Category: Soldiers
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Private Thomas Ricketts Royal Newfoundland Regiment in the Great War
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Pittman of Sops Island, White Bay, Newfoundland. Private Thomas Ricketts 4020 Killed-in-Action on the same day Sergeant Thomas Ricketts 3102, also of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, earned the Victoria Cross. SS MISSANABIE Private Thomas Ricketts 4020 attested 21 October 1917. Embarked St. John’s on SS MISSANABIE 11 December 1917. Embarked for…
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Major General Malcolm Smith Mercer in the Great War
The Soldier’s General Major-General Malcolm Smith Mercer, the epitome of a Soldier’s General. During the period from 1 March 1915, until 10 November 1915 (when his Personal Diary ends), Mercer records 57 visits and inspections of trenches held by troops under his command. Mercer’s insistence on being close to the action would prove his undoing.…
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The Botterell Brothers in the Great War
Edward Simpson Botterell the elder of the Botterell brothers, enlisted as a Private in September of 1914 with the 48th Highlanders of Canada. Edward quickly rose in the ranks, promoted to Captain in May 1916. At this time, younger brother Henry John Lawrence Botterell on his way to England to serve as a Lieutenant in…
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Sergeant Masumi Mitsui MM in the Great War
The Canadian Japanese Association organized training for 200 soldiers who had volunteered between January and March of 1916 in Vancouver. However, their offer of service rejected in British Columbia. But, in Alberta, Issei and some Nisei volunteers joined Canadian battalions to fight. Fifty-four of these men did not survive the war, and another 92 wounded.…
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Captain Frederick William Campbell VC in the Great War
Captain Frederick William Campbell VC was born in Ormandie Township, just outside Mount Forest, Ontario on 15 June 1869. Only son of Ephraim B. and Esther A. Hunt Campbell, of Mount Forest; husband of Margaret Annie Campbell, of Mount Forest, Ontario. He served in the Boer War with the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, The Royal…
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Sergeant Arthur Knight in the Great War
Sergeant Arthur Knight not just witness, but a participant in the most tragic event for Canadians in the Great War. This is the story of the pain and suffering of a Canadian soldier awarded 3 Blue Service Chevrons serving with the Canadian Army Medical Corps. Sergeant Arthur Knight one of six CAMC soldiers posted to…
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Private Pierre-Côme Laliberté in the Great War
Shot at Dawn CEFRG presents the account of an execution, a soldier Shot at Dawn. Private Pierre-Côme Laliberté 416874/61703 was born on 24 February 1896, in Deschaillons, Lotbinière County, Québec. Baptized Pierre-Côme Laliberté. Son of Ludger Laliberté (deceased in 1907), and Eugénie Hamel, of Montréal, Québec. His brother, Joseph, resided at 49 St. Mary’s St.,…
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Lieutenant Michel Spruyt de Bay in the Great War
Lieutenant Michel de Bay: Grant Him Eterenal Rest O Lord. Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Him. Lieutenant Michel Hubert Alexander Spruyt de Bay Lieutenant Michel Hubert Alexander Spruyt de Bay was born in 1889 in England. Son of Mr. J. S. de Bay and Mrs. Jessie M. J. de Bay of 21, rue Africaine, St.…
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Private Roy Charles Horton in the Great War
Private Roy Charles Horton 141602, born 27 April 1894, was a painter, son of Robert and Maria Horton of 39 Elgin Street, Collingwood, Ontario. Roy, a Roman Catholic, had service with the 44th Regiment, prior to attesting on 27 July 1915 at Welland, Ontario with the 76th Battalion. His attestation paper was certified by Lt.-Col.…
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Stretcher Bearer Albert Hyde in the Great War
Private Albert Hyde 34481 would later serve as a Stretcher-Bearer with No.2 Canadian Field Ambulance. Accidentally wounded in May 1915, GSW head. His eyesight troubling him afterwards. AWOL several times. In September 1917, while still serving with No.1 Canadian General Hospital, sentenced by FGCM to 90 days F.P. No. 1 for AWOL, 28 July to…