Category: Soldiers

  • Matron Jessie Brown Jaggard in the Great War

    Matron Jessie Brown Jaggard in the Great War

    Matron Jessie Brown Jaggard the second female casualty of the Canadian Army Medical Corps and CEF in the Great War. Jessie happened to be a cousin of Sir Robert Borden, Canada’s Prime Minister during wartime. “WHAT I ASPIRED TO BE AND WAS NOT COMFORTS ME” Rabbi Ben Ezra by Robert Browning Early Life of Jessie…

  • Captain James Ward in the Great War

    Captain James Ward in the Great War

    Three Awards of the Military Cross Captain James Ward of the Canadian Field Artillery the only soldier of the CEF to have died in the Great War uniquely earning the Military Cross and 2 Bars, in addition to the Distinguished Conduct Medal. The Military Cross (MC) the second-level military decoration awarded to officers of Commonwealth countries. The Manor House, Kilsby James…

  • The Ferguson Brothers in the Great War

    The Ferguson Brothers in the Great War

    The Ferguson Brothers, Sergeant Stewart Small Ferguson and Second Lieutenant John Roy Ferguson of the Newfoundland Regiment, killed-in-action on the morning of 1 July 1916 – the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The Ferguson brothers from Couper Angus, Scotland and moved to Newfoundland in 1900. As is common in the Scottish tradition,…

  • Captain William Frederick Tucker in the Great War

    Captain William Frederick Tucker in the Great War

    Unsung Hero Captain William Frederick Tucker rose in the ranks from a Private in the 29th (Vancouver) Battalion – Tobin’s Tigers. Tucker earned two medals of gallantry, wounded and remained at duty during the Battle of the Somme, and Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig. Company Sergeant Major Tucker earned his Military Medal on…

  • Lieutenant Hugh McKenzie VC DCM in the Great War

    Lieutenant Hugh McKenzie VC DCM in the Great War

    Lieutenant Hugh McKenzie VC DCM rose in the ranks of the PPCLI, earning the Distinguished Conduct Medal as a Corporal, and later a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross as a Lieutenant seconded for duty with 7th Canadian Machine Gun Company. Early Life of Hugh McKenzie McKenzie born in Liverpool, in the United Kingdom, on…

  • Lt Col Victor Carl Buchanan DSO in the Great War

    Lt Col Victor Carl Buchanan DSO in the Great War

    13th (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion 13th (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion organized in Valcartier Camp under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel F. O. W. Loomis. About 65% to 75% of the recruits Old Country men, the remainder native Canadians. With a small scattering of total outsiders who for one reason or another had decided to…

  • Private Michael Mathew Ackabee in the Great War

    Private Michael Mathew Ackabee in the Great War

    Private Michael Mathew Ackabee born 3 April 1892 at Sandy Lake, north of Dinorwic, and spent his whole life in the district except for his time with the CEF during the Great War. Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation His parents Andrew Ackabee and Mary Gilbert (Clear Sky Skaychommskook). He had at least four siblings – Elizabeth,…

  • Private George Lawrence Price in the Great War

    Private George Lawrence Price in the Great War

    Private George Lawrence Price the last Canadian combat casualty two minutes before the ceasefire of 11:00 am, 11 November 1918. Price now rests in St Symphorien Military Cemetery along with the first Allied combat casualty of the Great War, Private John Parr. Early Life of George Price Born in Falmouth, Nova Scotia, on 15 December 1892, the…

  • Private Wilson Norman Ling in the Great War

    Private Wilson Norman Ling in the Great War

    Last Canadian Shot at Dawn Private Wilson Norman Ling twice convicted of desertion in the Great War, the last Canadian Shot at Dawn in August of 1918. He enlisted under the name of Norman Ling. Private Wilson Norman Ling 454610 son of Albert E and Fannia Ling, of Toronto, Ontario, enlisted 7 May 1915 at…

  • 27th Battalion (City of Winnipeg) in the Great War

    27th Battalion (City of Winnipeg) in the Great War

    The 27th Canadian Infantry Battalion organized in October 1914 initially under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Irvine Robinson Snider (served previously in the Northwest Rebellion 1885 and in the Boer War). Mobilized at Winnipeg, and recruited in Brandon, Portage La Prairie, Rainy River, Kenora and Winnipeg. The 27th embarked from Quebec 17 May 1915 aboard CARPATHIA…