on 12 August 1917. Attestation of Hugh Caldwell Anderson Hugh Caldwell Anderson born 4 January 1884 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Parents John Duncan Anderson,…
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Private Thomas Allan Bennett in the Great War
Possibly one of the Hallu Eight Private Thomas Allan Bennett 148073 born 8 April 1895 in Kars, Ontario (a village on the Rideau River within Rideau-Goulbourn Ward in the city of Ottawa). A Methodist and carpenter by trade. Son of Daniel Charles Bennett and Louisa Jane Bennett, of 583 Alverstone Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Attestation of…
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Private William Johnstone Milne VC in the Great War
Victoria Cross Private William Johnstone Milne VC son of David Milne of 10 Anderson St, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Born 21 December 1892 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland. A farmer, William Johnstone Milne emigrated to Canada in 1910 and farmed near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan prior to joining the Canadian Expeditionary Force. As one of The Missing, Private…
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Lieutenant Michel Hubert Alexander Spruyt DeBay in the Great War
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Second Lieutenant Michel Spruyt DeBay, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, wounded in the fighting around Ypres on 8 May 1916. Son of John S and Jessie M J Spruyt de Bay, of 21, rue Africaine, St Gilles, Brussels, and 156 Rue de Livourne, Avenue Louise, Brussels, Belgium (later Caledonia Springs,…
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Corporal Horace Arthur Foster in the Great War
Corporal Horace Arthur Foster 888040 born 2 January 1894 in Kamsack, Sioux Falls, Haha County, South Dakota. Father and mother Frank and Ida Foster, Invermay, Saskatchewan. Maternal grandfather of Keith Meredith. Single, a Baptist, Steam Engineer and Brodgeman by trade. Horace stood 5′ 9″ tall, 165 pounds, with dark complexion, brown eyes and hair, scar…
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Private Oney O’Keefe in the Great War
The Victoria Rifles of Canada Private Oney (Owen) O’Keefe born on 15 April 1889, a Driver by trade. Next of kin his sister Miss Ellen O’Keefe of 43 Benoit Street, Montreal (later 39 St. George Street, and later 54 Carmichael Street, Montreal). Son of Irish parents James O’Keefe and Ellen Cronin. Attestation Private Oney O’Keefe…