Category: Soldiers
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Major-General Louis James Lipsett in the Great War
Major-General Louis James Lipsett arguably the best of the divisional commanders, claimed the late Canadian historian Daniel George Dancocks. Lipsett went to Bedford School, with no other than Winston Churchill, and they were very good friends. He also spoke French. Mortally wounded on 14 October 1918, the 3rd Canadian Division, led by Lipsett’s former battalion,…
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Sapper William Tarasevich in the Great War
‘Come on the Bolsheviks‘ The Kinmel Park Riots On Tuesday night, the men held a mass meeting, which was followed by a mad riot. The outbreak began in Montreal Camp at 9.30 p.m. with a cry ‘Come on the Bolsheviks’, which is said to have been given by a Canadian soldier who is Russian. Kinmel…
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Lieutenant Gordon Muriel Flowerdew VC in the Great War
Lieutenant Gordon Flowerdew VC, farmer, rancher, soldier, born on 2 January 1885 in Billingford, Norfolk, England. During the Great War, Lieutenant Flowerdew led one of the last great cavalry charges in history and posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for bravery among troops of the British Empire. Early Life of Gordon Flowerdew Gordon…
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Private Hubart Cunningham in the Great War
Hubart Cunningham 223245 born 20 October 1892 in Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia (not to be confused with Sable Island). His mother Mrs Jessie Cunningham, also of Cape Sable Island. A lobster fisherman, like his great-nephew today, Michael S. Cunningham of Cape Sable Island. 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Hubart attested 16 September 1915 in…
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Private Sunta Gougersing in the Great War
God is One Victory is to God With death a constant fear, soldiers coped in various ways, and belief in premonition and spirits widespread. Private Sunta Gougersing of the 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), the example of one such man who predicted his own death. Tim Cook of the Canadian War Museum has researched hundreds of…
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13th Battalion CRT (Canadian Railway Troops) in the Great War
13th Battalion, CRT (Canadian Railway Troops) organized at Purfleet in March 1918 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Percival McMordie. Personnel from Canadian Railway Troops Depot. Purfleet-on-Thames a town in the Thurrock unitary authority, Essex, England. Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Percival McMordie DSO Stewart Percival McMordie born 15 November 1877 and worked in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, as…
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Corporal Daniel Carman McArthur in the Great War
Corporal Daniel Carman McArthur born in Brooklyn, New York City, on 12 August 1897, the son of Canadian poet Peter McArthur (d. 1924). – Le Caporal – Tremble! ye signallers, every man,Under the glance of Corporal Dan!Brand new clothes from tip to toe,——All dressed up, and no place to go—Looks like a scarecrow up the…
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Captain Walter John Loudon in the Great War
Only Canadian Soldier Buried in Cuba Captain Walter John Loudon, serving with the 102nd Battalion, blown up by a shell in the capture of Regina Trench in October 1916. Suffering from shell shock, Loudon returned to Canada for further treatment shortly before the end of the Great War. Seeking a better environment to help with…
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Captain Henry Hutton Scott in the Great War
One of the most incredible stories of the Great War involves Canon Frederick George Scott, the 1st Canadian Division Head Chaplain. Accompanied by a runner from the 11th Battery, he found the body of his son, Captain Henry Hutton Scott, while evading sniper fire. Canadian Chaplain Service During the Great War, 524 clergymen served in…
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Captain William Macleod Moore MC in the Great War
Captain William MacLeod Moore MC accidentally killed in Belgium, and his death broke a line of family soldiers going back almost two hundred and sixty years. He happened to be the son of W.Bro. Colonel William James Bury Macleod Moore – considered one of the greatest authorities on Knight Templarism in the world. Early life…